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The Book as Artefact: Text and Border (Variants 4: The Journal of the European Society for Textual Scholarship)

The Book as Artefact: Text and Border (Variants 4: The Journal of the European Society for Textual Scholarship)


A. M. Hansen, C. Urchueguía, P. Shillingsburg, R. Lüdeke, W. Streit



The Book as Artefact: Text and Border (Variants 4: The Journal of the European Society for Textual Scholarship)...
Novels for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context & Criticism on Commonly Studied Novels Volume 16

Novels for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context & Criticism on Commonly Studied Novels Volume 16


David Galens



Novels for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context & Criticism on Commonly Studied Novels Volume 16...
Reading Women's Worlds from Christine de Pizan to Doris Lessing: A Guide to Six Centuries of Women Writers Imagining Rooms of Their Own

Reading Women's Worlds from Christine de Pizan to Doris Lessing: A Guide to Six Centuries of Women Writers Imagining Rooms of Their Own


Sharon L. Jansen



Review “Jansen does what she does best, that is pull us into the story and help us understand her interpretation.&#x...
The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Vol. 3: 1400-1557

The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Vol. 3: 1400-1557


J. B. Trapp, Lotte Hellinga



Review "The essays are truly ground-breaking.... All serious libraries will buy it; all students in the field will consul...
Doctor Who Short Trips: Life Science (Big Finish Short Trips)

Doctor Who Short Trips: Life Science (Big Finish Short Trips)


John Binns



Doctor Who Short Trips: Life Science (Big Finish Short Trips)...
The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making

The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making


Adrian Johns



Amazon.com Review Weighing in at 750-plus pages, Adrian Johns's sturdy tome is several books in one. At one level, it is...
Why We Read What We Read : a Delightfully Opinionated Journey Through Contemporary Bestsellers

Why We Read What We Read : a Delightfully Opinionated Journey Through Contemporary Bestsellers


John Heath, Lisa Adams



From Publishers Weekly What does an analysis of PW's and USA Today's bestsellers lists tell us about the values, desires ...
Royal Romances: Sex, Scandal, and Monarchy in Print, 1780-1821

Royal Romances: Sex, Scandal, and Monarchy in Print, 1780-1821


Kristin Samuelian



Review “Samuelian’s elegantly-structured study examines topics of perpetual public fascination, namely, royal...
Inner Workings of the Novel: Studying a Genre

Inner Workings of the Novel: Studying a Genre


Allan H. Pasco



Review "In a quest to bring harmony to an oftentimes unwieldy genre, Pasco . . . highlights with characteristic aplomb and ...
The Road of Excess: A History of Writers on Drugs

The Road of Excess: A History of Writers on Drugs


Marcus Boon



From Library Journal Instead of providing a chronological history of drugs in literature, Boon (English, York Univ.) off...
A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology: 1450 to 2000

A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology: 1450 to 2000


Peter Beal



Review affords many pleasures to the curious... an intellectual inventory. Andrew Zurcher, Times Literary Supplement This...
The Hero and the Sea: Patterns of Chaos in Ancient Myth (Student Notebooks)

The Hero and the Sea: Patterns of Chaos in Ancient Myth (Student Notebooks)


Donald H. Mills



The Hero and the Sea: Patterns of Chaos in Ancient Myth (Student Notebooks)...
Of Essays and Reading in Early Modern Britain (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print)

Of Essays and Reading in Early Modern Britain (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print)


Scott Black



Review "A timely and compelling exercise in criticism." —David Hill Radcliffe, Virginia Tech "The writing is ...
Fetishism and Its Discontents in Post-1960 American Fiction (American Literature Readings in the 21st Century)

Fetishism and Its Discontents in Post-1960 American Fiction (American Literature Readings in the 21st Century)


Christopher Kocela



Review “This is a smart, incisive critical elaboration of thinking on fetishism across an impressive range of theoret...
Cyberfiction: After the Future

Cyberfiction: After the Future


Paul Youngquist



Review “Whereas science fiction asks ‘What if?’ questions about technology and the human future, Young...
Rereading the Nineteenth Century: Studies in the Old Criticism from Austen to Lawrence

Rereading the Nineteenth Century: Studies in the Old Criticism from Austen to Lawrence


Igor Webb



Review “In this ambitious, wide-ranging study, Webb carefully considers both the nature of reading fiction and the d...
The Plagiarism Allegation in English Literature from Butler to Sterne

The Plagiarism Allegation in English Literature from Butler to Sterne


Richard Terry



About the Author Richard Terry is currently Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature at Northumbria University,...
Virginia Woolf and the Literary Marketplace

Virginia Woolf and the Literary Marketplace


Jeanne Dubino



Review “This inspiring new collection brings sharply into focus the consummate skill, astute expertise, and canny kn...
New Critical Essays on James Agee and Walker Evans: Perspectives on Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

New Critical Essays on James Agee and Walker Evans: Perspectives on Let Us Now Praise Famous Men


Caroline Blinder



Review “One early reviewer of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men described it as ‘a book that refuses to call itself ...
The Development of the International Book Trade, 1870-1895: Tangled Networks

The Development of the International Book Trade, 1870-1895: Tangled Networks


Alison Rukavina



Review 'This is an absolutely first-rate work at the very cutting edge of book history research, which for the last few y...
Learning to Read in the Late Ottoman Empire and the Early Turkish Republic

Learning to Read in the Late Ottoman Empire and the Early Turkish Republic


Benjamin C. Fortna



About the Author BENJAMIN C. FORTNA teaches Middle Eastern History at the School of Oriental and African Studie...
Scandalous Fictions: The Twentieth-Century Novel in the Public Sphere

Scandalous Fictions: The Twentieth-Century Novel in the Public Sphere


Jago Morrison, Susan Watkins



About the Author Jago Morrison is Head of English at University College Chichester. Susan Watkins is Senior Lecturer in E...
Victorian Sensational Fiction: The Daring Work of Charles Reade

Victorian Sensational Fiction: The Daring Work of Charles Reade


Richard Fantina



Review “Fantina’s analysis of a controversial Victorian author is not only compelling but timely. Fantina...
The Business of Literary Circles in Nineteenth-Century America (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)

The Business of Literary Circles in Nineteenth-Century America (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)


David Dowling



Review "An important analysis of literary coteries in the United States, Dowling's book is the first to provide a firm sens...
Books Without Borders, Volume 2: Perspectives from South Asia

Books Without Borders, Volume 2: Perspectives from South Asia


Mary Hammond, Robert Fraser



Review 'Books without Borders offers an indispensable body of scholarship and theory.' - Leslie Howsam, SHARP-News ...
Books Without Borders, Volume 1: The Cross-National Dimension in Print Culture

Books Without Borders, Volume 1: The Cross-National Dimension in Print Culture


Mary Hammond, Robert Fraser



Review 'Books without Borders offers an indispensable body of scholarship and theory.' - Leslie Howsam, SHARP-News ...
America and the British Imaginary in Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century Literature

America and the British Imaginary in Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century Literature


Brook Miller



Review “Miller offers an original and compelling account of Anglo-American cultural relations at the fin-de-siè...
Connecting Boys with Books 2: Closing the Reading Gap

Connecting Boys with Books 2: Closing the Reading Gap


Michael Sullivan



About the Author Michael Sullivan is the author of Connecting Boys With Books (American Library Association, 2003), The F...
Joseph Conrad and the Reader: Questioning Modern Theories of Narrative and Readership

Joseph Conrad and the Reader: Questioning Modern Theories of Narrative and Readership


Amar Acheraiou



About the Author AMAR ACHERAOU (PhD, Sorbonne Nouvelle) has published numerous articles on Joseph Conrad, modernist liter...
Quick and Popular Reads for Teens

Quick and Popular Reads for Teens


Pam Spencer Holley



From What does the librarian do with the young adult who “never reads”? What about the girl who won’...
Preserving Digital Information

Preserving Digital Information


Henry M. Gladney



Review From the reviews: "The book provides a wide range of examples that illustrate the various types of information. It...
Readers and Society in Nineteenth-Century France: Workers, Women, Peasants

Readers and Society in Nineteenth-Century France: Workers, Women, Peasants


Martyn Lyons



Review "...a valuable contribution to its field..."--James Smith Allen, Libraries & CultureThe book is well crafted, writ...
Critical Excess: Overreading in Derrida, Deleuze, Levinas, Zizek and Cavell

Critical Excess: Overreading in Derrida, Deleuze, Levinas, Zizek and Cavell


Colin Davis



Review "Davis's book demonstrates, in exemplary fashion, the extent to which practices of overreading have come to consti...
George Eliot: The Novels (Analysing Texts)

George Eliot: The Novels (Analysing Texts)


Mike Edwards



About the Author Mike Edwards is Former Head of Humanities, Crosskeys College, Gwent. ...
Kamishibai Story Theater: The Art of Picture Telling

Kamishibai Story Theater: The Art of Picture Telling


Dianne De Las Casas



From School Library Journal De Las Casas was attracted to this form of street storytelling, popular from the late 1920s u...
Gissing and the City: Cultural Crisis and the Making of Books in Late Victorian England

Gissing and the City: Cultural Crisis and the Making of Books in Late Victorian England


John Spiers



Gissing and the City: Cultural Crisis and the Making of Books in Late Victorian England...
Digital Communication, 2nd Edition

Digital Communication, 2nd Edition


Edward A. Lee David G. Messerschmitt



From the Back Cover This book is for designers and would-be designers of digital communication systems. The general appro...
The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators

The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators


Anita Silvey



From Publishers Weekly Aficionados of children's literature get an education with The Essential Guide to Children's Books...
Professing Literature: An Institutional History, Twentieth Anniversary Edition

Professing Literature: An Institutional History, Twentieth Anniversary Edition


Gerald Graff



Review "Both E. D. Hirsch and Allan Bloom share...a nostalgia for a not very closely examined past in which things were b...
Victorian Servants, Class, and the Politics of Literacy (Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature)

Victorian Servants, Class, and the Politics of Literacy (Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature)


Jean Fernandez



About the Author Jean Fernandez is Assistant Professor of English and Women's Studies at the University of Maryland, Balt...
The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder

The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder


Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond



The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder...
Possessed: Hypnotic Crimes, Corporate Fiction, and the Invention of Cinema (Cinema and Modernity Series)

Possessed: Hypnotic Crimes, Corporate Fiction, and the Invention of Cinema (Cinema and Modernity Series)


Peter Jansen, Stefan Andriopoulos



Review “Not only a groundbreaking study of early twentieth-century German film and literature, Stefan Andriopoulos...
A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)

A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)


Neil H. Donahue



Review (A) reliable resource for nonspecialists, accurately reflecting historical and contemporary scholarship. CHOICE B...
Horror Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Vampires, Killer Tomatoes, and Haunted Houses (Ala Readers' Advisory Series)

Horror Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Vampires, Killer Tomatoes, and Haunted Houses (Ala Readers' Advisory Series)


Becky Siegel Spratford



From School Library Journal Spratford and Clausen offer up an easy-to-use introduction for fielding requests from teens f...
Innocence and Rapture: The Erotic Child in Pater, Wilde, James, and Nabokov

Innocence and Rapture: The Erotic Child in Pater, Wilde, James, and Nabokov


Kevin Ohi



Review "Beautiful, judicious, and finely wrought. Ohi’s wonderfully absorbing study shows how 'style' and 'the chi...
Bookish Histories: Books, Literature, and Commercial Modernity, 1700-1900

Bookish Histories: Books, Literature, and Commercial Modernity, 1700-1900


Ina Ferris, Paul Keen



About the Author INA FERRIS is Professor of English at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Her books include a critica...
Literary Memoirs (Library of Latin America)

Literary Memoirs (Library of Latin America)


Frederick Nunn, Jose Victorino Lastarria



From Publishers Weekly From Oxford University Press's Library of Latin America comes a significant but dry work about the...
Loving With a Vengeance: Mass Produced Fantasies for Women

Loving With a Vengeance: Mass Produced Fantasies for Women


Tania Modleski



About the Author Tania Modleski is Florence R. Scott Professor of English at the University of Southern California. She i...