In these idiosyncratic, subtly rhymed and occasionally violent lyrics, Frost runs her tongue along the edge of the knife dividing wit from rage.

Reexamines the writings of early indigenous authors in the northeastern United States.

Translations of the forewords and afterwords by original fairy tale authors and commentaries by their contemporaries, material that has not been widely published in English.

Examines the metaphors of the “primitive” and the “industrial” in the rhetoric and imagery of anticapitalist American radical and revolutionary movements.

A visionary journey into the crucible in which America was born, a tale of love and war and of a master shaman who folds time to seek the key to the survival of his people.

Thirty writers look back at the the people, events, and books that launched their literary lives.

A fascinating comparison of the work of Heinrich von Kleist and Herman Melville.

Brings ecocriticism into conversation with critical American studies approaches to literary canon formation.

Queer theory essays on time and becoming in the fields of literature, philosophy, film, and performance.

Philosophical interpretation of Proust based on the work of Merleau-Ponty and Deleuze.

Study of self-consciousness in Hegel and Shakespeare.

An insightful and often humorous tale of rural life and how an old house and its land can bring a broken person back to wellness.

Twenty-five celebrated writers share the encouraging words and timeless wisdom of the coaches who influenced their lives.

A searing personal record of spiritual and communal crisis, wherein the death of god announces the beginning of friendship.

Translations of Goethe’s poems about Arabia and Persia and his essays on Islamic culture.

Examines how twentieth-century women writers depict female bodily shame and trauma.

Examines images of horror in Victorian fiction, criticism, and philosophy.

Explores the connections between sexual difference and political structure in ancient Greek tragedy.

First English translation of Paola Masino’s Nascita e morte della massaia, her most controversial novel that provoked Fascist censorship for its critical portrayal of marriage and motherhood.

A transdisciplinary reader on Luce Irigaray's reading and re-writing of Ancient Greek texts.

Contemporary poets offer behind-the-scenes perspectives on the poetic process.

Explores the development of the Chinese martial arts novel.

A tumultuous year in the life of a young surgeon during the Korean War.

Explores the relationship between gender and identity in early medieval Germanic societies.

Looks at the connections between Thoreau’s Walden and the work that influenced it, the Bhagavad-Gita.