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LITERATURE & CRITICISM


UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA PRESS


THE WOMAN PRIEST: A TRANSLATION OF SYLVAIN MARECHAL’S NOVELLA, LA FEMME ABBE SYLVAIN MARECHAL; SHEILA DELANY TR September, pb, £14.50, 9781772121230


First translation of French novella (1801) about passion, social convention, obsession and despair.


TEN CANADIAN WRITERS IN CONTEXT MARIE CARRIERE; CURTIS GILLESPIE; JASON PURCELL EDS October, pb, £17.99, 9781772121414 A superb compilation of modern Canadian voices: 10 years, 10 authors, 10 critics.


UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS


LOOKING FOR “THE OUTSIDER: ALBERT CAMUS AND THE LIFE OF A LITERARY CLASSIC ALICE KAPLAN September, hb, £16, 9780226440156 A biography of Camus’ existentialist masterpiece. E


ALICE IN SPACE: THE SIDEWAYS VICTORIAN WORLD OF LEWIS CARROLL GILLIAN BEER December, hb, £24.50, 9780226041506 Reveals the contexts within which the Alice books first lived. E


THE DAILY HENRY JAMES: A YEAR OF QUOTES FROM THE WORK OF THE MASTER HENRY JAMES November, pb, £11, 9780226408545 Long-forgotten perennial calendar first published 1911 and reissued with a new foreword by Michael Gorra. E


THE GREAT DERANGEMENT: CLIMAGE


CHANGE AND THE UNTHINKABLE AMITAV GHOSH October, hb, £15.50, 9780226323039


Examines our inability--at the level of literature, history, and politics--to grasp scale of climate change. E


LIFE BREAKS IN: A MOOD ALMANACK MARY CAPPELLO November, hb, £20.50, 9780226356068 Investigative and contemplative book that looks at what a mood is. E


UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS


ROALD DAHL: WALES OF THE UNEXPECTED DAMIAN WALFORD DAVIES, ED August, pb, £24.99, 9781783169405 This book explores the complex ways in which Roald Dahl engages with Wales. E


SCIENCE FICTION, NEW SPACE OPERA, AND NEOLIBERAL GLOBALISM: NOSTALGIA FOR INFINITY JEROME WINTER November, hb, £85, 9781783169443 The first critical book devoted to New Space Opera and its engagement with neoliberalism. E


EXILES, TRAVELLERS AND VAGABONDS: RETHINKING MOBILITY IN FRANCOPHONE WOMEN’S WRITING ISABEL HOLLIS-TOURÉ; KATE AVERIS ED October, hb, £95, 9781783169283 A study of women’s movement across the globe. E


SATURDAY’S SILENCE: R. S. THOMAS AND PASCHAL READING RICHARD MCLAUCHLAN November, hb, £85, 9781783169207 This book offers a new perspective on the work of R S Thomas. E


UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI


THE COMICS OF HERGE: WHEN THE LINES ARE NOT SO CLEAR JOE SUTLIFF SANDERS ED August, hb, £50.50, 9781496807267


While his style popularised what became known as the ”clear line” in cartooning.


CONVERSATIONS WITH MICHAEL CHABON BRANNON COSTELLO October, pb, £20.95, 9781496809629 Conversations with Michael Chabon collects 18 revealing interviews with the renowned author. E


CONVERSATIONS WITH WILLIAM GIBSON PATRICK A SMITH October, pb, £20.95, 9781496809681 Draws 23 interviews in this collection from a variety of media and sources. E


VERSO BOOKS


RAYMOND CHANDLER: THE DETECTIONS OF TOTALITY FREDRIC JAMESON August, hb, £12.99, 9781784782160 The master of literary theory takes on the master of the detective novel. E


THE HIDDEN GOD: A STUDY OF TRAGIC VISION IN THE PENSEES OF PASCAL AND THE TRAGEDIES OF RACINE LUCIEN GOLDMANN July, pb, £19.99, 9781784784041


First published in 1964, this classic text uses the concept of “world visions”. E


MOLECULAR RED: THEORY FOR THE ANTHROPOCENE MCKENZIE WARK October, pb, £9.99, 9781784784089


Radical new critical theory for the 21st century. E


SIMPLE FORMS: LEGEND, SAGA, MYTH, RIDDLE,


SAYING, CASE, MEMORABILE, FAIRYTALE, JOKE ANDRE JOLLES October, pb, £16.99, 9781784784935 A seminal text in literary theory available in English for the first time. E


AGAINST EVERYTHING: ON DISHONEST TIMES MARK GREIF September, hb, £16.99, 9781784785925 A brilliant collection of essays from one of the most highly acclaimed young writers. E


FIRE ALARM: READING WALTER BENJAMIN’S ‘ON THE CONCEPT OF HISTORY’ MICHAEL LOWY October, pb, £12.99, 9781784786410


An illuminating study of Benjamin’s final essay. E


WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS


SISTERS OF TOMORROW: THE FIRST WOMEN OF SCIENCE FICTION LISA YASZEK


July, hb/pb, £68/£22, 9780819576231/48 A comprehensive selection of works by female luminaries of early SF. E


WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY PRESS


ACTIVATING THE HEART: STORYTELLING, KNOWLEDGE SHARING & RELATIONSHIPS JULIA CHRISTENSEN; LISA SZABO-JONES EDS August, pb, £17.99, 9781771122191 Explores storytelling as a tool for knowledge to build connections between people, histories and environments.


WILMINGTON SQUARE BOOKS


STONYPATH DAYS: LETTERS FROM IAN


HAMILTON FINLAY TO STEPHEN BANN 1970-72 BANN, STEPHEN ED July, hb, £25, 9781908524720 Ian Hamilton Finlay was a leading Scottish poet, artist, sculptor and garden designer.


YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS


MARGELLOS WORLD REPUBLIC OF LETTERS SERIES ORTHOKOSTÁ: A NOVEL THANASSIS VALTINOS August, hb, £16.99, 9780300209990 New translations of writings of cultural and artistic significance. E


LIFE AND WORK: WRITERS, READERS, AND THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THEM TIM PARKS August, hb, £25, 9780300215366 A renowned critic vividly depicts the dynamic relationships between authors, their work and their readers. E


ZERO BOOKS


THE WORLD OF FAILING MACHINES: SPECULATIVE REALISM AND LITERATURE GRANT HAMILTON September, pb, £9.99, 9781785353246 The first full-length discussion about the relationship between speculative realism and literary criticism. E


CENTRING THE MARGINS: ESSAYS AND REVIEWS JEFF BURSEY July, pb, £13.99, 9781785354007 A collection of critical essays bringing neglected, obscure writers to the fore. E


READING THE WAY OF THINGS: TOWARDS A NEW TECHNOLOGY OF MAKING SENSE DANIEL COFFEEN August, pb, £11.99, 9781785354144 A Deleuzian guide to reading the world, exploring the ideas of renowned critical theorists. E


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