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Internationally distinguished in Iberian, Latin American, Irish and 18th-century studies, Bucknell University Press has been publishing in the arts, humanities and social sciences for more than 50 years. Showing 73-84 of 136 items.
The Age of Johnson
A Scholarly Annual (Volume 24)
Edited by Jack Lynch and J. T. Scanlan
Bucknell University Press
Volume 24 features commentary on a range of Johnsonian topics: his reaction to Milton, his relation to the Allen family, his notes in his edition of Shakespeare, his use of Oliver Goldsmith in his Dictionary, and his always fascinating Nachleben. The volume also includes articles on topics of strong interest to Johnson: penal reform, Charlotte Lennox's professional literary career, and the "conjectural history" of Homer in the eighteenth century.
- Copyright year: 2021
The Quotable Voltaire
Bucknell University Press
This unique illustrated volume collects over 800 examples of Voltaire’s wit and wisdom, on topics from adultery to Zoroaster, in both English and French. Along with a scholarly essay on Voltaire’s life and legacy, it also features more than 400 quotes about Voltaire, by everyone from Catherine the Great to Mike Tyson.
- Copyright year: 2021
Edna O'Brien and the Art of Fiction
Bucknell University Press
Edna O’Brien and the Art of Fiction provides an urgent retrospective consideration of one of the English-speaking world’s best-selling and most prolific contemporary authors. This study considers the pioneering ways O’Brien represents women’s experience, family relationships, the natural world, sex, creativity, and death, and her work’s long anticipation of movements such as #metoo.
- Copyright year: 2022
Modes of Play in Eighteenth-Century France
Edited by Fayçal Falaky and Reginald McGinnis
Bucknell University Press
This collection of essays brings together different critical perspectives on play in eighteenth-century France. From dolls, bilboquets, and lotteries to the ludic nature of narrative and theatrical performance, this volume offers a new outlook on how play was used to represent and reimagine the world.
- Copyright year: 2022
Two Women
A Novel
Translated by Barbara F. Ichiishi; By Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814-1873); Introduction by Brígida M. Pastor
Bucknell University Press
The first openly feminist novel published in Spanish, Two Women tells the riveting tale of a tumultuous love triangle among a brilliant, young, widowed countess, her inexperienced lover, and his pure and virtuous wife. This first English translation captures the lyrical romanticism of the novel’s prose and includes a scholarly introduction to the author and her work.
- Copyright year: 2022
White Light
The Poetry of Alberto Blanco
Bucknell University Press
White Light: The Poetry of Alberto Blanco explores the interplay of complementary images and concepts in A la luz de siempre, the Mexican writer and visual artist's vast trilogy of poems from 1979-2018. By focusing on listening and seeing, Blanco's highly interdisciplinary poetry transforms his inspirations into the inspiration of his readers.
- Copyright year: 2022
The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
The Stoke Newington Edition
Bucknell University Press
Defoe’s The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe—presented here independent of its famous predecessor, The Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe—is an exciting adventure novel by itself. Crusoe returns to his island to learn about his colony, and then travels to Madagascar, India, and China before returning to England after some exciting encounters. Complete with an introduction, line notes, and full bibliographical notes, this is an edition like no other.
- Copyright year: 2022
The Unexpected Dante
Perspectives on the Divine Comedy
Edited by Lucia Alma Wolf
Bucknell University Press
The Unexpected Dante brings together five leading scholars who offer fresh perspectives on the interpretation and reception of The Divine Comedy. Some explore the poem’s esoteric allusions to topics ranging from musical instruments to Roman law, while others illustrate the depth and variety of this literary masterpiece’s global influence over the past seven centuries.
Published by Bucknell University Press in association with the Library of Congress. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
Published by Bucknell University Press in association with the Library of Congress. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
- Copyright year: 2021
The Unexpected Dante
Perspectives on the Divine Comedy
Edited by Lucia Alma Wolf
Bucknell University Press
The Unexpected Dante brings together five leading scholars who offer fresh perspectives on the interpretation and reception of The Divine Comedy. Some explore the poem’s esoteric allusions to topics ranging from musical instruments to Roman law, while others illustrate the depth and variety of this literary masterpiece’s global influence over the past seven centuries.
Published by Bucknell University Press in association with the Library of Congress. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
Published by Bucknell University Press in association with the Library of Congress. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
- Copyright year: 2021
Hannah Whitman Heyde
The Complete Correspondence
Edited by Maire Mullins; By Hannah Whitman Heyde [1823-1908]
Bucknell University Press
The correspondence of Hannah Whitman Heyde (1823-1908), younger sister of poet Walt Whitman, provides a rare glimpse into the life of a nineteenth-century woman. Married to well-known Vermont landscape artist Charles Louis Heyde (1820-1892), Hannah documented in letters to her mother, Louisa Van Velsor Whitman (1795-1873), and other family members, her lived experience of ongoing physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her husband.
- Copyright year: 2022
Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World
Bucknell University Press
Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World examines portrayals of nautical disasters in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish literature and culture. The essays collected here showcase shipwreck’s symbolic deployment to question colonial expansion and transoceanic trade; to critique the Christian enterprise overseas; to signal the collapse of dominant social order; and to relay moral messages and represent socio-political debates.
- Copyright year: 2022
Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World
Bucknell University Press
Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World examines portrayals of nautical disasters in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish literature and culture. The essays collected here showcase shipwreck’s symbolic deployment to question colonial expansion and transoceanic trade; to critique the Christian enterprise overseas; to signal the collapse of dominant social order; and to relay moral messages and represent socio-political debates.
- Copyright year: 2022
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