Literature

Freud in Oz: At the Intersections of Psychoanalysis and Children’s Literature Freud in Oz At the Intersections of Psychoanalysis and Children’s Literature Kenneth B. Kidd 2011 Fall
Shows how the acceptance of psychoanalysis owes a notable debt to the rise of “kid lit”
Writing Writing Marguerite Duras 2011 Fall
Celebrated writer Marguerite Duras on the artistic process
German Autumn German Autumn Stig Dagerman 2011 Fall
The first U.S. edition of Dagerman’s account of postwar life in Germany
Playful Slider: The North American River Otter Playful Slider The North American River Otter Barbara Juster Esbensen 2011 Fall
Playful Slider invites young readers to learn more about one of the most interesting of North American mammals
The Fall of the King The Fall of the King Johannes V. Jensen 2011 Fall
The masterpiece of one of Scandinavia’s preeminent literary figures and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Styrbiorn the Strong Styrbiorn the Strong E. R. Eddison 2011 Fall
E. R. Eddison’s classic saga novel now in paperback—includes for the first time Eddison’s remarkable letter of introduction and his unabridged closing note
Crossing through Chueca: Lesbian Literary Culture in Queer Madrid Crossing through Chueca Lesbian Literary Culture in Queer Madrid Jill Robbins 2011 Spring
An exploration of queer Madrid’s physical and symbolic literary culture
Robert Bly in This World Robert Bly in This World James Lenfestey and Thomas R. Smith, Editors 2011 Fall
Celebrating one of the most significant American poets of the twentieth century
Animal Stories: Narrating across Species Lines Animal Stories Narrating across Species Lines Susan McHugh 2011 Spring
How cross-species companionship is figured across a variety of media—and why it matters
Archipelagoes: Insular Fictions from Chivalric Romance to the Novel Archipelagoes Insular Fictions from Chivalric Romance to the Novel Simone Pinet 2011 Spring
An insular turn in late medieval and early modern culture central to the emergence of modern fiction
Henry James and the Queerness of Style Henry James and the Queerness of Style Kevin Ohi 2011 Spring
The true meaning of being fashionably late in Henry James’s late works
Writing the Love of Boys: Origins of Bishōnen Culture in Modernist Japanese Literature Writing the Love of Boys Origins of Bishōnen Culture in Modernist Japanese Literature Jeffrey Angles 2011 Spring
A pioneering look at same-sex desire in Japanese modernist writing
Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend Marlene Dietrich Life and Legend Steven Bach 2011 Spring
A celebration of the life and times of one of the greatest female stars of all time
An Errant Eye: Poetry and Topography in Early Modern France An Errant Eye Poetry and Topography in Early Modern France Tom Conley 2010 Fall
Deciphering maps as poetry, and poems as maps
The Self-Made Map: Cartographic Writing in Early Modern France The Self-Made Map Cartographic Writing in Early Modern France Tom Conley 2010 Fall
Illuminates the connection between literature, identity, and mapmaking in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century France.