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LITERATURE & CRITICISM
FOR CHILDREN IN BRITAIN 1910-1949 KIMBERLEY REYNOLDS July, hb, £35, 9780198755593 Left Out presents an alternative and corrective history of writing for children. E
ONCE UPON A TIME: A SHORT HISTORY OF FAIRY TALE MARINA WARNER July, pb, £8.99, 9780198779858 In ten succinct chapters, Marina Warner guides us through the rich world of fairy tale. E
CHARLES DICKENS JENNY HARTLEY October, hb, £10.99, 9780198788164 Jenny Hartley introduces Charles Dickens’ life and works E
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: THE PRELUDE, 1805: EDITED FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS AND ILLUSTRATED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, MAPS, NOTES, GLOSSES, AND CHRONOLOGY JAMES ENGELL; MICHAEL D RAYMOND EDS October, hb, £30, 9780198792666 This beautiful volume presents an entirely new illustrated edition of The Prelude
THE NEW OXFORD SHAKESPEARE: THE COMPLETE WORKS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; GARY TAYLOR ED; JOHN JOWETT ED; TERRI BOURUS ED; GABRIEL EGAN ED October, hb, £50, 9780199591152 A completely new modern- spelling edition of all of Shakespeare’s plays and poems.
VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS SERIES AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION SEAN TEUTON July, pb, £7.99, 9780199944521 Combine authoritative analysis, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make challenging topics highly readable. E
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MARK ALDRIDGE October, pb, £19.99, 9781349676958 This book is a comprehensive exploration of 90 years of film and television adaptations. E
PEEPAL TREE PRESS
IN THE EYE OF THE STORM: EDGAR MITTELHOLZER - CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES JUANITA COX ED August, pb, £19.99, 9781845231286
In the 1950s and ’60s, no Anglophone Caribbean novelist was more praised than Edgar Mittelholzer.
PENGUIN BOOKS
SEEING THINGS AS THEY ARE: SELECTED JOURNALISM AND OTHER WRITINGS GEORGE ORWELL August, pb, £9.99, 9780141984230
An enlightening anthology of George Orwell’s journalism and non-fiction writing.
PENGUIN CLASSICS
SIX MEMOS FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM ITALO CALVINO August, pb, £9.99, 9780241275955
A new translation of Calvino’s influential last work.
THE HAPPY READER SERIES
pb, £3 each, 97802412793 The official magazine of Penguin Classics. THE HAPPY READER - ISSUE 8 September, 42 THE HAPPY READER - ISSUE 9 December, 66
PENNED IN THE MARGINS
CENOTAPH SOUTH CHRIS MCCABE November, hb, £12.99, 9781908058409 Literary sleuth Chris McCabe wanders Nunhead Cemetery in search of forgotten poets and uncovers childhood.
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
GRAPHIC MEDICINE SERIES LORENZO SERVITJE; SHERRYL VINT EDS December, 97802710771 Books in the series are curated by an editorial collective with scholarly,
creative, and clinical expertise. THE WALKING MED: ZOMBIES AND THE MEDICAL IMAGE hb, £53.95, 16 THE WALKING MED: ZOMBIES AND THE MEDICAL IMAGE pb, £21.95, 23
PLUTO PRESS
SOCIALISME OU BARBARIE: AN ANTHOLOGY CORNELIUS CASTORIADIS; CLAUDE LEFORT ET AL; DAVID AMES CURTIS TR October, pb, £25, 9780745335667 The first English language anthology of writings from the French socialist journal of the 1950s/1960s. E
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
FAIRY TALES FOR THE DISILLUSIONED: ENCHANTED STORIES FROM THE FRENCH DECADENT TRADITION GRETCHEN SCHULTZ; LEWIS SEIFERT EDS November, hb, £17.95, 9780691161655 A newly translated collection of subversive French fairy tales by writers from the Belle Epoque. E
IRELAND’S IMMORTALS: A HISTORY OF THE GODS OF IRISH MYTH MARK WILLIAMS November, hb, £29.95, 9780691157313 A sweeping history of Ireland’s native gods. E
AN ESSAY ON MAN ALEXANDER POPE; TOM JONES ED July, hb, £16.95, 9780691159812
A definitive new edition of one of the greatest
philosophical poems in the English language. E
PROFILE BOOKS
CRITICISM CATHERINE BELSEY September, tpb, £8.99, 9781781254509
The next introduction in the Ideas in Profile series: a snappy, serious introduction to criticism. E
ROBERT HALE
ON THE SOFA WITH JANE AUSTEN
A E HOUSMAN: A SINGLE LIFE MARTIN BLOCKSIDGE August, hb, £60, 9781845197612 Full account of what Housman described as “the great and real troubles of early manhood”.
TELLING IT SLANT: CRITICAL APPROACHES TO HELEN OYEYEMI CHLOE BUCKLEY;
MAGGIE LANE October, hb, £14.99, 9780719820588 A collection of writing on the life and times of this well-loved author. E
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD INTERNATIONAL
RETHINKING THE ISLAND SERIES ISLAND GENRES, GENRE ISLANDS: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND REPRESENTATION IN POPULAR FICTION RALPH CRANE; LISA FLETCHER December, hb, £70, 9781783482054 The first book length study of the conceptualization and representation of islands in popular fiction. E
THE VALUE OF LITERATURE RAFE MCGREGOR August, hb, £80, 9781783489237 Provides an original, compelling argument for the historical and contemporary significance of literature to humanity. E
SEMIOTEXT(E)
THE COMPLETE MADAME REALISM AND OTHER STORIES LYNNE TILLMAN; M G LORD INTRO; ANDREW DURBIN AFTERWORD December, pb, £13.95, 9781584351900 Collection of Tillman’s fiction and essays on art and culture.
SEREN
CROSSINGS: A JOURNEY THROUGH BORDERS NICHOLAS MURRAY July, pb, £9.99, 9781781723470 A reflection on the geographic, social, religious and educational borders.
SUSSEX ACADEMIC PRESS
SARAH ILOTT EDS August, hb, £45, 9781845197902 Develops a body of research around critically acclaimed author Helen Oyeyemi.
FOR ONLY THOSE DESERVE THE NAME: T E LAWRENCE & SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM MARK CALDERBANK December, hb, £40, 9781845198084 Has the deepest significance for the interpretation of Seven Pillars’ reliability as a historical source.
TEACH YOURSELF BOOKS
SHAKESPEARE: A COMPLETE INTRODUCTION MIKE SCOTT December, pb, £12.99, 9781473612785 All the key knowledge and information you need to understand Shakespeare’s work. E
THAMES & HUDSON
VAMPYRES: LORD BYRON TO COUNT DRACULA CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING August, hb, £18.95, 9780500252215 A comprehensive anthology of vampires in literature, from Dracula to Twilight.
MYTHOMANIA: TALES OF OUR TIMES, FROM APPLE TO ISIS PETER CONRAD September, pb, £18.95, 9780500292587 Peter Conrad builds upon his much-praised BBC Radio 4 series “21st Century Mythologies”.
WEATHERLAND: WRITERS & ARTISTS UNDER ENGLISH SKIES ALEXANDRA HARRIS July, pb, £9.99, 9780500292655 “A brilliant, beautiful and sensual book.”—Sunday Times. Paperback publication supported by huge marketing campaign.
UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE
CRUDE LOVE KIM ROSENFIELD September, pb, £11, 9781937027711 A collection of literary essays debating the role of function and form in contemporary poetry.
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