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Creole Medievalism: Colonial France and Joseph Bédier’s Middle Ages Creole Medievalism Colonial France and Joseph Bédier’s Middle Ages Michelle R. Warren 2010 Fall
How a scholar’s multilingual, multiracial background created a French medieval ideal
In Babel's Shadow: Multilingual Literatures, Monolingual States In Babel's Shadow Multilingual Literatures, Monolingual States Brian Lennon 2010 Spring
A study of the limits of multilingual literary expression in print culture
The Songs of António Botto The Songs of António Botto António Botto Josiah Blackmore, Editor 2010 Fall
The rediscovery of a major voice in modern gay poetry and twentieth-century letters
The Sub: A Study in Witchcraft The Sub A Study in Witchcraft Thomas M. Disch 2010 Fall
A black comedy tour-de-force now in paperback
The Businessman: A Tale of Terror The Businessman A Tale of Terror Thomas M. Disch 2010 Fall
The wicked first book in Thomas M. Disch’s Supernatural Minnesota series
The Priest: A Gothic Romance The Priest A Gothic Romance Thomas M. Disch 2010 Fall
The third—and most controversial—installment in Thomas M. Disch’s Supernatural Minnesota series
The Playwright as Thinker: A Study of Drama in Modern Times, Fourth Edition The Playwright as Thinker A Study of Drama in Modern Times, Fourth Edition Eric Bentley 2010 Fall
A definitive work by one of the greatest drama critics
The M.D.: A Horror Story The M.D. A Horror Story Thomas M. Disch 2010 Fall
A chilling allegory for the field of modern medicine
I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick I Think I Am Philip K. Dick Laurence A. Rickels 2010 Spring
Sounds out the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. Dick’s influential fiction
Into the Interior Into the Interior Michelle Cliff 2010 Spring
In her previous novels, Michelle Cliff explored potent themes of colonialism, race, myth, and identity with rare intelligence, lyrical intensity, and a profound sense of both history and place. Into the Interior is her most intimate, courageous work of fiction yet, a searing and ultimately moving reflection on the legacy of empire and the restless search for a feeling of belonging.
The Japan of Pure Invention: Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado The Japan of Pure Invention Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado Josephine Lee 2010 Spring
What the lightest of operas reveals about racial images and practices
Victorian Vogue: British Novels on Screen Victorian Vogue British Novels on Screen Dianne F. Sadoff 2009 Fall
How British fiction on film arouses and allays contemporary fears about society
A Bibliography of English Etymology: Sources and Word List A Bibliography of English Etymology Sources and Word List Anatoly Liberman 2009 Fall
A broadly conceptualized reference tool that provides source materials for etymological research. For each word’s etymology, there is a bibliographic entry that lists the word origin’s primary sources, specifically, where it was first found in use. Featuring the history of more than 13,000 English words, their cognates, and their foreign etymons, this is a full-fledged compendium of resources indispensable to any scholar of word origins.
The Networked Wilderness: Communicating in Early New England The Networked Wilderness Communicating in Early New England Matt Cohen 2009 Fall
Significantly broadens our ideas of literacy, writing, and communication in early America
Everybody’s Family Romance: Reading Incest in Neoliberal America Everybody’s Family Romance Reading Incest in Neoliberal America Gillian Harkins 2009 Fall
Posits the late twentieth-century increase in incest literature against political and economic changes of the era