Bucknell University Press
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. 
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Planet Work

Rethinking Labor and Leisure in the Anthropocene

Edited by Ryan Hediger
Bucknell University Press

Labor and labor norms orient much of contemporary life, organizing our days and years. Yet, surprisingly, work norms have not been sufficiently interrogated for their profound roles in climate change and other crises gathered under the term “Anthropocene.” Essays in this book expose deep flaws in ideas of work and investigate leisure practices for (sometimes radically) alternative ways of life.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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The Secret Life of Things

Animals, Objects, and It-Narratives in Eighteenth-Century England

Edited by Mark Blackwell
Bucknell University Press

The essays in The Secret Life of Things approach it-narratives, a once popular form largely forgotten by readers and critics alike, from various theoretical and historical vantage points. While sketching the cultural biography of a neglected literary form, these wide-ranging essays both enrich and complicate the history of prose fiction in the second half of the eighteenth century.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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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
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Calila

The Later Novels of Carmen Martín Gaite

Bucknell University Press

This is the first comprehensive study of the later novels of Spain’s most honored contemporary woman writer. Brown shares unpublished letters and conversations with Carmen Martín Gaite—a dear friend whom she called Calila—to elucidate her last six novels, all of which explore themes that are highly relevant today.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Testimony

Found Poems from the Special Court for Sierra Leone

Bucknell University Press

Derived from transcripts of public testimonies at a UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone, this remarkable poetry collection delicately extracts heartbreaking human stories from the morass of legal jargon. Shanee Stepakoff finds a novel way to communicate not only the suffering of Sierra Leone’s people, but also their courage, dignity, and resilience.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Modes of Play in Eighteenth-Century France

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
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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
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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.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Hannah Whitman Heyde

The Complete Correspondence

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
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A Clubbable Man

Essays on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture in Honor of Greg Clingham

Edited by Anthony W Lee
Bucknell University Press

Gathering essays by some of the most distinguished scholars in eighteenth-century studies, A Clubbable Man takes as its theme textual and social group formations, while simultaneously honoring the achievements of Greg Clingham. Rounding out the collection are tributes from former students and colleagues, including original poetry.
 

  • Copyright year: 2022
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The Complete Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (3 vol set)

The Stoke Newington Editions

Bucknell University Press

A three-volume set of the definitive Stoke Newington Editions of Robinson Crusoe. The novels and essays with introductions, line notes, and full bibliographical notes. Includes: The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe,The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, and Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe with his Vision of the Angelick World.
   

  • Copyright year: 2021
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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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