Literature

Lost Illusions Honoré de Balzac 2020 Spring

A new annotated translation of the keystone of Balzac’s Comédie Humaine—a sweeping narrative of corrupted idealism in a cynical urban milieu

Listening Interviews, 1970–1989 Jonathan Cott 2020 Spring

A wide-ranging collection of interviews and profiles from twenty years of Jonathan Cott’s remarkable writings

The Streel A Deadwood Mystery Mary Logue 2020 Spring

From “the reigning royalty of Minnesota murder mysteries” (The Rake) comes a striking new heroine: a young Irish immigrant caught up in a deadly plot in nineteenth-century Deadwood

The Shapes of Fancy Reading for Queer Desire in Early Modern Literature Christine Varnado 2020 Spring

Exploring forms of desire unaccounted for in previous histories of sexuality

What a Library Means to a Woman Edith Wharton and the Will to Collect Books Sheila Liming 2020 Spring

Examining the personal library and the making of self

Pipers at the Gates of Dawn The Wisdom of Children’s Literature Jonathan Cott 2020 Spring

Jonathan Cott’s reflections and conversations with six celebrated children’s authors—now in a new edition

Fishing! A Novel Sarah Stonich 2020 Spring

A hilarious saga of fishing, family, and three generations of tough, independent women—the first in a trilogy

Letters from Tove Tove Jansson 2020 Spring

A virtual memoir in letters by the beloved creator of the Moomins

Brave Enough Jessie Diggins 2020 Spring

Travel with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins on her compelling journey from America’s heartland to international sports history, navigating challenges and triumphs with rugged grit and a splash of glitter

The Monster Theory Reader Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Editor 2020 Spring

A collection of scholarship on monsters and their meaning—across genres, disciplines, methodologies, and time—from foundational texts to the most recent contributions

How Not to Make a Human Pets, Feral Children, Worms, Sky Burial, Oysters Karl Steel 2019 Fall

From pet keeping to sky burials, a posthuman and ecocritical interrogation of and challenge to human particularity in medieval texts

Resisting Dialogue Modern Fiction and the Future of Dissent Juan Meneses 2019 Fall

A bold new critique of dialogue as a method of eliminating dissent

Re-Enchanted The Rise of Children’s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century Maria Sachiko Cecire 2019 Fall

From The Hobbit to Harry Potter, how fantasy harnesses the cultural power of magic, medievalism, and childhood to re-enchant the modern world

Scenarios III Stroszek; Nosferatu, Phantom of the Night; Where the Green Ants Dream; Cobra Verde Werner Herzog 2019 Fall

For the first time in English, and in his signature prose poetry, the film scripts of four of Werner Herzog’s early works

South American Journals January–July 1960 Allen Ginsberg 2019 Fall

The great Beat poet’s observations, reflections, poetry, and mind-expanding explorations while traveling through South America

Coming soon

University of Minnesota Press

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