LITERATURE & CRITICISM
Literature & Criticism
Exploration of literary representations of the human-animal encounter in modernity that press human “being” to its limits.
Abrams Press
The Art of Dying: Writings, 2019-2022 Peter Schjeldahl, Steve Martin, Jarrett Earnest 23rd May, hb, £21.99, 9781419773242 The complete last essays of acclaimed writer Peter Schjeldahl, the great New Yorker art critic.
Alma
Written in Water: John Keats’s Final Journey Alessandro Gallenzi 23rd May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781846884719 First biography to provide a full and fresh account of Keats’s journey to Naples and Rome. Includes newly discovered and previously unpublished documents.
Another Literary Tour of Italy Tim Parks 25th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781846884726 Following the critical and commercial success of A Literary Tour of Italy, Parks presents a new selection.
Anthem Press
Samuel Richardson as Anonymous Editor and Printer John A Dussinger 5th March, hb, eb, £80, 9781785273537 Comprehensive account of Richardson’s numerous editorial interventions in producing books and pamphlets from his press.
Black Refigurations Kimberly W. Benston 2nd July, hb, eb, £80, 9781785278730 Final volume of three- book study of African American literary history with special attention to the internal dialogues regarding concepts of tradition, haunting, trauma and re-vision.
Animal Presence and Human Identity in Modern Literature Kimberly W Benston 14th May, hb, eb, £80, 9781785279607
Ralph Ellison and Cinema Sam Halliday 9th July, pb, eb, £20.99, 9781785279638 First dedicated study of the relationship between film and the work of the African American author.
Microtravel Charles Forsdick (ed), Zoe Kinsley (ed), Kate Walchester (ed) 31st May, hb, eb, £80, 9781839986581 Explores and historicises the phenomenon of “microtravel”, a term coined to designate slower journeys within a limited radius which allow, and sometimes necessitate, new forms of experiencing the world.
Taxidermy and the Gothic Elizabeth Effinger 11th June, hb, eb, £80, 9781839990267 First extended study of gothic’s collusion with taxidermy, focusing on contemporary cultural and material texts.
Pursuits of Settler Belonging in Australian Post-millennial Memoirs Martina Horakova 4th June, hb, eb, £80, 9781839990571 Interrogates memoirs of Australian settler belonging, written by public intellectuals, which attempt to come to terms with the history of colonial violence and dispossession of Indig- enous people.
Picturing Shakespeare Jean-Louis Claret 14th May, pb, eb, £25, 9781839990601 Investigates the capacity of Shakespeare’s texts to generate mental images and mental colours.
Subaltern Narratives in Fiji Hindi Literature Vijay Mishra 13th February, hb, eb, £80, 9781839990700 First serious study of fiction written in Fiji Hindi. Mishra argues that subaltern writing consti- tutes the silent under- side of world literature whose canon it quietly challenges and subverts.
The Crossroads of Crime Writing
Meghan P Nolan (ed), Rebecca Martin (ed) 5th March, hb, eb, £80, 9781839991172 Argues that we must examine the boundaries in fiction and non-fiction crime writing with an awareness of and a turn towards the unseen structures.
Arcturus
Greek & Roman Myths & Legends Hélène Adeline Guerber 1st May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398835061 Captivating collection will provide readers with a detailed account of the spiritual beliefs and fascinating tales of two intriguing ancient societies.
Barbican Press
Death on the Beach Per Hoegselius, Agnes Broome (tr) 30th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781909954953 Wondrous and haunting dive into landscape and culture. This fascinating essay collection, trans- lated from Swedish, walks global shores, looks to the sea and transcends the everyday.
Batsford
100 Books That Changed the World Colin Salter, Scott Christianson 9th May, hb, eb, £20, 9781849948678 Thoughtful, chronological journey through the world’s most influential books.
Biteback
We Are What We Read Vybarr Cregan-Reid 14th May, hb, eb, £20, 9781785908187 About the joys and transformational power of reading.
Bloomsbury Academic
SERIES
Bloomsbury Writer’s Guides and Anthologies 22nd February, pb, eb, 9781350 Introduces established and aspiring creative writers to the art and craft of writing—from poetry to comics—with prompts, exercises and examples of relevant works by major authors. Experimental Writing Lawrence Lenhart, Will Cordeiro £23.99, 240971
Poetry Amorak Huey, W Todd Kaneko £17.99,325890
Teaching Creative Writing Stephanie Vanderslice 8th February, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781350276499 All-in-one guide calls upon creative writing’s history, theories and practices and features interviews, course plans and sample syllabi.
Mapping Middle-earth Anahit Behrooz 22nd February, pb, eb, £24.99, 9781350290808 How Tolkien’s corpus of maps reflects political, colonial and environ- mental power dynamics surrounding land in his Middle-earth writings.
Story Mode Julialicia Case, Eric Freeze, Salvatore Pane 22nd February, pb, eb, £18.99, 9781350301375 Entry point for writing and designing complex and emotionally affecting narrative video games. Combines game design with creative writing techniques.
What Readers Do Beth Driscoll 21st March, pb, eb, £19.99, 9781350375185 An exploration of the 21st-century “everyday” reader and their private and social behaviors in a digital world. Examines how readers engage with each other and the consumer publishing industry.
Revising Reality Chris Gavaler, Nathaniel Goldberg 30th May, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781350439627 How the artistic and pop culture concepts of sequels, remakes, retcons and rejects can help us understand and reinterpret real-world history and current events.
SERIES
Object Lessons pb, eb, £9.99, 97815013 Concise, collectable, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Air Conditioning Hsuan L Hsu 8th February, 77822 X-ray Nicole Lobdell 11th July, 86701 Newspaper Maggie Messitt 2nd May, 92177 Pencil Carol Beggy
8th February, 92245 Swimming Pool Piotr Florczyk 8th February, 94874 Space Rover Stewart Lawrence Sinclair 4th April, 99954 Mask Sharrona Pearl 2nd May, 9798765102404
The Amateur Saikat Majumdar 11th July, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781501399879 Explores the work of anti-colonial amateur and autodidact critics including Arundhati Roy, VS Naipaul and Dionne Brand.
Bloomsbury Continuum
The Seven Basic Plots Christopher Booker 18th July, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781399415927 Twentieth-anniversary edition of a fascinating analysis of storytelling, with a foreword from Booker’s son Nick.
Bodleian Library
CS Lewis’s Oxford Simon Horobin 13th June, hb, £30, 9781851245642 Examination of the influ- ence of Oxford on the writing of Lewis brings to light new archival discoveries including letters and an unpub- lished poem.
Kafka:
Making of an Icon Ritchie Robertson (ed) 30th May, hb, £35, 9781851246229 Authoritative anthology of essays celebrating Kafka’s life and work and examining how his writing has continued to provide inspiration for over a century.
Kafka Journal 30th May, notebook, £12.99, 9781851246441 With a striking image of Kafka and reproductions of his drawings interspersed through the pages.
Boydell & Brewer
SERIES
Studies in the Eighteenth Century pb, £26.99, 97818376512 Major series published in association with the British Society for Eigh- teenth Century Studies provides cross-disciplin- ary research on the long century.
Fictions of Presence Ros Ballaster 14th May, vol 9 76 Political Journalism in London, 1695-1720 Ashley Marshall 18th June, vol 8 90
The Medieval Pig Dolly Jorgensen 2nd April, pb, £19.99, 9781837651689 The role of the pig in medieval society in material and textual sources.
Brazos Press
Flannery O’Connor’s Why Do the Heathen Rage? Jessica Hooten Wilson, Steve Prince (illus) 19th March, hb, £19.99, 9781587436185 In this work of literary excavation, an award- winning author transcribes, compiles and organises the final, unfinished novel by celebrated American fiction writer.
Calon
Abandon All Hope Gary Raymond 23rd May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781915279262 Voyage into a uniquely Welsh Inferno offers a revolutionary way to examine and explain literary history.
Canongate Canons
Home and Exile Chinua Achebe 7th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781786896131 Looking back at his own life and education, a giant of African literature provides a deeply personal and essential key for unlocking his literature and politics.
Clemson University Press
Womb Work Belinda Monique Waller-Peterson 1st June, hb, eb, £100, 9781638040644 Women-centred healing narratives, fiction and non-fiction, written by Black women writers.
Marianne Moore and the Archives Jeff Westover (ed), Alison Fraser (ed) 1st March, hb, eb, £115, 9781638040972 Uses archival research to explore the work of a major American writer.
Poet in Place and Time Mary Carden (ed),
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