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Introduction to the BibleChristine Hayes

This introduction to the 24 short books common to all Jewish and Christian Bibles examines the struggles of generations of biblical writers to make sense of their own and their nation’s experiences over a span of many centuries.

Paper 2012 448 pp. 10 b/w illus. + 6 maps ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18179-1 $18.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18827-1

DeathShelly Kagan

What am I to make of the fact that I am going to die? In this thought-provoking book, philosopher Shelly Kagan confronts myriad questions relating to our mortality and invites readers to reconsider what they think they know about death.

Paper 2012 392 pp. 32 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18084-8 $18.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18342-9

Theory of LiteraturePaul H. Fry

In this brilliant tour of twentieth-century literary theory, Professor Paul Fry explores important movements and themes that illuminate what literature is, how it is produced, and the many ways it can be understood.


New Testament History and LiteratureDale B. Martin

In this engaging introduction to the New Testament, a distinguished Yale professor presents a historical study of the origins of Christianity by analyzing the literature of the earliest Christian movements.


The Moral Foundations of PoliticsIan Shapiro

What sorts of governments merit the allegiance of their people? When should allegiance be withdrawn? This accessible book explores major answers and discusses why democracy supplies the most reliable basis for political legitimacy.

Paper 2012 304 pp. 8 graphs ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18545-4 $18.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-12869-7

Political PhilosophySteven B. Smith

This engaging book explores the wide terrain of political philosophy through classic texts by Plato, Machiavelli, Tocqueville, and others who confront enduring problems: who ought to govern? why should I obey the law? how should conflict be controlled?


Open Yale CoursesThe Open Yale Courses Series is designed to bring the depth and breadth of a Yale education to a wide variety of readers. Based on Yale’s Open Yale Courses program (http://oyc.yale.edu), these books bring outstanding lectures by Yale

faculty to the curious reader, whether student or adult. Covering a wide variety of topics across disciplines in the social sciences, physical sciences, and humanities,

Open Yale Courses books offer accessible introductions at affordable prices.

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Literature

The AeneidVergilTranslated by Sarah Ruden

“The translation is alive in every part. . . . This is the first translation since Dryden’s that can be read as a great English poem in itself.”—Garry Wills, New York Review of Books

This extraordinary new translation of the Aeneid stands alone among modern Vergil translations for its accuracy and poetic appeal.

Paper 2009 320 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15141-1 $16.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-14829-9

The Golden AssApuleiusTranslated by Sarah Ruden

This accurate and entertaining translation of Apuleius’s ever-popular novel brings the comic tale to life for modern readers.

Cloth 2012 288 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15477-1 $30.00

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A New Anthology of Early Modern Spanish TheaterPlay and PlaytextBárbara Mujica

This anthology of plays from the Span-ish Golden Age brings together the work of canonical writers, female writers who are rapidly achieving canonical status, and lesser-known writers who have recently gained critical attention.

Cloth 2013 800 pp. 20 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10956-6 $95.00

The Works of Samuel JohnsonVolumes 11–13:Debates in Parliament

Samuel JohnsonEdited by Thomas Kaminski and Benjamin Beard Hoover; Text Edited by O M Brack, Jr.

From 1741 to 1744, young Johnson’s re-creations of debates in Parliament appeared in the Gentleman’s Magazine, thinly disguised as fiction. These critical volumes present his entire project, for the first time exactly as published.

The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson Cloth 2011 1,680 pp. 5 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12517-7 $350.00

The Works of Samuel JohnsonVolumes 21-23: The Lives of the Poets

Samuel JohnsonEdited by John H. Middendorf

The Lives of the Poets was the crowning achievement of Samuel Johnson’s rich and varied literary life. This carefully researched three-volume edition presents a definitive text reflecting Johnson’s final wishes for its wording, accompanied by notes of value both to general readers and specialists.

The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson Cloth 2010 1,696 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12314-2 $350.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-15586-0

OblomovIvan GoncharovTranslated by Marian Schwartz

Translator Marian Schwartz breathes new life into Ivan Goncharov’s masterful novel, replete with wry wit and inge-nious critique of nineteenth-century Russian aristocracy.

Paper 2010 576 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16228-8 $16.95

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I to MyselfAn Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. ThoreauEdited by Jeffrey S. Cramer

Begun in 1837, Thoreau’s Journal spans twenty-five years and functions as a record of his interior life and a key to his other writings. This beautifully produced gift edition of the Journal provides a fully rounded portrait of Thoreau.


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EssaysA Fully Annotated EditionHenry D. ThoreauEdited by Jeffrey S. Cramer

This treasure trove of Thoreau’s most noteworthy essays, generously annotated by a leading scholar, belongs on the book-shelves of every admirer of this endlessly fascinating figure.

Cloth 2013 480 pp. 1 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16498-5 $35.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16562-3

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Modern Love and Poems of the English Roadside, with Poems and BalladsGeorge MeredithEdited by Rebecca N. Mitchell and Criscillia Benford

This edition restores the original publica-tion and supplements it with a range of accompanying materials that will reintro-duce Meredith’s astonishing collection of poetry to a new generation of readers.

Cloth 2013 440 pp. 12 b/w illus., 3 graphs ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17317-8 $55.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18910-0










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IdaA NovelGertrude SteinEdited by Logan Esdale

This welcome edition of Stein’s witty novel of fame and identity, inspired by the celebrity life of the Duchess of Windsor, includes archival documenta-tion of the book’s creation, from first draft through publication and reception.

PB-with Flaps 2012 384 pp. 16 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16976-8 $20.00

Stanzas in MeditationThe Corrected EditionGertrude SteinEdited by Susannah Hollister and Emily Setina; With an Introduction by Joan Retallack

This edition of Gertrude Stein’s great experimental poem presents the work for the first time in its correct original form, accompanied by the multiple revisions made by Stein and by Alice B. Toklas.

PB-with Flaps 2012 400 pp. 8 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15309-5 $22.00

ExorcismA Play in One ActEugene O’NeillForeword by Edward Albee; Introduction by Louise Bernard

Believed lost for over ninety years, O’Neill’s Exorcism draws on a dark in-cident in his own life. The play displays early examples of O’Neill’s unparalleled skills of capturing personal human drama, and it explores major themes that would permeate his work, resonat-ing deeply with Long Day’s Journey into Night.

Cloth 2012 112 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18131-9 $18.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-13013-3

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The ZelmenyanersA Family SagaMoyshe KulbakTranslated by Hillel Halkin; Introduction and Notes by Sasha Senderovich

The first English translation of a Yiddish classic and one of the great comic novels of the twentieth century.

New Yiddish Library Series Paper 2013 304 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11232-0 $25.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18895-0

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American GeorgicsWritings on Farming, Culture, and the LandEdited by Edwin C. Hagenstein, Sara M. Gregg, and Brian Donahue

A rich and evocative collection of agrar-ian writing from the past two centuries, reflecting how shifting views on agricul-ture have shaped American society, from the first European settlers to the modern organic movement.

Yale Agrarian Studies Series Paper 2012 432 pp. 33 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18804-2 $27.50 Cloth 2011 432 pp. 33 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13709-5 $35.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-17184-6

The Havana HabitGustavo Pérez Firmat

From the acclaimed poet and critic, an affectionate examination of Cuba in America’s cultural imagination.

Paper 2012 256 pp. 19 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17789-3 $20.00 Cloth 2010 256 pp. 19 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14132-0 $25.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16876-1

Cuban FiestasRoberto González Echevarría

A luminous history of Cuba’s most dynamic and defining rituals and the ever-improvisational character of Cuban culture.

Paper 2012 376 pp. 4 b/w + 17 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17788-6 $20.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16874-7

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New Light ShineShannon MurdochForeword by John Guare

Australian playwright Shannon Murdoch, winner of the 2011 Yale Drama Series award, offers a haunting tale of lost innocence, murder, and four almost-adults who must deal with the tangled consequences of years of silence and half-truth.

Yale Drama Series Paper 2012 96 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18485-3 $18.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18604-8

Shakespeare’s SonnetsWilliam ShakespeareEdited and with analytic commentary by Stephen Booth

This prize-winning work provides a facsimile of the 1609 Quarto printed in parallel with a conservatively edited, modernized text, as well as commen-tary that ranges from brief glosses to substantial critical essays.

Winner of the ninth annual James Russell Lowell Prize given by the Modern Language Association

Paper 2000 616 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-08506-8 $19.95











New in the Margellos World Republic of Letters

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The Corpse WasherSinan Antoon

Acclaimed in the Arab world for its veracity, this heartbreaking novel confronts Iraq’s horrifying recent history through the story of one young man’s struggle to celebrate life even in the midst of death. Now available to English-language readers for the first time.


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The Brazen PlagiaristSelected PoemsKiki DimoulaTranslated by Cecile Inglessis Margellos and Rika Lesser

Kiki Dimoula is one of the most prized poets in contemporary Greece. This first English translation of a wide selection of poems from across her oeuvre brings together some of her most beguiling, arresting, and moving work.


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La Vida DobleA NovelArturo FontaineTranslated by Megan McDowell

Set in the darkest years of the Pinochet dictatorship, Fontaine’s best-selling novel explores the dilemma of Lorena, a leftist militant confronted with impossible choices. The book is a tale of violence, lofty ideals, and moral ambiguity.

Cloth 2013 320 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17669-8 $25.00

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Tales of a Severed HeadRachida MadaniTranslated by Marilyn Hacker

Moroccan poet Rachida Madani relocates the classic Arab tale of Scheherazade to the present day, when issues of women’s role in society echo concerns that permeate The Thousand and One Nights, written a thousand years before. This is the first English translation of Madani’s remarkable poetry.

PB-with Flaps 2012 176 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17628-5 $15.00

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BlindlyClaudio MagrisTranslated by Anne Milano Appel

Hailed as a masterpiece when published in Italy, Magris’s innovative novel is now available in English. Narrated by a lucid madman, the book twists through time and space, recounting the horrors, the hopes, and the revolutions of the last century.

PB-with Flaps 2012 400 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18536-2 $16.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18914-8

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The Girl with the Golden ParasolUday PrakashTranslated by Jason Grunebaum

This outstanding translation of Uday Prakash’s audacious novel captures the profound contradictions within contemporary India, where the ancient caste system still holds sway and over-rules even the power of love.

PB-with Flaps 2013 224 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-19054-0 $16.00

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The Ingenious Gentleman and Poet Federico García Lorca Ascends to HellCarlos RojasTranslated by Edith Grossman

A masterpiece by one of the most extraordinary writers of the twentieth century, this novel explores the identity and destiny of beloved Spanish poet García Lorca, who finds himself in hell watching his entire life replayed—but not as it happened.

Cloth 2013 224 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16776-4 $24.00

FerdydurkeWitold GombrowiczTranslated by Danuta Borchardt; Foreword by Susan SontagPB-with Flaps 2012 320 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18167-8 $13.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16465-7

A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen MinutesWitold GombrowiczTranslated by Benjamin IvryPB-with Flaps 2012 120 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18168-5 $9.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-13206-9

The Fifth ImpossibilityEssays on Exile and Language

Norman ManeaPB-with Flaps 2012 368 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17995-8 $15.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18487-7

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The Margellos World Republic of Letters

The Black EnvelopeNorman Manea Translated by Patrick CamillerPB-with Flaps 2012 336 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18294-1 $15.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18862-2

Compulsory HappinessNorman ManeaTranslated by Linda CoverdalePB-with Flaps 2012 272 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18295-8 $15.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18863-9

The LairNorman ManeaTranslated by Oana Sânziana MarianCloth 2012 336 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17994-1 $19.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18346-87

CyclopsRanko MarinkovicTranslated by Vlada Stojiljkovic; Edited by Ellen Elias-BursacPB-with Flaps 2012 576 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18172-2 $18.00 Cloth 2010 576 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15241-8 $35.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16884-6

Second SimplicityNew Poetry and Prose, 1991–2011

Yves BonnefoyTranslated by Hoyt RogersCloth 2012 320 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17625-4 $30.00

Hocus BogusRomain Gary writing as Émile AjarTranslated by David BellosPB-with Flaps 2012 224 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18154-8 $9.95 Cloth 2010 224 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14976-0 $25.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16297-4

Selected LyricsThéophile GautierTranslated by Norman R. ShapiroPB-with Flaps 2012 552 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18155-5 $18.00 Cloth 2011 552 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16433-6 $35.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16547-0

NotturnoGabriele D’AnnunzioTranslated and Annotated by Stephen Sartarelli; Preface by Virginia JewissCloth 2012 344 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15542-6 $28.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16016-1

CelestinaFernando de RojasTranslated by Margaret Sayers Peden; Edited and with an Introduction by Roberto González EchevarríaPB-with Flaps 2012 288 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14199-3 $12.95 Cloth 2009 288 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14198-6 $24.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-15619-5

FuenteovejunaLope de VegaTranslated by G. J. Racz; With an Introduction by Roberto González EchevarríaPB-with Flaps 2012 136 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18152-4 $12.95 Cloth 2010 144 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16385-8 $26.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16872-3

SongbookThe Selected Poems of Umberto Saba

Umberto SabaTranslated by George Hochfield and Leonard Nathan; Introduction, Notes, and Commentary by George HochfieldPB-with Flaps 2012 592 pp. 1 b/w photo ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18175-3 $18.00 Cloth 2009 592 pp. 1 b/w photo ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13603-6 $35.00

Mozart’s Third BrainGöran SonneviTranslation, Preface, and Notes by Rika Lesser; Foreword by Rosanna WarrenPB-with Flaps 2012 240 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18182-1 $14.00 Cloth 2009 240 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14580-9 $25.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-15631-7

Eastern European

AdonisSelected Poems

AdonisTranslated by Khaled MattawaPB-with Flaps 2012 432 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18125-8 $18.00 Cloth 2010 432 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15306-4 $30.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16869-3

The Poetry of KabbalahMystical Verse from the Jewish Tradition

Translated and Annotated by Peter ColeCo-edited and with an Afterword by Aminadav DykmanCloth 2012 544 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16916-4 $30.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18361-0

Middle Eastern

The Wind from the PlainA Trilogy

Yashar KemalTranslated by Thilda KemalPaperback with Slipcase 2012 ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17039-9 $25.00

Like a Straw Bird It Follows MeAnd Other Poems

Ghassan ZaqtanTranslated by Fady JoudahCloth 2012 144 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17316-1 $26.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18363-4

Western European

Five Spice StreetCan Xue, Translated by Karen Gernant and Chen ZepingPB-with Flaps 2012 352 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16796-2 $15.00 Cloth 2009 352 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12227-5 $25.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-14248-8

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Poetry

Why Poetry MattersJay Parini

Poetry doesn’t matter to most people, observes Jay Parini at the opening of this book. But, undeterred, he commences a deeply felt meditation on poetry, its language and meaning, and its power to open minds and transform lives. Poetry indeed matters.

Why X Matters Series Paper 2009 224 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15146-6 $16.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-14525-0

Can Poetry Save the Earth?A Field Guide to Nature PoemsJohn Felstiner

In this thought-provoking book, John Felstiner explores the rich legacy of poems that take nature as their subject, and he demonstrates their force and beauty.

Paper 2010 440 pp. 22 color + 41 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16813-6 $22.00 Cloth 2009 440 pp. 22 color + 41 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13750-7 $35.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-15553-2

Rhyme’s ReasonA Guide to English Verse, Third EditionJohn Hollander

In this classic text, the distinguished poet and critic John Hollander surveys the schemes, patterns, and forms of English verse, illustrating each variation with an original and witty self-descriptive example.

Winner of the Modern Language Association’s Mina P. Shaughnessy Medal

Paper 2001 154 pp. 1 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-08832-8 $11.95

Delmira Agustini, Sexual Seduction, and Vampiric ConquestCathy L. Jrade

A study of the life and poetry of Delmira Agustini, the first major female Latin American poet of the twentieth century.

Major Figures in Spanish and Latin American Literature and the Arts Cloth 2012 288 pp. 10 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16774-0 $45.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18341-2

The Art of Robert FrostTim Kendall

“Tim Kendall’s critical study of the poetry of Robert Frost gives the sus-tained close analysis that this great body of work has always deserved. Kendall quotes generously and he explains the structure and texture of individual poems with a subtlety that is equal to the imaginative demands of his subject.” —David Bromwich, Yale University

Cloth 2012 408 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11813-1 $35.00

The Anthology of RapEdited by Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBoisForeword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Afterwords by Chuck D and Common

“An essential contribution to our living literary tradition. . . . This groundbreak-ing anthology masterfully assembles part of a new vanguard of American poetry.”—from the Foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.


TreasonHédi KaddourTranslated by Marilyn Hacker

Hédi Kaddour’s poetry arises from observation, from situations both ordinary and emblematic—of contem-porary life, of human stubbornness, human invention, or human cruelty. With Treason, the award-winning poet and translator Marilyn Hacker presents an English-speaking audience with the first selected volume of his work.


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WesterlyWill SchuttForeword by Carl Phillips

Praised by Carl Phillips as “a book of uncommon wisdom,” Schutt’s prize-winning first volume of poetry displays a cosmopolitan range of reference and a meditative, understated style.

Yale Series of Younger Poets Paper 2013 80 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18851-6 $18.00 Cloth 2013 80 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18850-9 $45.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18981-0

Slow LightningEduardo Corral

The 2011 winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets award, Eduardo C. Corral, is the first Latino poet ever to receive the award. His poems, strange and haunting, are also lyrically beautiful and filled with yearning.

Winner of the 2011 Whiting Writers Award, given by the Whiting Foundation

Yale Series of Younger Poets Paper 2012 96 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17893-7 $18.00











Literary Theory & Criticism

The Anatomy of InfluenceLiterature as a Way of LifeHarold Bloom

For more than half a century, Bloom has shared his profound knowledge of the written word with students and readers. In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study of influence, Bloom leads us through the labyrinthine paths which link the writers and critics who have informed and inspired him for so many years.

Paper 2012 368 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18144-9 $20.00 Cloth 2011 368 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16760-3 $32.50 Available as e-book 978-0-300-17990-3

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The Event of LiteratureTerry Eagleton

An influential literary critic explores anew the discipline to which he has devoted his career, reconsidering previous stances while offering fresh takes on much-studied books and literary theories.


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How to Read LiteratureTerry Eagleton

In this delightfully entertaining guide, an eminent critic explains with abun-dant examples everything you need to know to read literary works with deeper insight, better understanding, and much more enjoyment.

Cloth 2013 256 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-19096-0 $26.00

A Reader on ReadingAlberto Manguel

“Books jump out of their jackets when Manguel opens them and dance in delight as they make contact with his ingenious, voluminous brain.”—Peter Conrad, The Observer


The Woman ReaderBelinda Jack

This lively book is the first to address the controversies associated with women’s reading throughout history, and to show how vastly different women’s reading experiences have often been compared to those of men.


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The Shadow of a Great RockA Literary Appreciation of the King James BibleHarold Bloom

Long an admirer of the King James Bible, celebrated critic Harold Bloom here offers a singular appreciation of its beauty and importance as a literary masterpiece.


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What Really Happened in the Garden of Eden?Ziony Zevit

Could our understanding that the Garden of Eden story concerns original sin and the fall from divine grace be based on a more than two-thousand-year-old misconception? In this innovative book, a renowned biblical scholar argues exactly that.


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Divine LoveIslamic Literature and the Path to GodWilliam C. Chittick

Bringing to light extensive never-trans-lated Persian sources, William Chittick presents the rich prose literature on love at the center of Islamic spiritual thought.

Cloth 2013 448 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18595-9 $45.00

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The Renaissance Epic and the Oral PastAnthony Welch

Drawing on a large body of poetry, this book offers a close survey of the changing audiences, modes of reading, and cultural expectations that shaped epic writing in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Yale Studies in English Paper 2012 268 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17886-9 $40.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18899-8












The Book in the RenaissanceAndrew Pettegree

A groundbreaking study of the fascinat-ing world of books in the first great age of print, from 1450 to 1600.


Love and the Law in CervantesRoberto González Echevarría

This fascinating book explores Cervantes’s work to show how the author drew on new legal records to investigate human deviance and desire and as inspiration for modern representations of love.


Rome and RhetoricShakespeare’s Julius CaesarGarry Wills

“Rome and Rhetoric is as entertainingly readable as it is broadly informative.” —John Simon, New York Times Book Review

The Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities Series Paper 2013 200 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18800-4 $15.00 Cloth 2011 200 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15218-0 $25.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-17849-4

The Milton EncyclopediaEdited by Thomas N. Corns

This encyclopedia offers easy and imme-diate access to a wealth of information about Milton, serving as a general and comprehensive reference tool for general readers, students, and scholars alike.


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Remembering ShakespeareDavid Scott Kastan and Kathryn James

This richly illustrated book explores an extraordinary collection of Shakespear-eana to illuminate how the Bard has been remembered for 400 years and why he remains vitally alive for us today.

Distributed for the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Paper 2012 80 pp. 69 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18039-8 $25.00

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Flaubert’s “Gueuloir”On “Madame Bovary” and “Salammbô”Michael Fried

This book offers an original analysis of the prose of Gustave Flaubert, one of the greatest of all Western novelists who is known particularly for his scrupulous attention to his art and style.


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Victorian BloomsburyRosemary Ashton

This book is the first account of Bloomsbury’s evolution as the undisput-ed intellectual quarter of London during the nineteenth century—before the heyday of the “Bloomsbury Group.”


Antony and CleopatraPaper 2007 256 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12473-6 $6.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-15030-8

HamletPaper 2003 288 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10105-8 $6.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-13823-8

Henry the Fourth, Part OnePaper 2006 240 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10815-6 $6.95

Julius CaesarPaper 2006 192 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10809-5 $6.95

King LearPaper 2007 256 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12200-8 $6.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-13470-4

MacbethPaper 2005 256 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10654-1 $6.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-13827-6

The Merchant of VenicePaper 2006 208 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11564-2 $6.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-13825-2

A Midsummer Night’s DreamPaper 2005 224 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10653-4 $6.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-13826-9

OthelloPaper 2005 320 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10807-1 $6.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-13829-0

Richard IIIPaper 2008 256 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12202-2 $6.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-14529-8

Romeo and JulietPaper 2004 256 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10453-0 $6.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-13828-3

The Taming of the ShrewPaper 2005 224 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10982-5 $6.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-13790-3

The TempestPaper 2006 192 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10816-3 $6.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-13830-6

Twelfth Nightor, What You WillPaper 2007 192 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11563-5 $6.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-13471-1

The Annotated ShakespeareEdited, Fully Annotated, and Introduced by Burton Raffel; With an Essay by Harold Bloom











ModernismMichael Levenson

In this wide-ranging and original account of Modernism, Michael Levenson presents a new understand-ing of the movement, the surrounding culture, and the relationship between individual artists and the audiences that both supported and opposed them.


Modernist AmericaArt, Music, Movies, and the Globalization of American CultureRichard Pells

“[T]here is much to enjoy here . . . a rousing jaunt through a period of remarkable upheavals in entertainment and the arts.”—The Wall Street Journal


What Ever Happened to Modernism?Gabriel Josipovici

A personal, penetrating, and polemical account of what Modernism is, this book explores the literature, fine art, and music that it has inspired—and how contemporary literary writing has failed it.


New

Domestic SubjectsGender, Citizenship, and Law in Native American LiteratureBeth H. Piatote

Piatote analyzes the literary works of Native American intellectuals in the context of assimilation-era laws and policies aimed at national domestica-tion, showing how Native American writing illuminated, contested, and refigured the reach of the law.

The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity Cloth 2013 248 pp. 6 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17157-0 $45.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18909-4

Ralph Ellison in ProgressFrom “Invisible Man” to “Three Days Before the Shooting . . .” Adam Bradley

A major reassessment of the literary legacy of one of the twentieth century’s most revered writers that explores the mysteries surrounding his unfinished second novel.


A New Handbook of Literary TermsDavid Mikics

Lively and learned, this up-to-date guide to literary words and concepts is an essential volume for every student and reader of literature. David Mikics sketches the derivations and history of each term, offers useful bibliographic suggestions for most entries, and clarifies the often confusing terrain of literary theory today.

Paper 2010 368 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16431-2 $17.00

New in paper

Why Trilling MattersAdam Kirsch

“Why Trilling Matters is not simply the best book yet written on Lionel Trilling. Its subject . . . is the pretext for an invigorating magic trick. With Trilling’s help, Kirsch transforms a backward glance into a forward step.”—Michael Kimmage, New York Times Book Review

Why X Matters Series Paper 2013 192 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18782-3 $16.00 Cloth 2011 208 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15269-2 $24.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-17828-9

Why Translation MattersEdith Grossman

“Edith Grossman, the Glenn Gould of translators, has written a superb book on the art of the literary translation. Even Walter Benjamin is surpassed by her insights into her task, which she rightly sees as imaginatively independent. This should become a classic text.”—Harold Bloom

Why X Matters Series Paper 2011 160 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17130-3 $16.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16303-2

True FriendshipGeoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell Under the Sign of Eliot and PoundChristopher Ricks

True Friendship looks closely at three outstanding poets of the past half-century—Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell—through the lens of their relation to their two predecessors in genius, T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound.

The Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities Series Paper 2011 272 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17146-4 $20.00 Cloth 2010 272 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13429-2 $28.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16284-4











History of the Book

Too Much to KnowManaging Scholarly Information before the Modern AgeAnn Blair

Long before the modern era scholars complained of the overabundance of books and developed techniques for selecting, sorting, and storing information on a large scale. This intriguing book examines information management in pre-modern contexts with a special focus on the impact of printing in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.


New

The Watchman in PiecesSurveillance, Literature, and Liberal PersonhoodDavid Rosen and Aaron Santesso

Spanning nearly 500 years of cultural and social history, this book examines the ways that literature and surveillance have developed together, as kindred modern practices.


Unpacking My LibraryWriters and Their BooksEdited by Leah Price

A gorgeous second volume in the popular Unpacking My Library series, this book explores the bookshelves of thirteen favorite novelists and uncovers the stories behind their lifetimes of reading and writing.

Paper over Board 2011 208 pp. 270 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17092-4 $20.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18058-9

Unpacking My LibraryArchitects and Their BooksEdited by Jo SteffensFeaturing an essay by Walter Benjamin

This alluring volume provides an intimate look at the personal libraries and top ten reading lists of twelve of the world’s leading architects.

Published in association with Urban Center Books, The Architecture Bookstore of the Municipal Art Society of New York Paper over Board 2009 192 pp. 24 b/w + 284 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15893-9 $20.00

The Library at NightAlberto Manguel

“An elegant volume, in both its design and its text. . . . Manguel has brought out a richly enjoyable book, absolutely enthralling for anyone who loves to read and an inspiration for anybody who has ever dreamed of building a library of his or her own.”—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World


The Elizabethan Club of Yale University and Its LibraryCentenary EditionStephen ParksIntroduction by Alan Bell

Published to celebrate Yale University’s Elizabethan Club’s centenary, this beautifully produced book includes full descriptions of the rare books in the Elizabethan Club’s collection, including the nearly sixty new acquisitions of the past quarter century, and for the first time a listing of manuscripts and objects.

Cloth 2011 376 pp. 125 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17185-3 $75.00

Ex LibrisThe Art of BookplatesMartin Hopkinson

This handsome book celebrates book-plates and the artists who have created them, from Albrecht Dürer to Edward Burne-Jones. Illustrated with 100 key examples of ex libris art, the volume traces the evolution of bookplate design in Europe and beyond.

PB-with Flaps 2011 112 pp. 100 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17163-1 $15.00

Reading MattersFive Centuries of Discovering BooksMargaret Willes

This entertaining journey through five centuries of acquiring, reading, and enjoying books looks at a wide range of collectors, including Samuel Pepys and Thomas Jefferson, and those who marketed and sold them their books.

Paper 2010 304 pp. 90 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16404-6 $22.00

Many Yale University Press titles are also available

from most major e-Book stores, including the Amazon Kindle Store,

B&N’s nook store, Google Editions, Kobo, and Sony.










Letters, Diaries, Memoirs

New in paper

Letters from AmericaAlexis de TocquevilleEdited, Translated, and with an Introduction by Frederick Brown

“It’s no surprise that the letters are jam-packed with insightful observations. What is surprising is how alive they are even today. This is living history, not embalmed. A collection that combines both charm and historical relevance.” —Library Journal (starred review)

Winner of the 2011 Translation Prize given by the French-American Foundation and the Florence Gould Foundation


New

My Dear GovernessThe Letters of Edith Wharton to Anna BahlmannEdited by Irene Goldman-Price

“One of the most astonishing instances of literary eavesdropping in the history of American letters. A moving and illuminating revelation.”—Alberto Manguel

This rich trove of previously unknown letters from Edith Wharton to the governess who became her lifelong friend provides fascinating new insights into the writer’s life, relationships, and development as an author.


New

The Letters of T. S. EliotVolume 4: 1928–1929Edited by Valerie Eliot and John Haffenden

During these years, Eliot secures the future of The Monthly Criterion, cor-responds with writers and thinkers from Virginia Woolf to Robert Frost to W. H. Auden, and continues to publish his own poems and writings, all while nurs-ing his wife back to health.

Cloth 2013 880 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18724-3 $50.00

New

The Letters of T. S. EliotVolume 3: 1926–27Edited by Valerie Eliot and John Haffenden

The third volume of the long-awaited letters of one the twentieth century’s most influential and acclaimed poets and writers.


The Letters of T. S. EliotVolume 2: 1923–1925Edited by Valerie Eliot and Hugh HaughtonCloth 2011 912 pp. 21 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17686-5 $50.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-17819-7

The Letters of T. S. EliotVolume 1: 1898–1922, Revised EditionEdited by Valerie Eliot and Hugh HaughtonCloth 2011 912 pp. 58 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17645-2 $50.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-17818-0

New in paper

Gulag VoicesEdited by Anne Applebaum

“Gulag Voices will inform a generation fortunate enough to be living in different times.”—Mary Dejevsky, The Independent

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum brings together a unique collection of Gulag survivors’ memoirs.

Annals of Communism Series Paper 2012 216 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17783-1 $18.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16012-3

New in paper

Auschwitz and AfterSecond EditionCharlotte DelboTranslated by Rosette C. Lamont; With a New Introduction by Lawrence L. Langer

“I find Rosette C. Lamont’s remarkable translation of Charlotte Delbo’s work perceptive, delicate, and poignant, in short: exceptional.”—Elie Wiesel

Written by a member of the French resistance who became an important literary figure in postwar France, this moving memoir of life and death in Auschwitz and the post-war experiences of women survivors has become a key text for Holocaust studies classes. This second edition includes an updated and expanded introduction by Holocaust scholar Lawrence L. Langer.











Letters, Diaries, Memoirs

New

The Richard Burton DiariesEdited by Chris Williams

“Burton loved literature, and how proud he’d have been to know that in his diaries he demonstrates considerable literary gifts. His observations about his peers are brilliant. . . . This indispensable book is meticulously edited by Professor Chris Williams.”—Roger Lewis, The Financial Times

The irresistible, candid diaries of Richard Burton, published in full for the first time, encompass his entire career and his celebrated marriages to Elizabeth Taylor. Articulate and opinionated, Burton offers fresh perspectives on the worlds of film, theater, and celebrity.

Cloth 2012 704 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18010-7 $35.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-19231-5

New in paper

Alfred Kazin’s JournalsSelected and Edited by Richard M. Cook

“This is a remarkable book, easily one of the great diaries and moral documents of the past American century.”—Dwight Garner, New York Times

Selected by Kazin’s acclaimed biographer, an enlightening collection of the private writings of one of the twentieth century’s most fascinating intellectuals.


New in paper

DiaryRichard Selzer

“No one writes about the practice of medicine with Selzer’s unique combination of mystery and wonder.” —Los Angeles Times

Selections from the moving, beautifully crafted diary of a celebrated storyteller and surgeon. In Diary, the author’s successes and regrets, as well as the humor and sadness that surround him, are revealed with the same empathy and vividness that made him one of the great doctor-writers of modern literature.


New

Distant IntimacyA Friendship in the Age of the InternetFrederic Raphael and Joseph Epstein

Over the course of a year, two writers who have never met exchange weekly letters that are candid, wise, and totally irresistible. The correspondents, one an American writer and the other a British screenwriter, discuss all manner of topics, personal and professional.

Cloth 2013 352 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18694-9 $30.00

New in paper

Losing ItIn which an Aging Professor laments his shrinking Brain...William Ian Miller

“A stylish, effortlessly erudite and refreshingly clear-eyed essay about the dastardly — yet inevitable — fate of getting older.”—Julia Keller, Chicago Tribune, Best Books 2011

In this moving, funny, deeply insightful consideration of old age, William Ian Miller frees us from facile stereotypes and gives us a more honest way of thinking about growing old, enriched by an understanding of other times and cultures.


New

My Backyard JungleThe Adventures of an Urban Wildlife Lover Who Turned His Yard into Habitat and Learned to Live with ItJames Barilla

Building on the experience of creating a wildlife habitat in his urban backyard, James Barilla visits various cities where bears, monkeys, toucans, and other creatures reside and along the way discovers how people and animals might coexist in our increasingly urban world. Not since Gerald Durrell penned My Family and Other Animals have readers encountered a naturalist with such a gift for story-telling and such an open heart toward all things wild.









Biography—Writers

New

James Boswell’s Life of JohnsonAn Edition of the Original Manuscript in Four Volumes. Volume 3: 1776–1780James BoswellEdited by Thomas F. Bonnell

The third and penultimate volume in the Yale Boswell Editions’ transcription of Boswell’s heavily revised manuscript of his biography of Johnson.

Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell Cloth 2012 454 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18292-7 $85.00

New

John KeatsA New LifeNicholas Roe

“[A] sumptuously written biography. . . . Roe sees complex connections between the poet’s life and art that have eluded other biographers. . . . Poetic in its own right, this absorbing book is a masterly study of its subject.”—Publishers Weekly

Filled with revelations and original insights, this definitive book presents a new portrait of the beloved Romantic poet and shows how previously unrecognized turning points in his life provide fresh keys to his works.


Lives of the NovelistsA History of Fiction in 294 LivesJohn Sutherland

“John Sutherland is among the handful of critics whose every book I must have. He’s sharp-eyed and sharp-tongued, with a generous heart and a wise head. This self-assured and knowledgeable survey of novels in English is invaluable as both a reference work and, wonder-fully, a book to savor.”—Jay Parini

Who are the top writers of English fiction of all time? Professor John Sutherland offers his own surprising list and defends each choice in this witty, entertaining, and hugely informative volume.


Andrew MarvellThe ChameleonNigel Smith

“Nigel Smith . . . has certainly mastered everything that can be learned about this elusive, shadowy and very private man.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

Drawing on exhaustive archival research, the voluminous corpus of Andrew Marvell’s previously little-known writing, and recent scholarship across several disciplines, Smith’s portrait becomes the definitive account of the British poet’s elusive life.


New

The Great Charles Dickens ScandalMichael Slater

“Impeccably sourced and dashingly narrated. . . . Slater sinks his teeth into the dirty subject of reputation making—and breaking—with a relish that almost made me forget (I mean this as a compliment) that author’s status as an eminent academic.”—Miranda Seymour, Sunday Telegraph

Was Charles Dickens the secret lover of young actress Nelly Ternan? How would a man of his renown have hidden such an affair? This engaging book is the first complete account of the scandal that threatened to ruin Dickens and of the cover-up that continued for generations.


Charles DickensMichael Slater

“With the appearance of Slater’s extraordinary biography, which exhuberantly tracks the mercurial energy of Dickens’s publication history . . . it is possible to be accurate to Dickens’s wild originality, the career of his career. . . . This is a biography of a writer as writer. It is therefore quite unique.”—Adam Thirlwell, The New Republic

Paper 2011 720 pp. 65 b/w + 80 h/t illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17093-1 $25.00 Cloth 2009 720 pp. 65 b/w + 80 h/t illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11207-8 $35.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16552-4

Many Yale University Press titles are also available from most major e-Book stores, including the Amazon Kindle Store, B&N’s nook store, Google Editions, Kobo, and Sony.








Biography—Writers

New

Dickens and the ArtistsEdited by Mark BillsWith contributions by Pat Hardy, Leonée Ormond, Nicholas Penny, and Hilary Underwood

An exploration of the artistic tastes of a celebrated novelist, this collection of essays traces the relationship between Charles Dickens and visual art.

Published in association with the Watts Gallery Cloth 2012 200 pp. 120 color + 60 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17602-5 $55.00

New in paper

Marcel ProustA Life, with a New Preface by the AuthorWilliam C. Carter

“An impeccably researched and well-paced narrative that brings vividly and credibly to life not only the writer himself but also the changing world he knew.”—Roger Pearson, New York Times Book Review

Reissued with a new preface to com-memorate the first publication of À la recherche du temps perdu one hundred years ago, Marcel Proust portrays in abundant detail the extraordinary life and times of one of the greatest literary voices of the twentieth century.

Henry McBride Series in Modernism and Modernity Paper 2013 992 pp. 47 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-19179-0 $30.00

New in paper

Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem RenaissanceA Portrait in Black and WhiteEmily Bernard

“A deeply absorbing and elegantly evoked biography of a man and his era.” —Lynell George, Los Angeles Times

This groundbreaking book is the first to focus on the flamboyant Carl Van Vechten, his notoriety as a white man with a passion for black people and culture, and his still-debated contribu-tions to the Harlem Renaissance.


Joseph BrodskyA Literary LifeLev LoseffTranslated by Jane Ann Miller

“The best single literary biography of the writer yet to have appeared in any language.”—Times Literary Supplement

An intimate, penetrating study of Joseph Brodsky’s life and work, written by his lifelong friend, the eminent Russian literary scholar Lev Loseff.


New

Franz KafkaThe Poet of Shame and GuiltSaul Friedländer

In this highly original book, Saul Friedländer appraises Kafka’s life and work, tracing his personal anguish as reflected in his writings and showing how earlier censorship efforts concealed crucial aspects of Kafka’s individuality.

Jewish Lives Cloth 2013 224 pp. 2 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13661-6 $25.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-19515-6

Two LivesGertrude and AliceJanet Malcolm

Malcolm’s first book in more than five years, this remarkable work of literary biography and investigative journalism, turns on the mysterious survival of Stein and Toklas, as Jewish lesbians in Occupied France.


Faulkner and LoveThe Women Who Shaped His Art, A BiographyJudith L. Sensibar

This deeply moving and original portrait of William Faulkner explores his three crucial relationships—with his black and white mothers, Caroline Barr and Maud Falkner, and with his wife, Estelle Oldham. These Southern women gave life to Faulkner’s imagination, profoundly shaping his emotional and psychological world.










Philosophy

Exploring HappinessFrom Aristotle to Brain ScienceSissela Bok

From the acclaimed author of Lying, a brilliant exploration of happiness set in the context of the world’s great philosophers, leaders, writers, and artists.


New in paper

LoveA HistorySimon May

A radically new exploration of the ways we think about love; how it has been shaped, idolized, and misconstrued by the West over nearly three millennia; and how we might more accurately—and successfully—conceive it.


New

Ambition, A HistoryFrom Vice to VirtueWilliam Casey King

This engaging book explores the history of changing attitudes toward ambition —pernicious vice, admired virtue, both? —and how ambition influenced New World colonization, the Declaration of Independence, and Americans’ perceptions of themselves.


On EvilTerry Eagleton

In this witty, accessible study, the prominent Marxist thinker Terry Eagleton launches a surprising defense of the reality of evil, drawing on literary, theological, and psychoanalytic sources to suggest that evil is a real phenomenon with palpable force in our contemporary world.


New in paper

The Message and the BookSacred Texts of the World’s ReligionsJohn Bowker

This magisterial guide introduces the great faiths of the world through their most important writings. Surveying 400 key religious books, the author engagingly discusses the content, core tenets, and significance of each.

Paper 2013 416 pp. 37 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-19233-9 $22.00 Cloth 2012 416 pp. 37 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17929-3 $30.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18317-7

New in paper

A Little History of PhilosophyNigel Warburton

This lively and accessible introduction to Western philosophy brings the ideas of the world’s greatest thinkers into focus, from Socrates’ questions about reality to Peter Singer’s thinking on the moral status of animals in our own times.


Way to WisdomAn Introduction to Philosophy, Second EditionKarl JaspersTranslated by Ralph Manheim; With a new foreword by Richard M. Owsley

One of the founders of existentialism, the eminent philosopher Karl Jaspers here presents for the general reader an introduction to philosophy. In doing so, he also offers a lucid summary of his own philosophical thought.


New

What Art IsArthur C. Danto

What is it to be a work of art? Renowned author and critic Arthur C. Danto addresses this fundamental, complex question. Part philosophical monograph and part memoiristic meditation, What Art Is challenges the popular interpreta-tion that art is an indefinable concept, instead bringing to light the properties that constitute universal meaning.











Philosophy

In God’s ShadowPolitics in the Hebrew BibleMichael Walzer

A highly distinguished political thinker offers important insights on the political views of the writers of the Bible and investigates how they illuminate important moral issues in our own time.


Islam, Science, and the Challenge of HistoryAhmad Dallal

In this wide-ranging and masterful work, Ahmad Dallal examines the significance of scientific knowledge and situates the culture of science in rela-tion to other cultural forces in Muslim societies.

The Terry Lectures Series Paper 2012 256 pp. 2 line illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17771-8 $20.00 Cloth 2010 256 pp. 2 line illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15911-0 $27.50 Available as e-book 978-0-300-15914-1

Reason, Faith, and RevolutionReflections on the God DebateTerry Eagleton

A renowned critic demolishes the insistent claims of atheists and others who assert that science has rendered God and faith obsolete. Seasoning his serious book with humor, Terry Eagleton reexamines God, Jesus, free will, scientific thought, and liberalism to arrive at the conclusion that reason and faith are by no means mutually exclusive.

The Terry Lectures Series Paper 2010 200 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16453-4 $17.50 Cloth 2009 200 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15179-4 $25.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-15550-1

New

The Leibniz-De Volder CorrespondenceWith Selections from the Correspondence Between Leibniz and Johann BernoulliG. W. LeibnizTranslated, Edited, and with an Introduction by Paul Lodge

This volume is a critical edition of the eight-year correspondence (1698–1706) between Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Burcher de Volder, professor of philosophy and mathematics at Leiden University.

The Yale Leibniz Series Cloth 2013 518 pp. 10 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10823-1 $85.00

New

Before ReligionA History of a Modern ConceptBrent Nongbri

Spanning two thousand years of history, this concise, gripping narrative shows how religion was an invention of modernity.


New in paper

The Age of DoubtTracing the Roots of Our Religious UncertaintyChristopher Lane

By analyzing the parallel battles over faith and reason in the nineteenth century and ours, scholar Christopher Lane makes a case for the benefits of religious uncertainty.


New in paper

Science and Religion in Quest of TruthJohn Polkinghorne

Both scientist and theologian, the author surveys all the major issues of concern at the intersection of science and religion, offering insights on topics ranging from causality to evolution to divine providence.


Absence of MindThe Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the SelfMarilynne Robinson

One of our best contemporary writers explores the tension between science and religion and reveals how our concept of mind determines how we understand and value human nature and human civilization.

Named a Best Book of 2010—Globe & Mail, “2010 Globe 100”

The Terry Lectures Series Paper 2011 176 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17147-1 $16.50 Cloth 2010 176 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14518-2 $24.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16647-7

Many Yale University Press titles are also available

from most major e-Book stores, including the Amazon Kindle Store,

B&N’s nook store, Google Editions, Kobo, and Sony.










Philosophy

LeviathanOr The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and CivillThomas Hobbes, Edited and with an Introduction by Ian Shapiro

This new edition includes interpretive essays by leading Hobbes scholars that provide fresh and varied interpretations of Leviathan for our time.

Rethinking the Western Tradition Paper 2010 608 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11838-4 $16.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16318-6

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UtopiaSecond EditionThomas MoreTranslated and Introduced by Clarence H. Miller; With a New Afterword by Jerry Harp

A preeminent More scholar does justice to the full range of More’s rhetoric in this masterful translation. In a new afterword to this edition, Jerry Harp contextualizes More’s life and Utopia within the wider frames of European humanism and the Renaissance.


Soft Despotism, Democracy’s DriftMontesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect

Paul A. Rahe

This provocative book draws on the thinking of three great political philosophers to diagnose the malady of today’s liberal democracies: soft despotism: a condition that occurs as paternalistic state power expands.


New

Abandoned to OurselvesBeing an Essay on the Emergence and Implications of Sociology in the Writings of Mr. Jean-Jacques Rousseau...Peter Alexander Meyers

An essay on Rousseau’s claims about the moral significance of dependence in society and the inherent tensions between secular creationism and social evolution in the human sciences.


New in paper

The Writings of Abraham LincolnEdited and with an Introduction by Steven B. Smithwith essays by Danilo Petranovich, Ralph Lerner, Benjamin Kleinerman, Steven B. Smith

Bringing an assortment of Abraham Lincoln’s speeches, letters, and private meditations together with four interpretive essays, Steven Smith demonstrates Lincoln’s strength as a political philosopher.

Rethinking the Western Tradition Paper 2012 544 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18123-4 $18.00 Cloth 2012 544 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16510-4 $55.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16536-4

New in paper

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in HistoryThomas CarlyleEdited by David R. Sorensen and Brent E. Kinser

Carlyle’s classic exploration of heroes and heroic leadership is accompanied by essays that reevaluate the spiritual, rather than the authoritarian, roots of his thought.

Rethinking the Western Tradition Paper 2013 448 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14860-2 $20.00

The Communist ManifestoEdited and with an Introduction by Jeffrey C. Isaacwith essays by Steven Lukes, Stephen Eric Bronner, Vladimir Tismaneanu, Saskia Sassen

A new volume in the Rethinking the Western Tradition series: Marx and Engels’ classic Communist Manifesto, accompanied by essays on its continuing relevance in the post-communist era.

Rethinking the Western Tradition Paper 2012 240 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12302-9 $12.00 Cloth 2012 240 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12301-2 $55.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16320-9

Why Marx Was RightTerry Eagleton

In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with.











Philosophy

New in paper

HumanityA Moral History of the Twentieth Century, Second EditionJonathan Glover

“It is hard to imagine a more important book. Glover makes an overwhelming case for the need to understand our own inhumanity, and reduce or eliminate the ways in which it can express itself —and he then begins the task himself. Humanity is an extraordinary achieve-ment.”—Peter Singer, DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University

Renowned moral philosopher Jonathan Glover confronts the brutal history of the twentieth century to unravel the mystery of why so many atrocities occurred. In a new preface, Glover brings the book through the post-9/11 era and into our own time.


Abraham’s ChildrenLiberty and Tolerance in an Age of Religious ConflictEdited by Kelly James Clark

“Over and over I had the experience of scales falling off my eyes. It would be hard to exaggerate the importance and promise of these fascinating essays for advancing the cause of tolerance.” —Archbishop Desmond Tutu

In a world troubled by conflict, both religious and secular, can we find a path toward tolerance and respect for those of other faiths? Prominent Christian, Jewish, and Muslim thinkers defend religious liberty, drawing on the sacred writings of their personal faiths.


New

Hitler’s PhilosophersYvonne Sherratt

Astonishingly, Hitler gained the backing of many intellectuals of his time. This book is the first to uncover the chilling story of the philosophers who supported the Nazis, and those whose lives were destroyed by them.


Hollywood Westerns and American MythThe Importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for Political PhilosophyRobert B. Pippin

“Let me say straightaway that it is a very thoughtful, observant book, well worth the time for any reader who takes Hawks, Ford, and the Western seriously.” —The New Republic

In this pathbreaking book one of America’s most distinguished philoso-phers brilliantly explores the status and authority of law and the nature of political allegiance through close readings of three classic Hollywood Westerns: Howard Hawks’s Red River and John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Searchers.

Castle Lectures Series Paper 2012 208 pp. 52 b/w + 14 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17206-5 $23.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-14578-6

New

Captured by EvilThe Idea of Corruption in LawLaura S. Underkuffler

One of the most powerful words in the English language, “corruption” is also one of the most troubled concepts in law. According to Laura Underkuffler, the notion of corruption defies the ordinary categories by which law defines crimes. Drawing on contemporary examples—including former assembly-woman Diane Gordon and former governor Rod Blagojevich—Underkuffler explores the implications and dangers of maintaining such an archaic concept at the heart of criminal law.


New

BirthrightPeople and Nature in the Modern WorldStephen R. Kellert

“Birthright is truly magnificent in so many ways. The empirical and intuitive are seamlessly woven together through-out. The book made me want to do something beautiful in the world!” —Gretel Van Wieren, Michigan State University

A pioneer in the study of humanity’s relationship with nature offers an eloquent exploration of the inherent human need to connect with the natural world and how it contributes to our physical and mental health, productivity, and well-being.









Biography—Philosophers

New

The GeniusElijah of Vilna and the Making of Modern JudaismEliyahu Stern

This book offers a new narrative of modern Jewish history based on the life and legacy of the most influential modern rabbinic figure, the eighteenth-century rabbi Elijah ben Solomon, known as the Vilna Gaon.


New

The Great AgnosticRobert Ingersoll and American FreethoughtSusan Jacoby

In this thought-provoking biography, the author of Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism restores Ingersoll to his rightful place in the American secular tradition and demonstrates why his arguments matter today more than ever.


New

GandhiA Spiritual BiographyArvind Sharma

Retelling the story of Gandhi’s life through the lens of his spirituality, Arvind Sharma reveals the unsuspected dimensions of Gandhi’s inner world and their surprising connections with his outward actions.


New in paper

Why Niebuhr MattersCharles Lemert

Although Niebuhr died in 1971, political leaders including Barack Obama, Madeleine Albright, and John McCain acknowledge his influence on their thinking today. This concise book explains why Niebuhr remains important in our own uncertain times.

Why X Matters Series Paper 2013 272 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-19254-4 $16.00 Cloth 2011 272 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17542-4 $26.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-17833-3

Leo StraussAn Intellectual BiographyDaniel Tanguay

“Will in all likelihood become the standard study of the philosopher’s development.”—Richard Wolin, Chronicle of Higher Education

Paper 2011 272 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17210-2 $22.00 Cloth 2007 272 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10979-5 $32.00

Emma GoldmanRevolution as a Way of LifeVivian GornickJewish Lives Cloth 2011 160 pp. 1 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13726-2 $25.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-17761-9

Leon TrotskyA Revolutionary’s LifeJoshua RubensteinJewish Lives Cloth 2011 240 pp. 1 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13724-8 $25.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-17841-8

New

Thomas AquinasA PortraitDenys Turner

Leaving few traces of his personal life behind, Thomas Aquinas has long stymied the efforts of biographers. Undeterred, master teacher Denys Turner uncovers revealing details about the elusive saint and achieves an illuminating new portrait.


David HumeThe Philosopher as HistorianNicholas Phillipson

A giant of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, David Hume was one of the most important philosophers ever to write in English. He was also a brilliant historian. In this book—a new and revised edition of his 1989 classic—Nicholas Phillipson shows how Hume freed history from religion and politics.


Adam SmithAn Enlightened LifeNicholas Phillipson

“An unabashedly intellectual biography . . . [written] in graceful prose. . . . For all that subsequent generations, no less our own, have taken from Smith’s economic contributions, it is indeed enlightening to understand the broader sweep of his vision.”—Nancy F. Koehn, New York Times

The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History Paper 2012 352 pp. 4 b/w + 29 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17767-1 $23.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-17443-4












Music, Dance, Theater

The Perilous Life of Symphony OrchestrasArtistic Triumphs and Economic ChallengesRobert J. Flanagan

This book analyzes the economic challenges facing symphony orchestras and contrasts the experience of orches-tras in the United States (where there is little direct government support) and abroad (where governments typically provide large direct subsidies). Robert J. Flanagan explains the tension between artistic excellence and financial jeopardy that confronts most symphony orches-tras. He analyzes three complementary strategies for addressing orchestras’ economic challenges—raising perfor-mance revenues, slowing the growth of performance expenses, and increasing nonperformance income—and demon-strates that none of the three strategies alone is likely to provide economic security for orchestras.


The Christian West and Its SingersThe First Thousand YearsChristopher Page

A renowned scholar and musician presents a new and innovative explora-tion of the beginnings of Western musical art. Christopher Page places the history of the singers who performed this music against the social, political and economic life of a Western Europe slowly being remade after the collapse of Roman power.

Cloth 2010 400 pp. 50 b/w + 12 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11257-3 $55.00

New

The SaxophoneStephen Cottrell

In the first fully comprehensive study of the saxophone, Stephen Cottrell explores how and why it has become one of the most iconic and popular musical instruments around the world.

Yale Musical Instrument Series Cloth 2013 352 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10041-9 $40.00

The BassoonJames B. Kopp

This authoritative volume encompasses the entire 500-year history of the bassoon. Drawing on new archival research, the author investigates the evolution of the instrument, its social history, its reper-tory, myths about it, and more.

Yale Musical Instrument Series Published in association with the William Waterhouse Archive Cloth 2012 352 pp. 68 b/w illus. + 15 music examples ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11829-2 $40.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18364-1

The TrumpetJohn Wallace and Alexander McGrattan

Exploring the trumpet from prehistory to the twenty-first century, this first major book on the instrument in more than two decades is engagingly written by two leading performers and teachers of the trumpet and its family.

Yale Musical Instrument Series Cloth 2012 360 pp. 45 b/w illus. + musical examples throughout ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11230-6 $40.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-17816-6

French OperaA Short HistoryVincent Giroud

This book provides a full, single- volume account of opera in France from its origins to the present day. Vincent Giroud looks at the leading composers, from Lully to Messiaen and beyond; at the development of French operatic form and style; at performance, performers, and audience; and at the impact of French opera beyond France’s borders.


Sound and Space in Renaissance VeniceArchitecture, Music, AcousticsDeborah Howard and Laura Moretti

This fascinating book explores the direct relationship between architectural design and sacred music in Renaissance Venice.

Cloth 2010 256 pp. 100 b/w + 20 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14874-9 $55.00

The OboeGeoffrey Burgess and Bruce D. Haynes

In this book two distinguished oboist-musicologists trace the history of the oboe from its beginnings as a shawm and hautboy to the present time, discussing how and why the oboe evolved, what music was written for it, and which players were prominent. The book includes extensive illustrations, useful technical appendices, and discography.

Yale Musical Instrument Series Paper 2010 432 pp. 45 b/w + 20 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10053-2 $29.00










Music, Dance, Theater

The Creative Artist’s Legal GuideCopyright, Trademark and Contracts in Film and Digital Media ProductionBill Seiter and Ellen Seiter

The essential guide to intellectual property law for film, video, and digital media artists.


New in paper

Yale French Studies, Volume 122Out of Sight: Political Censorship of the Visual Arts in Nineteenth-Century FranceSpecial Editor: Robert Justin Goldstein

In this volume, specialists in nineteenth-century French history trace the use of censorship by nineteenth-century authorities who feared the power of all the visual and performing arts, from caricature to the cinema and the theater.

Yale French Studies Series Paper 2012 200 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18528-7 $30.00

Theater of the Avant-Garde, 1950–2000A Critical AnthologyEdited by Robert Knopf and Julia Listengarten

This critical anthology assembles an international selection of influential avant-garde plays from the second half of the twentieth century.

Paper 2011 568 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13423-0 $27.00

Music and SentimentCharles Rosen

In a succinct and penetrating work, Charles Rosen reveals how composers from Bach to Berg have used sound to represent and communicate emotion in mystifyingly beautiful ways.

Paper 2011 160 pp. Music examples ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17803-6 $17.50 Cloth 2010 160 pp. Music examples ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12640-2 $24.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16837-2

New in paper

The Music Libel Against the JewsRuth HaCohen

In this deeply imaginative and wide- ranging book, Ruth HaCohen focuses her study on a “musical libel”— a variation on the Passion story that recurs in various forms and cultures in which an innocent Christian boy is killed by a Jew in order to silence his “harmonious musicality.”

Winner of the 2012 Polonsky First Prize; Winner of the Otto Kinkeldey Award 2012, American Musicological Society

Paper 2013 532 pp. 80 b/w + 9 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-19477-7 $38.00 Cloth 2011 532 pp. 80 b/w + 9 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16778-8 $55.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-17799-2

New

Forbidden MusicThe Jewish Composers Banned by the NazisMichael Haas

This groundbreaking book looks at the Jewish composers and musicians banned by the Third Reich and the consequences for music throughout the rest of the twentieth century.

Cloth 2013 352 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15430-6 $38.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-15431-3

New in paper

George GershwinLarry Starr

This fresh look at three of George Gershwin’s musicals (Lady Be Good, Of Thee I Sing, and Porgy and Bess) shows how his Broadway experience influenced all of his musical output.

Yale Broadway Masters Series Paper 2013 216 pp. 19 b/w illus. + 24 music examples ISBN 13: 978-0-300-19238-4 $30.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16862-4

A Windfall of MusiciansHitler’s Émigrés and Exiles in Southern CaliforniaDorothy Lamb Crawford

This book tells the stories of the immigrant musicians who profoundly influenced the film industry, the music institutions of LA, and the next genera-tion of American musical leaders.

Winner of the 2010 Deems Taylor Award: the Nicolas Slonimsky Award for Biography in Music, given by the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers


New

Stravinsky’s BalletsCharles M. Joseph

This majestic volume analyzes all of Stravinsky’s ballet pieces—from his brilliant The Firebird through his later, genre-crossing pieces—and explores how this revolutionary composer changed the definition of music made for dance.

Yale Music Masterworks Cloth 2012 320 pp. 11 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11872-8 $40.00











Biography—Performing Artists

Cosima WagnerThe Lady of BayreuthOliver HilmesTranslated by Stewart Spencer

In this meticulously researched book, Oliver Hilmes paints a fascinating and revealing picture of the extraordinary Cosima Wagner—illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt, wife of the conductor Hans von Bülow, then mistress and subsequently wife of Richard Wagner.


StrindbergA LifeSue Prideaux

This mesmerizing new biography of Strindberg, named the “greatest genius of all modern dramatists” by Eugene O’Neill, uncovers the full story of his chaotic life and his revolutionary writings.

Cloth 2012 352 pp. 20 color + 50 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13693-7 $40.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-19419-7

New in paper

Gustav MahlerJens Malte FischerTranslated by Stewart Spencer

Lauded by scholars as a landmark work and published for the first time in English to coincide with the centenary of Mahler’s death, this is the best-sourced and most balanced biography available about the celebrated composer.


New in paper

RavelRoger Nichols

This new biography of Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), by one of the leading scholars of nineteenth- and twentieth-century French music, is based on a wealth of written and oral evidence, some newly translated and some derived from interviews with the composer’s friends and associates. The world of Maurice Ravel—including friendships (and some fallings-out) with Debussy, Fauré;, Diaghilev, Gershwin, and Toscanini—is deftly uncovered in this sensitive portrait.

Paper 2013 448 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-18776-2 $30.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-17012-2

New

EslandaThe Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul RobesonBarbara Ransby

“This is an enormously rich book by a masterful biographer, full of novel insights and surprises.”—Penny Von Eschen, University of Michigan

This compelling biography tells Essie Robeson’s own story for the first time—from her unconventional marriage, to her influence on her husband’s early career, to her tireless efforts against racism and injustice around the globe.


Music for Silenced VoicesShostakovich and His Fifteen QuartetsWendy Lesser

“This book is a paean to Shostakovich’s quartets and their significance. In her listening, Lesser . . . is literate, sensitive, and imaginative.”—Edward Rothstein, The New York Times Book Review

This new biography of Shostakovich views him through the intimate music of his string quartets, weaving together interviews with the composer’s friends, family, and colleagues, as well as conver-sations with present-day musicians who have played the quartets.


New in paper

The Dance Claimed MeA Biography of Pearl PrimusPeggy and Murray Schwartz

“The authors . . . create vivid descriptions of [Primus’s] performances, and illuminate her pioneering work in merging African dance with modern dance innovation; they explore her charming but difficult personality with tact and grace.”—Judith Flanders, Times Literary Supplement

The first full-scale biography of the seminal dancer, anthropologist, and educator, who championed social and racial justice through her blazingly orig-inal choreography and performances.










General Interest

New

The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 10: 1973–2005Edited by Deborah Dash Moore and Nurith Gertz

This ambitious anthology documents the interaction of Jewish ideas and themes around the world since 1973. From literature to visual arts, from popular culture to spiritual works, the volume encompasses the full diversity of Jewish civilization.

Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization Cloth 2012 1,232 pp. 169 color + 58 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13553-4 $150.00

New

Jews and WordsAmos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger

“Exhibiting eye-popping feats of literary scholarship and stunning swoops into the minds of writers, readers, and rabbis, the authors clearly relish the richness of their topic. . . This is a book to read, think about, and discuss because, as the ending notes, ‘every time we read a text, we author it in our own image.’” —Booklist, Starred Review

Prize-winning novelist Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salberger, a historian of ideas, blend storytelling, humor, and scholar-ship in this entertaining father-daughter conversation about the essential role of words and books throughout Jewish history.


New in paper

Promiscuous“Portnoy’s Complaint” and Our Doomed Pursuit of HappinessBernard Avishai

“Through Avishai’s eyes, Roth’s genius shines. Required reading all around.” —James Carroll, author of Jerusalem, Jerusalem

In this exuberant assessment of Philip Roth’s notorious novel and its legacy, the author discusses why Portnoy’s Complaint sparked such outrage, how it affected Roth’s subsequent work, and why the book stands as a masterpiece of 20th-century fiction.


New in paper

RenegadeHenry Miller and the Making of “Tropic of Cancer”Frederick Turner

“An entertaining and skillful evocation of the time when Miller’s memoir of bottom-feeding American expats in Paris was known as the dirtiest book in the world.”—Lee Sandlin, Wall Street Journal

Banned as pornography in the U.S., Tropic of Cancer was notorious for explicit sexuality and graphic language. This book reveals the untold story of Miller’s novel and explores its unique importance in American literature.

Icons of America Paper 2013 256 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-19251-3 $16.00 Cloth 2012 256 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14949-4 $24.95 Available as e-book 978-0-300-16731-3

New

Of AfricaWole Soyinka

In search of a deeper understanding of Africa, its identity, and its current crises, Wole Soyinka explores a wide range of topics, including culture, religion, history, imagination, and identity.


New in paper

TogetherThe Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of CooperationRichard Sennett

“A whirlwind of big ideas. Sennett is a worthy warrior, armed with abundant evidence of our better natures.” —Connie Schultz, Washington Post

Winner of the Zócalo Public Square Book Prize


New in paper

Elizabeth and HazelTwo Women of Little RockDavid Margolick

“Margolick tells us an amazing story. We all need to know about Elizabeth and Hazel.”—President Bill Clinton

Who were the two fifteen-year-old girls from Little Rock—one black, one white—in one of the most unforget-table photographs of the civil rights era? What happened to them? How did the picture affect their lives?










General Interest

The Future of HistoryJohn Lukacs

A master historian explores the literary art of history and the future of teaching, researching, and writing about the past.


Making Way for GeniusThe Aspiring Self in France from the Old Regime to the NewKathleen Kete

Examining the lives and works of Germaine de Stael, Stendahl, and Georges Cuvier, historian Kathleen Kete creates a groundbreaking cultural history of ambition in post-Revolutionary Napoleonic and Restoration France.


New

Arcadian AmericaThe Death and Life of an Environmental TraditionAaron Sachs

The garden cemetery, a popular but largely forgotten tradition of the pre-Civil War era, has much to teach us about the history of America’s communal landscapes and today’s environmental ideas, says the author of this thought-provoking book.

New Directions in Narrative History Cloth 2013 496 pp. 54 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17640-7 $35.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18905-6

New in paper

Just WordsLillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy, and the Failure of Public Conversation in AmericaAlan Ackerman

Focusing on Lillian Hellman’s infamous 1980 libel suit against Mary McCarthy for her scornful comments on The Dick Cavett Show, this book explores the roles of truth and lying in American public life and considers why civil discourse seems beyond our reach.

Paper 2013 361 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-19196-7 $22.00 Cloth 2011 361 pp. 2 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16712-2 $35.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-17180-8

New in paper

What I Don’t Know About AnimalsJenny Diski

Those who are entranced by animals, those who cherish elegant writing, and those who delight in the meditations of an original thinker will treasure this wide-ranging investigation of human relations with animals.


New in paper

Iphigenia in Forest HillsAnatomy of a Murder TrialJanet Malcolm

The prizewinning journalist turns her attention to a sensational murder trial in an unusual neighborhood in Queens, and discovers the elements of Greek tragedy.


BoredomA Lively HistoryPeter Toohey

In the first book to argue for the benefits of boredom, Peter Toohey proves that one of our most maligned emotions is, in fact, a necessary and constructive part of the human experience.


Nights OutLife in Cosmopolitan LondonJudith R. Walkowitz

In this lively book Judith Walkowitz shows how London’s sophisticated and subversive Soho district became a showcase for a new twentieth-century cosmopolitan identity.

Cloth 2012 432 pp. 37 b/w + 8 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15194-7 $40.00 Available as e-book 978-0-300-18368-9

The Dictionary of Modern ProverbsCompiled by Charles Clay Doyle, Wolfgang Mieder, and Fred R. Shapiro

This entertaining volume is devoted exclusively to English-language proverbs that originated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Witty and wise, the 1,400 entries in the book illuminate a wide range of the experiences and perplexities of modern life.












IndexAckerman, 25

Adonis, 6

Antoon, 5

Applebaum, 12

Apuleius, 3

Ashton, 9

Avishai, 24

Barilla, 13

Bernard, 15

Bills, 15

Blair, 11

Bloom, 8

Bok, 16

Bonnefoy, 6

Boswell, 14

Bowker, 16

Bradley & DuBois, 7

Bradley, A., 10

Burgess & Haynes, 21

Can Xue, 6

Carlyle, 18

Carter, 15

Chittick, 8

Clark, 19

Cole, 6

Corns, 9

Corral, 7

Cottrell, 21

Cramer, 3

Crawford, 22

D’Annunzio, 6

Dallal, 17

Danto, 16

Dash Moore & Gertz, 24

de Rojas, 6

de Tocqueville, 12

de Vega, 6

Delbo, 12

Dimoula, 5

Diski, 25

Doyle et al., 25

Eagleton, 8, 16, 17, 18

Eliot, 12

Felstiner, 7

Fischer, 23

Flanagan, 21

Fontaine, 5

Fried, 9

Friedländer, 15

Fry, 2

Gary, 6

Gautier, 6

Giroud, 21

Glover, 19

Goldman-Price, 12

Gombrowicz, 5

Goncharov, 3

González Echevarría, 4, 9

Gornick, 20

Grossman, 10

Haas, 22

HaCohen, 22

Hagenstein et al., 4

Hayes, 2

Hilmes, 23

Hobbes, 18

Hollander, 7

Hopkinson, 11

Howard & Moretti, 21

Jack, 8

Jacoby, 20

Jaspers, 16

Johnson, 3

Joseph, 22

Josipovici, 10

Jrade, 7

Kaddour, 7

Kagan, 2

Kastan & James, 9

Kazin, 13

Kellert, 19

Kemal, 6

Kendall, 7

Kete, 25

King, 16

Kirsch, 10

Knopf & Listengarten, 22

Kopp, 21

Kulbak, 4

Lane, 17

Leibniz, 17

Lemert, 20

Lesser, 23

Levenson, 10

Lincoln, 18

Loseff, 15

Lukacs, 25

Madani, 5

Magris, 5

Malcolm, 15, 25

Manea, 5, 6

Manguel, 8, 11

Margolick, 24

Marinkovic, 6

Martin, 2

Marx, 18

May, 16

Meredith, 3

Meyers, 18

Mikics, 10

Miller, I., 13

More, 8

Mujica, 3

Murdoch, 4

Nichols, 23

Nongbri, 17

O’Neill, 4

Oz & Ozl-Salzberger, 24

Page, 21

Parini, 7

Parks, 11

Pells, 10

Pérez Firmat, 4

Pettegree, 9

Phillipson, 20

Piatote, 10

Pippin, 19

Polkinghorne, 17

Prakash, 5

Price, 11

Prideaux, 23

Rahe, 8

Ransby, 23

Raphael & Epstein, 13

Ricks, 10

Robinson, 17

Roe, 14

Rojas, 5

Rosen & Santesso, 11

Rosen, C., 22

Rubenstein, 20

Saba, 6

Sachs, 25

Schutt, 7

Schwartz, 23

Seiter & Seiter, 22

Selzer, 13

Sennett, 24

Sensibar, 15

Shakespeare, 4, 9

Shapiro, 2

Sharma, 20

Sherratt, 19

Slater, 14

Smith, N., 14

Smith, S., 2

Sonnevi, 6

Soyinka, 24

Starr, 22

Steffens, 11

Stein, 4

Stern, 20

Sutherland, 14

Tanguay, 20

Thoreau, 3

Toohey, 25

Turner, D., 20

Turner, F., 24

Underkuffler, 19

Vergil, 3

Walkowitz, 25

Wallace & McGrattan, 21

Walzer, 17

Welch, 8

Willes, 11

Williams, 13

Wills, 9

Warburton, 16

Yale French Studies, 22

Zaqtan, 6

Zevit, 8

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