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Edited by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan P. Duong, and Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Cleaving

$24.95

The first and only book to gather the voices and perspectives of Vietnamese diasporic authors from across the globe.

Edited by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan P. Duong, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Cleaving brings together Vietnamese artists and writers from around the world in conversation about their craft and how their work has been shaped and received by mainstream culture and their own communities. This collection highlights how Vietnamese diasporic writers speak about having been cleaved—a condition in which they have been separated from, yet still hew to, the country that they have left behind.

Composed of eighteen dialogues among thirty-seven writers from France, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Canada, Australia, Israel, and the United States, the book expands on the many lives that Vietnamese writers inhabit. The dialogues touch on family history, legacies of colonialism and militarism, and the writers' own artistic and literary achievements. Taken together, these conversations insist on a deeper reckoning with the conditions of displacement.

Featured writers: Hoai Huong Aubert-Nguyen, Amy Quan Barry, Doan Bui, Thi Bui, Lan Cao, Cathy Linh Che, André Dao, Duy Đoàn, Lan P. Duong, Dương Vân Mai Elliott, Le Ly Hayslip, Matt Huynh, Violet Kupersmith, Thanhhà Lại, Vincent Lam, T.K. Lê, Tracey Lien, Marcelino Trương Lực , Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Anna Möi, Beth (Bich) Minh Nguyen, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Hoa Nguyen, Philip Nguyễn, Thảo Nguyễn, Vaan Nguyen, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Andrew X. Pham, Aimee Phan, Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood, Bao Phi, Dao Strom, Kim Thúy, Paul Tran, Monique Truong, Minh Huynh Vu, Ocean Vuong

Cover image for The Cleaving, isbn: 9780520410350

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Dictee

$18.95

Newly restored, this version of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s masterpiece honors the author's original intentions and vision for the book. Originally published in 1982, Dictee is a classic of modern Asian American literature.

Dictee is the best-known work of the multidisciplinary Korean American artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.

This restored edition, produced in partnership with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), reflects Cha’s original vision for the book as an art object in its authentic form, featuring:

The original cover
High-quality reproductions of the interior layout

Dictee tells the story of several women: the Korean revolutionary Yu Guan Soon, Joan of Arc, Demeter and Persephone, Cha’s mother Hyung Soon Huo (a Korean born in Manchuria to first-generation Korean exiles), and Cha herself.

This dynamic autobiography:

Structures the story in nine parts around the Greek Muses
Deploys a variety of texts, documents, images, and forms of address and inquiry
Links the women’s stories to explore the trauma of dislocation and the fragmentation of memory it causes

The result is an enduringly powerful, beautiful, unparalleled work.

Maria Sabina

$34.95

A shaman and visionary—not a poet in any ordinary sense—María Sabina lived out her life in the Oaxacan mountain village of Huautla de Jiménez, and yet her words, always sung or spoken, have carried far and wide, a principal instance and a powerful reminder of how poetry can arise in a context far removed from literature as such. Seeking cures through language—with the help of Psilocybe mushrooms, said to be the source of language itself—she was, as Henry Munn describes her, "a genius [who] emerges from the soil of the communal, religious-therapeutic folk poetry of a native Mexican campesino people." She may also have been, in the words of the Mexican poet Homero Aridjis, "the greatest visionary poet in twentieth-century Latin America."

These selections include a generous presentation from Sabina's recorded chants and a complete English translation of her oral autobiography, her vida, as written and arranged in her native language by her fellow Mazatec Alvaro Estrada. Accompanying essays and poems include an introduction to "The Life of María Sabina" by Estrada, an early description of a nighttime "mushroom velada" by the ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson, an essay by Henry Munn relating the language of Sabina's chants to those of other Mazatec shamans, and more.

Thomas Carlyle. Introduction and Notes by Chris R. Vanden Bossche, Paul E. Kerry, and Marylu Hill. Text Established by Chris R. Vanden Bossche

Essays on German Literature and Culture, Part I

$150.00

In the early 1820s, the acclaimed Victorian philosopher, social critic, and essayist Thomas Carlyle achieved a level of expertise in German language and literature that prompted editors to seek him out as a reviewer and launched his career as an essayist. Carlyle has long been credited with establishing the importance of new German writing in Britain at the time, and Essays on German Literature and Culture brings together his complete writings on the topic. This volume will be published in two parts. In the essays in part 1, Carlyle ranges broadly over German literature, much of it new to English-speaking audiences, and comments on three writers—Goethe, Richter, and Novalis—who profoundly influenced him.

In keeping with the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, these essays are accompanied by a thorough historical introduction to the material, extensive notes providing historical and cultural context while expanding on references and allusions, and a textual apparatus that carefully details and explains the editorial decisions made in reconciling the editions of each essay.

Essays on German Literature and Culture, Part I

Edward Mack

Acquired Alterity

$34.95

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.

This is the first book-length study in English of the Japanese-language literary activities of early Japanese migrants to Brazil. It provides a detailed history of Japanese-language bookstores, serialized newspaper fiction, original creative works, and critical apparatuses that existed in Brazil prior to World War II. This case study of the reading and writing of one diasporic population challenges the dominant mode of literary study, in which texts are often explicitly or implicitly understood through a framework of ethno-nationalism. Self-representations by writers in the diaspora reveal flaws in this prevailing framework through what Edward Mack calls “acquired alterity,” in which expectations about the stability of ethnic identity are subverted in surprising ways. Acquired Alterity encourages a reconsideration of the ramifications (and motivations) of cultural analyses of texts and the constructions of peoplehood that are often the true objects of literary knowledge production.

Thomas Carlyle. Introduction and notes by Chris R. Vanden Bossche, Paul E. Kerry, and Marylu Hill. Text established by Chris R. Vanden Bossche

Essays on German Literature and Culture, Part II

$150.00

In the early 1820s, the acclaimed Victorian philosopher, social critic, and essayist Thomas Carlyle achieved a level of expertise in German language and literature that prompted editors to seek him out as a reviewer and launched his career as an essayist. Carlyle has long been credited with establishing the importance of new German writing in Britain at the time, and Essays on German Literature and Culture brings together his complete writings on the topic. This volume will be published in two parts. The essays in part 2 include historical overviews of German literature from the Middle Ages to the present and a series of commentaries marking the passing of Goethe.

In keeping with the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, these essays are accompanied by a thorough historical introduction to the material, extensive notes providing historical and cultural context while expanding on references and allusions, and a textual apparatus that carefully details and explains the editorial decisions made in reconciling the editions of each essay.

Essays on German Literature and Culture, Part II

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Dictee

$18.95

Newly restored, this version of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s masterpiece honors the author's original intentions and vision for the book. Originally published in 1982, Dictee is a classic of modern Asian American literature.

Dictee is the best-known work of the multidisciplinary Korean American artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.

This restored edition, produced in partnership with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), reflects Cha’s original vision for the book as an art object in its authentic form, featuring:

The original cover
High-quality reproductions of the interior layout

Dictee tells the story of several women: the Korean revolutionary Yu Guan Soon, Joan of Arc, Demeter and Persephone, Cha’s mother Hyung Soon Huo (a Korean born in Manchuria to first-generation Korean exiles), and Cha herself.

This dynamic autobiography:

Structures the story in nine parts around the Greek Muses
Deploys a variety of texts, documents, images, and forms of address and inquiry
Links the women’s stories to explore the trauma of dislocation and the fragmentation of memory it causes

The result is an enduringly powerful, beautiful, unparalleled work.

Cover image for Dictee, isbn: 9780520390492

Dr. Isabelle Thuy Pelaud Dr.

The Cleaving

$24.95

The first and only book to gather the voices and perspectives of Vietnamese diasporic authors from across the globe.

Edited by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan P. Duong, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Cleaving brings together Vietnamese artists and writers from around the world in conversation about their craft and how their work has been shaped and received by mainstream culture and their own communities. This collection highlights how Vietnamese diasporic writers speak about having been cleaved—a condition in which they have been separated from, yet still hew to, the country that they have left behind.

Composed of eighteen dialogues among thirty-seven writers from France, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Canada, Australia, Israel, and the United States, the book expands on the many lives that Vietnamese writers inhabit. The dialogues touch on family history, legacies of colonialism and militarism, and the writers' own artistic and literary achievements. Taken together, these conversations insist on a deeper reckoning with the conditions of displacement.

Featured writers: Hoai Huong Aubert-Nguyen, Amy Quan Barry, Doan Bui, Thi Bui, Lan Cao, Cathy Linh Che, André Dao, Duy Đoàn, Lan P. Duong, Dương Vân Mai Elliott, Le Ly Hayslip, Matt Huynh, Violet Kupersmith, Thanhhà Lại, Vincent Lam, T.K. Lê, Tracey Lien, Marcelino Trương Lực , Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Anna Möi, Beth (Bich) Minh Nguyen, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Hoa Nguyen, Philip Nguyễn, Thảo Nguyễn, Vaan Nguyen, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Andrew X. Pham, Aimee Phan, Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood, Bao Phi, Dao Strom, Kim Thúy, Paul Tran, Monique Truong, Minh Huynh Vu, Ocean Vuong

Cover image for The Cleaving, isbn: 9780520410374

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Dictee

$24.95

Newly restored, this version of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s masterpiece honors the author's original intentions and vision for the book. Originally published in 1982, Dictee is a classic of modern Asian American literature.

Dictee is the best-known work of the multidisciplinary Korean American artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.

This restored edition, produced in partnership with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), reflects Cha’s original vision for the book as an art object in its authentic form, featuring:

The original cover
High-quality reproductions of the interior layout

Dictee tells the story of several women: the Korean revolutionary Yu Guan Soon, Joan of Arc, Demeter and Persephone, Cha’s mother Hyung Soon Huo (a Korean born in Manchuria to first-generation Korean exiles), and Cha herself.

This dynamic autobiography:

Structures the story in nine parts around the Greek Muses
Deploys a variety of texts, documents, images, and forms of address and inquiry
Links the women’s stories to explore the trauma of dislocation and the fragmentation of memory it causes

The result is an enduringly powerful, beautiful, unparalleled work.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville: Selected Letters on Politics and Society

$29.95

This title opens a new window into the life and thought of Alexis de Tocqueville, presenting him as not only a political thinker but also a person deeply shaped by the tensions and ideals of his time. Known for Democracy in America, Tocqueville’s insights into American democracy have often overshadowed his reflections on French society, friendship, and personal struggles. This compilation of letters, many unpublished in English before, spans his political career, his friendships, and his inner conflicts, revealing his ongoing battle between intellectual ideals and the harsh realities of the political landscape. His letters bring to light a Tocqueville who was both drawn to political action and increasingly disillusioned by the self-serving nature of his era’s middle class.

Tocqueville’s correspondence reveals a figure influenced by both Enlightenment rationalism and Romanticism’s emphasis on feeling and individuality. While often critical of Romantic melancholy, he was himself plagued by existential doubt and frustration over the limited impact of his political actions. He viewed society’s growing emphasis on materialism and self-interest as symptoms of a broader decline, leaving him torn between admiration for civic virtues and disappointment in the era’s lack of ambition. Religion and friendship emerge as stabilizing forces in his life, with his close bond with Gustave de Beaumont standing out as a source of both comfort and challenge. The letters show how Tocqueville’s personal relationships and ethical convictions shaped his intellectual pursuits and his concerns for France’s future.

The editors, Roger Boesche and James Toupin, present these letters with careful translation and thorough contextual notes, giving readers both the historical background and access to Tocqueville’s unique literary style. The work provides readers with a portrait of a man wrestling with the challenges of his age, caught between democratic ideals and the evolving reality of French society. For modern readers, these letters illuminate how Tocqueville’s personal struggles informed his enduring political insights, highlighting his belief in community and civic duty as essential defenses against tyranny.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.

Cover image for Alexis de Tocqueville: Selected Letters on Politics and Society, isbn: 9780520320420

Frederic William Maitland

Frederic William Maitland, Historian

$23.95

Frederic William Maitland: Selections from His Writings is a curated collection of the works of one of England’s most distinguished legal historians. This volume offers a comprehensive introduction to Maitland’s contributions to the field of English legal history, focusing on his meticulous approach to understanding medieval law and his ability to analyze historical texts with precision and critical insight. His work, marked by a deep commitment to historical context and an aversion to anachronism, challenges readers to view the past through the lens of its own time rather than projecting modern perspectives onto historical events. The book highlights Maitland’s capacity for making complex legal concepts both accessible and engaging, demonstrating his brilliance as a historian who could breathe life into even the driest of legal matters.

The selections in this volume not only showcase Maitland’s scholarly rigor but also reflect his unique ability to connect the details of legal history to broader cultural and institutional contexts. His profound impact on the study of English law is evident in his careful editing of primary sources and his collaborative work with fellow historians, such as Frederick Pollock. Throughout the collection, Maitland’s writing remains a vital resource for students and scholars alike, illustrating his unwavering dedication to uncovering historical truth. His approach to history, emphasizing critical thinking and an appreciation for historical nuance, continues to inspire generations of legal historians and intellectuals. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of English law and its evolution, as well as the methods that define historical scholarship.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1960.

Cover image for Frederic William Maitland, Historian, isbn: 9780520315426

Thomas Carlyle

Essays on Politics and Society

$150.00

Essays on Politics and Society brings together the most significant writings on the topic by the acclaimed Victorian historian, social critic, and essayist Thomas Carlyle. This volume includes some of his most well-known and influential pieces, such as "Characteristics" and "Chartism." In keeping with the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, these essays are accompanied by a thorough historical introduction to the material, extensive notes providing historical and cultural context while expanding on references and allusions, and a textual apparatus that carefully details and explains the editorial decisions made in reconciling the editions of each essay.

Cover image for Essays on Politics and Society, isbn: 9780520387928

Thomas Carlyle

Essays on Literature

$150.00

Essays on Literature brings together ten of the most important literary reviews and essays written by the acclaimed Victorian philosopher, social critic, and essayist Thomas Carlyle. Spanning his writing career, the essays allow the reader to track Carlyle's development as a reviewer and stylist, the evolution of his perennial themes, and the tremendous impact of his writing on the development of British and American literature. In keeping with the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, these essays are accompanied by a thorough historical introduction to the material, extensive notes providing historical and cultural context while expanding on references and allusions, and a textual apparatus that carefully details and explains the editorial decisions made in reconciling the many editions of each essay.

George Mariscal, editor

Aztlan and Viet Nam

$30.95

Showcasing over sixty short stories, poems, speeches, and articles, Aztlán and Viet Nam is the first anthology of Mexican American writings about the U.S. war in Southeast Asia. The words are startlingly frank, moving, and immensely powerful, as they call to our attention an important and neglected part of U.S. history. Gathered from many little-known sources, the works reflect both the soldiers' experience and the antiwar movement at home. Taken together, they illustrate the contradictions faced by the traditionally patriotic Mexican American community, and show us the war and the grassroots opposition to it from a new perspective—one that goes beyond the familiar dichotomy of black and white America.

George Mariscal offers critical introductions and provides historical background by identifying specific issues which have not been widely discussed in relation to the war, noting, for example, the potential for Chicano soldiers to recognize their own ethnic and class identities in those of the Vietnamese people. Drawing upon interviews with key participants in the National Chicano Moratorium Committee, Mariscal analyzes the antiwar movement, the Catholic Church, traditional Mexican American groups, and an emerging feminist consciousness among Chicanas.

Also included are personal accounts: Norma Elia Cantú's remembrance of her brother who died in combat, Bárbara Renaud González's evocative poem about Chicanas on the homefront, Alberto Ríos's and Naomi Helena Quiñonez's moving poetry about the Wall, and the recollections of Abelardo Delgado and others on the August 29, 1970 Moratorium.

Diane J. Rayor

The Homeric Hymns

$14.95

The Homeric Hymns have survived for two and a half millennia because of their captivating stories, beautiful language, and religious significance. Well before the advent of writing in Greece, they were performed by traveling bards at religious events, competitions, banquets, and festivals. These thirty-four poems invoking and celebrating the gods of ancient Greece raise questions that humanity still struggles with—questions about our place among others and in the world.

Known as "Homeric" because they were composed in the same meter, dialect, and style as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, these hymns were created to be sung aloud. In this superb translation by Diane J. Rayor, which deftly combines accuracy and poetry, the ancient music of the hymns comes alive for the modern reader. Here is the birth of Apollo, god of prophecy, healing, and music and founder of Delphi, the most famous oracular shrine in ancient Greece. Here is Zeus, inflicting upon Aphrodite her own mighty power to cause gods to mate with humans, and here is Demeter rescuing her daughter Persephone from the underworld and initiating the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

This updated edition incorporates twenty-eight new lines in the first Hymn to Dionysos, along with expanded notes, a new preface, and an enhanced bibliography. With her introduction and notes, Rayor places the hymns in their historical and aesthetic context, providing the information needed to read, interpret, and fully appreciate these literary windows on an ancient world. As introductions to the Greek gods, entrancing stories, exquisite poetry, and early literary records of key religious rituals and sites, the Homeric Hymns should be read by any student of mythology, classical literature, ancient religion, women in antiquity, or the Greek language.

Cover image for The Homeric Hymns, isbn: 9780520957824

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki

Selected Works of D.T. Suzuki, Volume I

$59.95

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was a key figure in the introduction of Buddhism to the non-Asian world. Many outside of Japan encountered Buddhism for the first time through his writings and teaching, and for nearly a century his work and legacy have contributed to the ongoing religious and cultural interchange between Japan and the rest of the world, particularly the United States and Europe. Selected Works of D. T. Suzuki gathers the full range of Suzuki’s writings—both classic essays and lesser-known but equally significant articles. This first volume in the series presents a collection of Suzuki’s writings on Zen Buddhist thought and practice. In an effort to ensure the continued relevance of Zen, Suzuki drew on his years of study and practice, placing the tradition into conversation with key trends in nineteenth- and twentieth-century thought. Richard M. Jaffe’s in-depth introduction situates Suzuki’s approach to Zen in the context of modern developments in religious thought, practice, and scholarship. The romanization of Buddhist names and technical terms has been updated, and Chinese and Japanese characters, which were removed from many post–World War II editions of Suzuki’s work, have been reinstated. This will be a valuable edition of Suzuki’s writings for contemporary scholars and students of Buddhism.

Barry B. Powell

Greek Poems to the Gods

$19.95

The ancient Greek hymnic tradition translated beautifully and accessibly.

The hymn—as poetry, as craft, as a tool for worship and philosophy—was a vital art form throughout antiquity. Although the Homeric Hymns have long been popular, other equally important collections have not been readily accessible to students eager to learn about ancient poetry. In reading hymns, we also gain valuable insight into life in the classical world. In this collection, early Homeric Hymns of uncertain authorship appear along with the carefully wrought hymns of the great Hellenistic poet and courtier Callimachus; the mystical writings attributed to the legendary poet Orpheus, written as Christianity was taking over the ancient world; and finally, the hymns of Proclus, the last great pagan philosopher of antiquity, from the fifth century AD, whose intellectual influence throughout western culture has been profound.

Greek Poems to the Gods distills over a thousand years of the ancient Greek hymnic tradition into a single volume. Acclaimed translator Barry B. Powell brings these fabulous texts to life in English, hewing closely to the poetic beauty of the original Greek. His superb introductions and notes give readers essential context, making the hymns as accessible to a beginner approaching them for the first time as to an advanced student continuing to explore their secrets. Brilliant illustrations from ancient art enliven and enrichen the experience of reading these poems.

Diane J. Rayor

The Homeric Hymns

$24.95

The Homeric Hymns have survived for two and a half millennia because of their captivating stories, beautiful language, and religious significance. Well before the advent of writing in Greece, they were performed by traveling bards at religious events, competitions, banquets, and festivals. These thirty-four poems invoking and celebrating the gods of ancient Greece raise questions that humanity still struggles with—questions about our place among others and in the world.

Known as “Homeric” because they were composed in the same meter, dialect, and style as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, these hymns were created to be sung aloud. In this superb translation by Diane J. Rayor, which deftly combines accuracy and poetry, the ancient music of the hymns comes alive for the modern reader. Here is the birth of Apollo, god of prophecy, healing, and music and founder of Delphi, the most famous oracular shrine in ancient Greece. Here is Zeus, inflicting upon Aphrodite her own mighty power to cause gods to mate with humans, and here is Demeter rescuing her daughter Persephone from the underworld and initiating the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

This updated edition incorporates twenty-eight new lines in the first Hymn to Dionysos, along with expanded notes, a new preface, and an enhanced bibliography. With her introduction and notes, Rayor places the hymns in their historical and aesthetic context, providing the information needed to read, interpret, and fully appreciate these literary windows on an ancient world. As introductions to the Greek gods, entrancing stories, exquisite poetry, and early literary records of key religious rituals and sites, the Homeric Hymns should be read by any student of mythology, classical literature, ancient religion, women in antiquity, or the Greek language.

Aeschylus. Translated by Hugh Lloyd-Jones

The Oresteia

$14.95

The most famous series of ancient Greek plays, and the only surviving trilogy, is the Oresteia of Aeschylus, consisting of Agamemnon, Choephoroe, and Eumenides. These three plays recount the murder of Agamemnon by his queen Clytemnestra on his return from Troy with the captive Trojan princess Cassandra; the murder in turn of Clytemnestra by their son Orestes; and Orestes' subsequent pursuit by the Avenging Furies (Eumenides) and eventual absolution.

Hugh Lloyd-Jones's informative notes elucidate the text, and introductions to each play set the trilogy against the background of Greek religion as a whole and Greek tragedy in particular, providing a balanced assessment of Aeschylus's dramatic art.

This superior translation should be read by every student of Greek civilization, classical literature, and drama.

Edited by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan P. Duong, and Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Cleaving

$22.95

The first and only book to gather the voices and perspectives of Vietnamese diasporic authors from across the globe.

Edited by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan P. Duong, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Cleaving brings together Vietnamese artists and writers from around the world in conversation about their craft and how their work has been shaped and received by mainstream culture and their own communities. This collection highlights how Vietnamese diasporic writers speak about having been cleaved—a condition in which they have been separated from, yet still hew to, the country that they have left behind.

Composed of eighteen dialogues among thirty-seven writers from France, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Canada, Australia, Israel, and the United States, the book expands on the many lives that Vietnamese writers inhabit. The dialogues touch on family history, legacies of colonialism and militarism, and the writers' own artistic and literary achievements. Taken together, these conversations insist on a deeper reckoning with the conditions of displacement.

Featured writers: Hoai Huong Aubert-Nguyen, Amy Quan Barry, Doan Bui, Thi Bui, Lan Cao, Cathy Linh Che, André Dao, Duy Đoàn, Lan P. Duong, Dương Vân Mai Elliott, Le Ly Hayslip, Matt Huynh, Violet Kupersmith, Thanhhà Lại, Vincent Lam, T.K. Lê, Tracey Lien, Marcelino Trương Lực , Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Anna Möi, Beth (Bich) Minh Nguyen, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Hoa Nguyen, Philip Nguyễn, Thảo Nguyễn, Vaan Nguyen, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Andrew X. Pham, Aimee Phan, Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood, Bao Phi, Dao Strom, Kim Thúy, Paul Tran, Monique Truong, Minh Huynh Vu, Ocean Vuong

Cover image for The Cleaving, isbn: 9780520430778

George Mariscal

Aztlan and Viet Nam

$28.95

Showcasing over sixty short stories, poems, speeches, and articles, Aztlán and Viet Nam is the first anthology of Mexican American writings about the U.S. war in Southeast Asia. The words are startlingly frank, moving, and immensely powerful, as they call to our attention an important and neglected part of U.S. history. Gathered from many little-known sources, the works reflect both the soldiers' experience and the antiwar movement at home. Taken together, they illustrate the contradictions faced by the traditionally patriotic Mexican American community, and show us the war and the grassroots opposition to it from a new perspective—one that goes beyond the familiar dichotomy of black and white America. George Mariscal offers critical introductions and provides historical background by identifying specific issues which have not been widely discussed in relation to the war, noting, for example, the potential for Chicano soldiers to recognize their own ethnic and class identities in those of the Vietnamese people. Drawing upon interviews with key participants in the National Chicano Moratorium Committee, Mariscal analyzes the antiwar movement, the Catholic Church, traditional Mexican American groups, and an emerging feminist consciousness among Chicanas. Also included are personal accounts: Norma Elia Cantú's remembrance of her brother who died in combat, Bárbara Renaud González's evocative poem about Chicanas on the homefront, Alberto Ríos's and Naomi Helena Quiñonez's moving poetry about the Wall, and the recollections of Abelardo Delgado and others on the August 29, 1970 Moratorium.

Cover image for Aztlan and Viet Nam, isbn: 9780520921146

Simon Karlinsky

Dear Bunny, Dear Volodya

$29.95

Simon Karlinsky has substantially expanded and revised the first edition of Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson's correspondence to include fifty-nine letters discovered subsequent to the book's original publication in 1979. Since then, five volumes of Edmund Wilson's diaries have been published, as well as a volume of Nabokov's correspondence with other people and Brian Boyd's definitive two-volume biography of Nabokov. The additional letters and a considerable body of new annotations clarify the correspondence, tracing in greater detail the two decades of close friendship between the writers.

Cover image for Dear Bunny, Dear Volodya, isbn: 9780520923782

Maria Sabina

María Sabina

$24.95

A shaman and visionary—not a poet in any ordinary sense—María Sabina lived out her life in the Oaxacan mountain village of Huautla de Jiménez, and yet her words, always sung or spoken, have carried far and wide, a principal instance and a powerful reminder of how poetry can arise in a context far removed from literature as such. Seeking cures through language—with the help of Psilocybe mushrooms, said to be the source of language itself—she was, as Henry Munn describes her, "a genius [who] emerges from the soil of the communal, religious-therapeutic folk poetry of a native Mexican campesino people." She may also have been, in the words of the Mexican poet Homero Aridjis, "the greatest visionary poet in twentieth-century Latin America." These selections include a generous presentation from Sabina's recorded chants and a complete English translation of her oral autobiography, her vida, as written and arranged in her native language by her fellow Mazatec Alvaro Estrada. Accompanying essays and poems include an introduction to "The Life of María Sabina" by Estrada, an early description of a nighttime "mushroom velada" by the ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson, an essay by Henry Munn relating the language of Sabina's chants to those of other Mazatec shamans, and more.

Cover image for María Sabina, isbn: 9780520937383

Donald R. Howard

Writers and Pilgrims

$23.95

Writers and Pilgrims: Medieval Pilgrimage Narratives and Their Posterity by Donald R. Howard is a groundbreaking study of how medieval pilgrimage writings shaped literary history. Howard examines hundreds of overlooked pilgrimage accounts, once dismissed as mere travel notes, and argues for their significance as a neglected genre that illuminates the rise of fiction, satire, and narrative forms. By situating pilgrimage literature in its historical, cultural, and religious contexts, he shows how these texts bridged lived religious practices with imaginative storytelling, offering a lens into how medieval people viewed travel, salvation, and human experience.

At the center of Howard’s work are detailed explorations of Mandeville’s Travels and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, two touchstones where fact and fiction intermingle to produce enduring literary achievements. Through these cases and others, Howard reveals how the metaphor of pilgrimage—life as a journey toward spiritual ends—continued to shape narrative structures well beyond the Middle Ages, influencing modern conceptions of travel, storytelling, and cultural identity. Written with scholarly rigor and literary sensitivity, this book restores medieval pilgrimage narratives to their rightful place in the genealogy of European literature.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.

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Margarita Zamora

Reading Columbus

$31.95

Christopher Columbus authored over a hundred documents, many of them letters giving testimony on the Discovery to Isabela and Ferdinand. In this first book in English to focus specifically on these writings, Margarita Zamora offers an original analysis of their textual problems and ideological implications. Her comprehensive study takes into account the newly discovered "Libro Copiador," which includes previously unknown letters from Columbus to the Crown.

Zamora examines those aspects of the texts that have caused the most anxiety and disagreement among scholars—questions concerning Columbus's destination, the authenticity and authority of the texts attributed to him, Las Casas's editorial role, and Columbus's views on the Indians. In doing so she opens up the vast cultural context of the Discovery. Exploring the ways in which the first images of America as seen through European eyes both represented and helped shape the Discovery, she maps the inception and growth of a discourse that was to dominate the colonizing of the New World.

Christopher Columbus authored over a hundred documents, many of them letters giving testimony on the Discovery to Isabela and Ferdinand. In this first book in English to focus specifically on these writings, Margarita Zamora offers an original analysis of

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C. Wright Mills

$21.95

One of the leading public intellectuals of twentieth-century America and a pioneering and brilliant social scientist, C. Wright Mills left a legacy of interdisciplinary and hard-hitting work including two books that changed the way many people viewed their lives and the structure of power in the United States: White Collar (1951) and The Power Elite (1956). Mills persistently challenged the status quo within his profession--as in The Sociological Imagination (1959)--and within his country, until his untimely death in 1962. This collection of letters and writings, edited by his daughters, allows readers to see behind Mills's public persona for the first time.

Mills's letters to prominent figures--including Saul Alinsky, Daniel Bell, Lewis Coser, Carlos Fuentes, Hans Gerth, Irving Howe, Dwight MacDonald, Robert K. Merton, Ralph Miliband, William Miller, David Riesman, and Harvey Swados--are joined by his letters to family members, letter-essays to an imaginary friend in Russia, personal narratives by his daughters, and annotations drawing on published and unpublished material, including the FBI file on Mills.

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J. L. Heilbron

H. G. J. Moseley

$29.95

H. G. J. Moseley (1887 - 1915), the son and grandson of distinguished English scientists, a favorite student of Rutherford's and a colleague of Bohr's, completed researches of capital importance for atomic physics just before the outbreak of World War I. He was urged to devote himself to scientific war work in England, but his duty as he aw it was to join the battle. He procured himself command of a signaling section in the Royal Engineers, a speedy trip to Gallipoli, and death in the bloody battle for Sari Bair. In this work the author presents a full record of Moseley's brief and brilliant career. It gives instructive detail about Eton, which, as Heilbron shows, offered more opportunity for acquiring a foundation in science than its emphasis on Greek and games would suggest; about Oxford, a scientific backwater in Moseley's time; and about Rutherford's thriving laboratory at the University of Manchester. It describes in detail Moseley's apprenticeship in experimental physics, his growth under the tight supervision of Manchester, and his classical independent work on X rays, which almost certainly would have brought him the Nobel Prize. An epilogue sketches the chief results secured by other in the decade after his death in the research lines he opened. Heilbron's account is informed by an unequaled acquaintance with the relevant manuscript material, including all of Moseley's known correspondence (most of which he discovered) and the paper of colleagues such as Bohr, W. H. Bragg, G. H. Darwin, F. A. Lindemann (Lord Cherwell), Rutherford, Henry Tizard, Georges Ubrain, and G. von Hevesy. An important feature of the book is the publication, in extenso, of Moseley's surviving correspondence. These letters are not only a rich source for historians of science and of education. Tehy are also splendid reading: well-written records of the maturing of a strong mind, pithy commentaries on the Establishment as Moseley saw it, and exciting notices of the course of one of the most important researches in modern physical science. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.

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Donald R. Howard

Writers and Pilgrims

$95.00

Writers and Pilgrims: Medieval Pilgrimage Narratives and Their Posterity by Donald R. Howard is a groundbreaking study of how medieval pilgrimage writings shaped literary history. Howard examines hundreds of overlooked pilgrimage accounts, once dismissed as mere travel notes, and argues for their significance as a neglected genre that illuminates the rise of fiction, satire, and narrative forms. By situating pilgrimage literature in its historical, cultural, and religious contexts, he shows how these texts bridged lived religious practices with imaginative storytelling, offering a lens into how medieval people viewed travel, salvation, and human experience.

At the center of Howard’s work are detailed explorations of Mandeville’s Travels and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, two touchstones where fact and fiction intermingle to produce enduring literary achievements. Through these cases and others, Howard reveals how the metaphor of pilgrimage—life as a journey toward spiritual ends—continued to shape narrative structures well beyond the Middle Ages, influencing modern conceptions of travel, storytelling, and cultural identity. Written with scholarly rigor and literary sensitivity, this book restores medieval pilgrimage narratives to their rightful place in the genealogy of European literature.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.

Donald R. Howard

Writers and Pilgrims

$39.95

Writers and Pilgrims: Medieval Pilgrimage Narratives and Their Posterity by Donald R. Howard is a groundbreaking study of how medieval pilgrimage writings shaped literary history. Howard examines hundreds of overlooked pilgrimage accounts, once dismissed as mere travel notes, and argues for their significance as a neglected genre that illuminates the rise of fiction, satire, and narrative forms. By situating pilgrimage literature in its historical, cultural, and religious contexts, he shows how these texts bridged lived religious practices with imaginative storytelling, offering a lens into how medieval people viewed travel, salvation, and human experience.

At the center of Howard’s work are detailed explorations of Mandeville’s Travels and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, two touchstones where fact and fiction intermingle to produce enduring literary achievements. Through these cases and others, Howard reveals how the metaphor of pilgrimage—life as a journey toward spiritual ends—continued to shape narrative structures well beyond the Middle Ages, influencing modern conceptions of travel, storytelling, and cultural identity. Written with scholarly rigor and literary sensitivity, this book restores medieval pilgrimage narratives to their rightful place in the genealogy of European literature.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville: Selected Letters on Politics and Society

$49.95

This title opens a new window into the life and thought of Alexis de Tocqueville, presenting him as not only a political thinker but also a person deeply shaped by the tensions and ideals of his time. Known for Democracy in America, Tocqueville’s insights into American democracy have often overshadowed his reflections on French society, friendship, and personal struggles. This compilation of letters, many unpublished in English before, spans his political career, his friendships, and his inner conflicts, revealing his ongoing battle between intellectual ideals and the harsh realities of the political landscape. His letters bring to light a Tocqueville who was both drawn to political action and increasingly disillusioned by the self-serving nature of his era’s middle class.

Tocqueville’s correspondence reveals a figure influenced by both Enlightenment rationalism and Romanticism’s emphasis on feeling and individuality. While often critical of Romantic melancholy, he was himself plagued by existential doubt and frustration over the limited impact of his political actions. He viewed society’s growing emphasis on materialism and self-interest as symptoms of a broader decline, leaving him torn between admiration for civic virtues and disappointment in the era’s lack of ambition. Religion and friendship emerge as stabilizing forces in his life, with his close bond with Gustave de Beaumont standing out as a source of both comfort and challenge. The letters show how Tocqueville’s personal relationships and ethical convictions shaped his intellectual pursuits and his concerns for France’s future.

The editors, Roger Boesche and James Toupin, present these letters with careful translation and thorough contextual notes, giving readers both the historical background and access to Tocqueville’s unique literary style. The work provides readers with a portrait of a man wrestling with the challenges of his age, caught between democratic ideals and the evolving reality of French society. For modern readers, these letters illuminate how Tocqueville’s personal struggles informed his enduring political insights, highlighting his belief in community and civic duty as essential defenses against tyranny.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.

Alexis de Tocqueville Edited by Roger Boesche Translated by James Toupin and Roger Boesche

Alexis de Tocqueville: Selected Letters on Politics and Society

$95.00

This title opens a new window into the life and thought of Alexis de Tocqueville, presenting him as not only a political thinker but also a person deeply shaped by the tensions and ideals of his time. Known for Democracy in America, Tocqueville’s insights into American democracy have often overshadowed his reflections on French society, friendship, and personal struggles. This compilation of letters, many unpublished in English before, spans his political career, his friendships, and his inner conflicts, revealing his ongoing battle between intellectual ideals and the harsh realities of the political landscape. His letters bring to light a Tocqueville who was both drawn to political action and increasingly disillusioned by the self-serving nature of his era’s middle class.

Tocqueville’s correspondence reveals a figure influenced by both Enlightenment rationalism and Romanticism’s emphasis on feeling and individuality. While often critical of Romantic melancholy, he was himself plagued by existential doubt and frustration over the limited impact of his political actions. He viewed society’s growing emphasis on materialism and self-interest as symptoms of a broader decline, leaving him torn between admiration for civic virtues and disappointment in the era’s lack of ambition. Religion and friendship emerge as stabilizing forces in his life, with his close bond with Gustave de Beaumont standing out as a source of both comfort and challenge. The letters show how Tocqueville’s personal relationships and ethical convictions shaped his intellectual pursuits and his concerns for France’s future.

The editors, Roger Boesche and James Toupin, present these letters with careful translation and thorough contextual notes, giving readers both the historical background and access to Tocqueville’s unique literary style. The work provides readers with a portrait of a man wrestling with the challenges of his age, caught between democratic ideals and the evolving reality of French society. For modern readers, these letters illuminate how Tocqueville’s personal struggles informed his enduring political insights, highlighting his belief in community and civic duty as essential defenses against tyranny.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.

J. L. Heilbron

H. G. J. Moseley

$49.95

H. G. J. Moseley (1887 - 1915), the son and grandson of distinguished English scientists, a favorite student of Rutherford's and a colleague of Bohr's, completed researches of capital importance for atomic physics just before the outbreak of World War I. He was urged to devote himself to scientific war work in England, but his duty as he aw it was to join the battle. He procured himself command of a signaling section in the Royal Engineers, a speedy trip to Gallipoli, and death in the bloody battle for Sari Bair.

In this work the author presents a full record of Moseley's brief and brilliant career. It gives instructive detail about Eton, which, as Heilbron shows, offered more opportunity for acquiring a foundation in science than its emphasis on Greek and games would suggest; about Oxford, a scientific backwater in Moseley's time; and about Rutherford's thriving laboratory at the University of Manchester. It describes in detail Moseley's apprenticeship in experimental physics, his growth under the tight supervision of Manchester, and his classical independent work on X rays, which almost certainly would have brought him the Nobel Prize. An epilogue sketches the chief results secured by other in the decade after his death in the research lines he opened.

Heilbron's account is informed by an unequaled acquaintance with the relevant manuscript material, including all of Moseley's known correspondence (most of which he discovered) and the paper of colleagues such as Bohr, W. H. Bragg, G. H. Darwin, F. A. Lindemann (Lord Cherwell), Rutherford, Henry Tizard, Georges Ubrain, and G. von Hevesy.

An important feature of the book is the publication, in extenso, of Moseley's surviving correspondence. These letters are not only a rich source for historians of science and of education. Tehy are also splendid reading: well-written records of the maturing of a strong mind, pithy commentaries on the Establishment as Moseley saw it, and exciting notices of the course of one of the most important researches in modern physical science.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.

J. L. Heilbron

H. G. J. Moseley

$95.00

H. G. J. Moseley (1887 - 1915), the son and grandson of distinguished English scientists, a favorite student of Rutherford's and a colleague of Bohr's, completed researches of capital importance for atomic physics just before the outbreak of World War I. He was urged to devote himself to scientific war work in England, but his duty as he aw it was to join the battle. He procured himself command of a signaling section in the Royal Engineers, a speedy trip to Gallipoli, and death in the bloody battle for Sari Bair.

In this work the author presents a full record of Moseley's brief and brilliant career. It gives instructive detail about Eton, which, as Heilbron shows, offered more opportunity for acquiring a foundation in science than its emphasis on Greek and games would suggest; about Oxford, a scientific backwater in Moseley's time; and about Rutherford's thriving laboratory at the University of Manchester. It describes in detail Moseley's apprenticeship in experimental physics, his growth under the tight supervision of Manchester, and his classical independent work on X rays, which almost certainly would have brought him the Nobel Prize. An epilogue sketches the chief results secured by other in the decade after his death in the research lines he opened.

Heilbron's account is informed by an unequaled acquaintance with the relevant manuscript material, including all of Moseley's known correspondence (most of which he discovered) and the paper of colleagues such as Bohr, W. H. Bragg, G. H. Darwin, F. A. Lindemann (Lord Cherwell), Rutherford, Henry Tizard, Georges Ubrain, and G. von Hevesy.

An important feature of the book is the publication, in extenso, of Moseley's surviving correspondence. These letters are not only a rich source for historians of science and of education. Tehy are also splendid reading: well-written records of the maturing of a strong mind, pithy commentaries on the Establishment as Moseley saw it, and exciting notices of the course of one of the most important researches in modern physical science.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.

C. Wright Mills

$36.95

One of the leading public intellectuals of twentieth-century America and a pioneering and brilliant social scientist, C. Wright Mills left a legacy of interdisciplinary and hard-hitting work including two books that changed the way many people viewed their lives and the structure of power in the United States: White Collar (1951) and The Power Elite (1956). Mills persistently challenged the status quo within his profession--as in The Sociological Imagination (1959)--and within his country, until his untimely death in 1962. This collection of letters and writings, edited by his daughters, allows readers to see behind Mills's public persona for the first time.

Mills's letters to prominent figures--including Saul Alinsky, Daniel Bell, Lewis Coser, Carlos Fuentes, Hans Gerth, Irving Howe, Dwight MacDonald, Robert K. Merton, Ralph Miliband, William Miller, David Riesman, and Harvey Swados--are joined by his letters to family members, letter-essays to an imaginary friend in Russia, personal narratives by his daughters, and annotations drawing on published and unpublished material, including the FBI file on Mills.

Edited and Annotated and with an Introductory Essay by Simon Karlinsky

Dear Bunny, Dear Volodya

$31.95

Simon Karlinsky has substantially expanded and revised the first edition of Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson's correspondence to include fifty-nine letters discovered subsequent to the book's original publication in 1979. Since then, five volumes of Edmund Wilson's diaries have been published, as well as a volume of Nabokov's correspondence with other people and Brian Boyd's definitive two-volume biography of Nabokov. The additional letters and a considerable body of new annotations clarify the correspondence, tracing in greater detail the two decades of close friendship between the writers.

Margarita Zamora

Reading Columbus

$31.95

Christopher Columbus authored over a hundred documents, many of them letters giving testimony on the Discovery to Isabela and Ferdinand. In this first book in English to focus specifically on these writings, Margarita Zamora offers an original analysis of their textual problems and ideological implications. Her comprehensive study takes into account the newly discovered "Libro Copiador," which includes previously unknown letters from Columbus to the Crown.

Zamora examines those aspects of the texts that have caused the most anxiety and disagreement among scholars—questions concerning Columbus's destination, the authenticity and authority of the texts attributed to him, Las Casas's editorial role, and Columbus's views on the Indians. In doing so she opens up the vast cultural context of the Discovery. Exploring the ways in which the first images of America as seen through European eyes both represented and helped shape the Discovery, she maps the inception and growth of a discourse that was to dominate the colonizing of the New World.

Juan Ramon Jimenez

Fifty Spanish Poems

$23.95

Fifty Spanish Poems introduces English-language readers to the lyrical intensity of Nobel laureate Juan Ramón Jiménez, the poet at the center of Spain’s modernist revival. This bilingual edition, with translations by J. B. Trend, highlights Jiménez’s delicate verbal music and his lifelong quest for “naked poetry”—verse stripped to essentials, luminous in its evocation of landscape, memory, and spiritual longing. Arranged from his early Elejías through mature works like Eternidades and La estación total, the volume allows readers to trace the poet’s evolution from symbolist influences to a profoundly personal poetics of light, silence, and pure being.

For students and general readers alike, this collection opens the world of Spanish modernismo beyond the familiar figure of García Lorca. Trend’s translations—attentive to rhythm and nuance—invite appreciation of Jiménez’s central role in shaping twentieth-century Spanish verse. Framed with an introduction situating Jiménez within the turbulent cultural landscape of Spain and its diaspora, Fifty Spanish Poems remains an essential gateway to the poet’s artistry and to the broader currents of Hispanic literary modernity.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1951.

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E. Allison Peers

A Critical Anthology of Spanish Verse

$44.95

A Critical Anthology of Spanish Verse is an essential collection for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding and appreciation of Spanish poetry across centuries. This meticulously curated volume provides not only a rich selection of poems but also insightful commentary that sheds light on their themes, structure, and cultural significance. From medieval epics like Cantar de Mio Cid to modern lyrical masterpieces, the anthology traverses a vast literary landscape, offering readers a cohesive exploration of Spanish poetic traditions. By focusing on the intrinsic qualities of each work rather than exhaustive biographical or source-related details, this anthology invites readers to engage critically and meaningfully with the text.

The thoughtful organization of the book ensures accessibility for both seasoned scholars and general readers with a solid grasp of Spanish. The editor’s approach—modernizing texts where appropriate while preserving linguistic nuances—enhances the reader's experience without sacrificing historical authenticity. Exclusions, such as Spanish-American and dramatic verse, reflect a deliberate focus, ensuring the integrity and depth of the selections presented. Whether delving into the grandeur of long-form poetry or savoring the lyrical beauty of sonnets, this anthology celebrates the timeless art of Spanish verse and its enduring resonance.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.

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Ludmilla A. Patrick

Fourteen Russian One-Act Plays

$23.95

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.

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L.A. Post

From Homer to Menander

$29.95

The Sather Classical Lectures Volume Twenty-three: From Homer to Menander offers a comprehensive study of Greek fiction, exploring the evolution of epic, tragedy, and comedy from Homer through to Menander. The author aims to bring together these distinct genres by analyzing them as representations of forces in action, a concept rooted in Aristotle's views on fiction. Through this lens, the work considers how Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, along with the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, set the stage for Menander’s comedies. The study also reexamines the role of fiction in Greek society, presenting it not only as a source of entertainment but as a powerful force in shaping moral and philosophical discourse. The book highlights how the Greek writers—while often seen as preoccupied with beauty and heroism—were deeply concerned with moral integrity, social welfare, and the examination of human life through their characters’ actions and fates.

The volume delves into how Homer’s poetic fiction was not just an artistic endeavor but a form of moral and philosophical exploration. Homer, particularly in the Odyssey, explores complex themes of loyalty, identity, and the human condition, contrasting characters like Odysseus and Penelope with others such as the suitors, who embody vice and corruption. The study reveals how these characters and their actions—driven by forces of fate, free will, and divine intervention—create a rich tapestry of moral lessons. The analysis extends to the influence of Aristotle’s Poetics, which remains essential for understanding the philosophical framework behind Greek fiction, particularly in how it addresses the structure of tragedy and comedy. Menander’s work, though less preserved, is placed in the context of this tradition, showing that comedy, like tragedy, also grapples with moral complexities, presenting a success story where virtue is ultimately rewarded. Through this study, Greek fiction is shown to be a vital force in both cultural and moral education, with profound implications for the development of Western literature and thought.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1951.

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Joan Gili

Anthology of Catalan Lyric Poetry

$29.95

This title offers a profound exploration of Catalonia’s rich poetic tradition, tracing its origins, influences, and thematic evolution over centuries. This collection is not merely a representative sample but a carefully curated selection of poems that embody what the editor perceives as the enduring essence of Catalan lyricism. Catalan poetry, the editor argues, contains a latent energy, waiting to be unleashed by the reader. This anthology aims to revitalize that energy, presenting poems that carry forward the spirit of their creation and evoke universal human experiences, from love and sorrow to spiritual longing and communal pride.

The anthology highlights Catalonia’s unique cultural and historical circumstances, which have shaped its poetic voice. From early influences by Provençal troubadours to Italian Renaissance currents, Catalan poetry has consistently evolved, absorbing foreign influences while maintaining a distinctive Mediterranean character marked by simplicity, balance, and a humanistic worldview. Through centuries of cultural suppression and resurgence, Catalan lyric poetry has preserved its vitality, reflecting the resilience of Catalonia’s people and language. Emphasizing themes of spirituality, human love, and the landscapes of Catalonia, the poetry gathered here captures the region’s soul, celebrating its contributions to both Catalan identity and universal literature.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.

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H. H. Kleinman

The Religious Sonnets of Dylan Thomas

$23.95

The Religious Sonnets of Dylan Thomas: A Study in Imagery and Meaning, by H. H. Kleinman, leads readers directly into Dylan Thomas’s most challenging early work—the ten-poem sequence often called the religious sonnets—through careful, classroom-tested exegesis. Rather than circling around the poems with abstract labels, Kleinman illuminates their dense symbolic network: the Incarnation and Passion, the story of Abraham and Isaac, the myth of Hercules, and the constellations. He situates the sonnets’ genesis in the mid-1930s, tracks their expansion from seven to ten poems in *Twenty-Five Poems*, and surveys their reception by critics such as Francis Scarfe, Marshall Stearns, Elder Olson, and William York Tindall. Throughout, he shows how Thomas binds biblical narrative, apocrypha, and myth into a prosodically rigorous music that moves from earthbound perplexity to hard-won affirmation.

Kleinman also considers Thomas’s contested critical reputation. Was he apocalyptic, surrealist, Freudian, or Welsh nationalist? Kleinman rejects these reductive categories, showing instead a poet of disciplined imagery, carefully patterned consonantal sound, and formal control. He explores Thomas’s debts to Hopkins, Yeats, Eliot, and Owen while highlighting his independence from Continental surrealism and his limited interest in Welsh folklore or prosody. The study reveals a young poet wrestling with faith and doubt, shaping chaos into symbol and music. Written with critical clarity and pedagogical vitality, *The Religious Sonnets of Dylan Thomas* offers scholars, students, and general readers alike a reliable guide through Thomas’s densest thicket of imagery, illuminating both the intricacies of his sonnet sequence and the broader poetic achievement it anticipates.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1963.

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T.K. Whipple

Spokesmen

$23.95

Spokesmen, by T. K. Whipple, gathers a series of essays written in the 1920s, a decade when American literature was breaking decisively from academic gentility and provincial puritanism. Whipple examines ten central figures—Dreiser, Anderson, Cather, Lewis, O’Neill, Sandburg, Frost, and others—writers he credits with advancing what he and his contemporaries called the “liberation of American literature.” His double theme, drawn from Max Eastman and Van Wyck Brooks, shapes the volume: the need for a “poetic temper” that values realization of experience over mere attainment of ends, and the recognition of how American social life, standardized and pragmatic, stifles that impulse in its artists.

The essays are both literary criticism and cultural diagnosis, balancing analysis of style and vision with reflections on the conditions of American life. Whipple’s judgments, often prophetic, read strikingly true decades later: his sense that O’Neill’s greatest work was “just around the corner,” his critique of Sinclair Lewis’s defensive hostility to experience, or his precise placement of Anderson between Sandburg’s rawness and Lewis’s reflection. He could define an author’s achievement with brevity and elegance, as in his assessment of Willa Cather’s art as the hard-won triumph of discipline over provincial limitation. Always, his criticism is animated by the conviction that American writers reveal less about themselves than about the society that shapes and constrains them.

Written in lucid, witty prose that avoids the jargon of later criticism, Spokesmen remains both a record of its cultural moment and a work of enduring critical insight. Whipple’s essays place literature within the larger currents of national life, making the book not only an appraisal of key writers in their prime but also a commentary on the promises and frustrations of American culture itself.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1928.

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Eric O. Johannesson

The Novel of August Strindberg

$29.95

The Novels of August Strindberg: A Study in Theme and Structure offers a comprehensive exploration of the psychological depths and artistic innovations of one of literature's most enigmatic figures. This book focuses on Strindberg's quest for identity—a central and universal theme—tracing its evolution across his novels and examining how it shaped his experimental narrative styles. The author delves into Strindberg's works not merely as reflections of the author's turbulent life but as sophisticated explorations of the human psyche that resonate with broader literary and psychological themes. By integrating elements of psychoanalysis and modern narrative theory, the study highlights Strindberg's contribution to the development of the psychological novel and his ability to transcend the confines of realism through symbolism and myth.

While Strindberg's dramatic works have long been celebrated for their influence on modern theater, this study asserts the equal significance of his novels. Through careful analysis of his major works, the book reveals how Strindberg's shifting narrative structures mirror his introspective and often conflicted engagement with the self. With an emphasis on psychological integration, the study underscores Strindberg's innovative exploration of personal experience as a lens for understanding universal human struggles. This insightful examination of Strindberg's literary artistry provides an enriched perspective on his novels and positions them as vital contributions to modern literature.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1968.

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Juan Ramón Jiménez Translated by J. B. Trend

Fifty Spanish Poems

$39.95

Fifty Spanish Poems introduces English-language readers to the lyrical intensity of Nobel laureate Juan Ramón Jiménez, the poet at the center of Spain’s modernist revival. This bilingual edition, with translations by J. B. Trend, highlights Jiménez’s delicate verbal music and his lifelong quest for “naked poetry”—verse stripped to essentials, luminous in its evocation of landscape, memory, and spiritual longing. Arranged from his early Elejías through mature works like Eternidades and La estación total, the volume allows readers to trace the poet’s evolution from symbolist influences to a profoundly personal poetics of light, silence, and pure being.

For students and general readers alike, this collection opens the world of Spanish modernismo beyond the familiar figure of García Lorca. Trend’s translations—attentive to rhythm and nuance—invite appreciation of Jiménez’s central role in shaping twentieth-century Spanish verse. Framed with an introduction situating Jiménez within the turbulent cultural landscape of Spain and its diaspora, Fifty Spanish Poems remains an essential gateway to the poet’s artistry and to the broader currents of Hispanic literary modernity.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1951.

Juan Ramón Jiménez Translated by J. B. Trend

Fifty Spanish Poems

$95.00

Fifty Spanish Poems introduces English-language readers to the lyrical intensity of Nobel laureate Juan Ramón Jiménez, the poet at the center of Spain’s modernist revival. This bilingual edition, with translations by J. B. Trend, highlights Jiménez’s delicate verbal music and his lifelong quest for “naked poetry”—verse stripped to essentials, luminous in its evocation of landscape, memory, and spiritual longing. Arranged from his early Elejías through mature works like Eternidades and La estación total, the volume allows readers to trace the poet’s evolution from symbolist influences to a profoundly personal poetics of light, silence, and pure being.

For students and general readers alike, this collection opens the world of Spanish modernismo beyond the familiar figure of García Lorca. Trend’s translations—attentive to rhythm and nuance—invite appreciation of Jiménez’s central role in shaping twentieth-century Spanish verse. Framed with an introduction situating Jiménez within the turbulent cultural landscape of Spain and its diaspora, Fifty Spanish Poems remains an essential gateway to the poet’s artistry and to the broader currents of Hispanic literary modernity.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1951.

Selected by Joan Triadu Edited by Joan Gili

Anthology of Catalan Lyric Poetry

$95.00

This title offers a profound exploration of Catalonia’s rich poetic tradition, tracing its origins, influences, and thematic evolution over centuries. This collection is not merely a representative sample but a carefully curated selection of poems that embody what the editor perceives as the enduring essence of Catalan lyricism. Catalan poetry, the editor argues, contains a latent energy, waiting to be unleashed by the reader. This anthology aims to revitalize that energy, presenting poems that carry forward the spirit of their creation and evoke universal human experiences, from love and sorrow to spiritual longing and communal pride.

The anthology highlights Catalonia’s unique cultural and historical circumstances, which have shaped its poetic voice. From early influences by Provençal troubadours to Italian Renaissance currents, Catalan poetry has consistently evolved, absorbing foreign influences while maintaining a distinctive Mediterranean character marked by simplicity, balance, and a humanistic worldview. Through centuries of cultural suppression and resurgence, Catalan lyric poetry has preserved its vitality, reflecting the resilience of Catalonia’s people and language. Emphasizing themes of spirituality, human love, and the landscapes of Catalonia, the poetry gathered here captures the region’s soul, celebrating its contributions to both Catalan identity and universal literature.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.

Selected by Joan Triadu Edited by Joan Gili

Anthology of Catalan Lyric Poetry

$49.95

This title offers a profound exploration of Catalonia’s rich poetic tradition, tracing its origins, influences, and thematic evolution over centuries. This collection is not merely a representative sample but a carefully curated selection of poems that embody what the editor perceives as the enduring essence of Catalan lyricism. Catalan poetry, the editor argues, contains a latent energy, waiting to be unleashed by the reader. This anthology aims to revitalize that energy, presenting poems that carry forward the spirit of their creation and evoke universal human experiences, from love and sorrow to spiritual longing and communal pride.

The anthology highlights Catalonia’s unique cultural and historical circumstances, which have shaped its poetic voice. From early influences by Provençal troubadours to Italian Renaissance currents, Catalan poetry has consistently evolved, absorbing foreign influences while maintaining a distinctive Mediterranean character marked by simplicity, balance, and a humanistic worldview. Through centuries of cultural suppression and resurgence, Catalan lyric poetry has preserved its vitality, reflecting the resilience of Catalonia’s people and language. Emphasizing themes of spirituality, human love, and the landscapes of Catalonia, the poetry gathered here captures the region’s soul, celebrating its contributions to both Catalan identity and universal literature.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.

Edited by Ludmilla A. Patrick

Fourteen Russian One-Act Plays

$39.95

Fourteen Russian One-Act Plays, edited by Ludmilla A. Patrick, offers students and general readers a rare window into the lively theatrical traditions of modern Russia. Carefully selected for accessibility and humor, these fourteen short comedies—many reflecting everyday life in the Soviet Union—capture the sparkle of Russian wit in compact form. Each play is short enough to be read in two or three sittings, making the collection ideal for classroom assignments or informal study. With dialogue that is contemporary and engaging, the plays showcase the breadth of Russian cultural settings, from urban households to provincial scenes, while balancing literary charm with practical readability.

What distinguishes this volume is its dual purpose: it entertains while also serving as a pedagogical tool. Graded by difficulty, the plays are accompanied by a complete vocabulary that highlights idiomatic expressions and eases comprehension for learners with two semesters of Russian. By combining linguistic support with authentic literary content, the collection encourages readers not only to improve their Russian but also to immerse themselves in its theatrical imagination. At once instructive and enjoyable, Fourteen Russian One-Act Plays demonstrates how drama—concise, humorous, and socially observant—can provide a gateway to deeper cultural and linguistic fluency.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.

Edited by Ludmilla A. Patrick

Fourteen Russian One-Act Plays

$95.00

Fourteen Russian One-Act Plays, edited by Ludmilla A. Patrick, offers students and general readers a rare window into the lively theatrical traditions of modern Russia. Carefully selected for accessibility and humor, these fourteen short comedies—many reflecting everyday life in the Soviet Union—capture the sparkle of Russian wit in compact form. Each play is short enough to be read in two or three sittings, making the collection ideal for classroom assignments or informal study. With dialogue that is contemporary and engaging, the plays showcase the breadth of Russian cultural settings, from urban households to provincial scenes, while balancing literary charm with practical readability.

What distinguishes this volume is its dual purpose: it entertains while also serving as a pedagogical tool. Graded by difficulty, the plays are accompanied by a complete vocabulary that highlights idiomatic expressions and eases comprehension for learners with two semesters of Russian. By combining linguistic support with authentic literary content, the collection encourages readers not only to improve their Russian but also to immerse themselves in its theatrical imagination. At once instructive and enjoyable, Fourteen Russian One-Act Plays demonstrates how drama—concise, humorous, and socially observant—can provide a gateway to deeper cultural and linguistic fluency.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.

Compiled and Edited by E. Allison Peers

A Critical Anthology of Spanish Verse

$75.00

A Critical Anthology of Spanish Verse is an essential collection for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding and appreciation of Spanish poetry across centuries. This meticulously curated volume provides not only a rich selection of poems but also insightful commentary that sheds light on their themes, structure, and cultural significance. From medieval epics like Cantar de Mio Cid to modern lyrical masterpieces, the anthology traverses a vast literary landscape, offering readers a cohesive exploration of Spanish poetic traditions. By focusing on the intrinsic qualities of each work rather than exhaustive biographical or source-related details, this anthology invites readers to engage critically and meaningfully with the text.

The thoughtful organization of the book ensures accessibility for both seasoned scholars and general readers with a solid grasp of Spanish. The editor’s approach—modernizing texts where appropriate while preserving linguistic nuances—enhances the reader's experience without sacrificing historical authenticity. Exclusions, such as Spanish-American and dramatic verse, reflect a deliberate focus, ensuring the integrity and depth of the selections presented. Whether delving into the grandeur of long-form poetry or savoring the lyrical beauty of sonnets, this anthology celebrates the timeless art of Spanish verse and its enduring resonance.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.

Compiled and Edited by E. Allison Peers

A Critical Anthology of Spanish Verse

$115.00

A Critical Anthology of Spanish Verse is an essential collection for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding and appreciation of Spanish poetry across centuries. This meticulously curated volume provides not only a rich selection of poems but also insightful commentary that sheds light on their themes, structure, and cultural significance. From medieval epics like Cantar de Mio Cid to modern lyrical masterpieces, the anthology traverses a vast literary landscape, offering readers a cohesive exploration of Spanish poetic traditions. By focusing on the intrinsic qualities of each work rather than exhaustive biographical or source-related details, this anthology invites readers to engage critically and meaningfully with the text.

The thoughtful organization of the book ensures accessibility for both seasoned scholars and general readers with a solid grasp of Spanish. The editor’s approach—modernizing texts where appropriate while preserving linguistic nuances—enhances the reader's experience without sacrificing historical authenticity. Exclusions, such as Spanish-American and dramatic verse, reflect a deliberate focus, ensuring the integrity and depth of the selections presented. Whether delving into the grandeur of long-form poetry or savoring the lyrical beauty of sonnets, this anthology celebrates the timeless art of Spanish verse and its enduring resonance.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.

L. A. Post

From Homer to Menander

$95.00

The Sather Classical Lectures Volume Twenty-three: From Homer to Menander offers a comprehensive study of Greek fiction, exploring the evolution of epic, tragedy, and comedy from Homer through to Menander. The author aims to bring together these distinct genres by analyzing them as representations of forces in action, a concept rooted in Aristotle's views on fiction. Through this lens, the work considers how Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, along with the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, set the stage for Menander’s comedies. The study also reexamines the role of fiction in Greek society, presenting it not only as a source of entertainment but as a powerful force in shaping moral and philosophical discourse. The book highlights how the Greek writers—while often seen as preoccupied with beauty and heroism—were deeply concerned with moral integrity, social welfare, and the examination of human life through their characters’ actions and fates.

The volume delves into how Homer’s poetic fiction was not just an artistic endeavor but a form of moral and philosophical exploration. Homer, particularly in the Odyssey, explores complex themes of loyalty, identity, and the human condition, contrasting characters like Odysseus and Penelope with others such as the suitors, who embody vice and corruption. The study reveals how these characters and their actions—driven by forces of fate, free will, and divine intervention—create a rich tapestry of moral lessons. The analysis extends to the influence of Aristotle’s Poetics, which remains essential for understanding the philosophical framework behind Greek fiction, particularly in how it addresses the structure of tragedy and comedy. Menander’s work, though less preserved, is placed in the context of this tradition, showing that comedy, like tragedy, also grapples with moral complexities, presenting a success story where virtue is ultimately rewarded. Through this study, Greek fiction is shown to be a vital force in both cultural and moral education, with profound implications for the development of Western literature and thought.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1951.

L. A. Post

From Homer to Menander

$49.95

The Sather Classical Lectures Volume Twenty-three: From Homer to Menander offers a comprehensive study of Greek fiction, exploring the evolution of epic, tragedy, and comedy from Homer through to Menander. The author aims to bring together these distinct genres by analyzing them as representations of forces in action, a concept rooted in Aristotle's views on fiction. Through this lens, the work considers how Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, along with the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, set the stage for Menander’s comedies. The study also reexamines the role of fiction in Greek society, presenting it not only as a source of entertainment but as a powerful force in shaping moral and philosophical discourse. The book highlights how the Greek writers—while often seen as preoccupied with beauty and heroism—were deeply concerned with moral integrity, social welfare, and the examination of human life through their characters’ actions and fates.

The volume delves into how Homer’s poetic fiction was not just an artistic endeavor but a form of moral and philosophical exploration. Homer, particularly in the Odyssey, explores complex themes of loyalty, identity, and the human condition, contrasting characters like Odysseus and Penelope with others such as the suitors, who embody vice and corruption. The study reveals how these characters and their actions—driven by forces of fate, free will, and divine intervention—create a rich tapestry of moral lessons. The analysis extends to the influence of Aristotle’s Poetics, which remains essential for understanding the philosophical framework behind Greek fiction, particularly in how it addresses the structure of tragedy and comedy. Menander’s work, though less preserved, is placed in the context of this tradition, showing that comedy, like tragedy, also grapples with moral complexities, presenting a success story where virtue is ultimately rewarded. Through this study, Greek fiction is shown to be a vital force in both cultural and moral education, with profound implications for the development of Western literature and thought.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1951.

Selections From His Writings Edited by Robert Livingston Schuyler

Frederic William Maitland, Historian

$39.95

Frederic William Maitland: Selections from His Writings is a curated collection of the works of one of England’s most distinguished legal historians. This volume offers a comprehensive introduction to Maitland’s contributions to the field of English legal history, focusing on his meticulous approach to understanding medieval law and his ability to analyze historical texts with precision and critical insight. His work, marked by a deep commitment to historical context and an aversion to anachronism, challenges readers to view the past through the lens of its own time rather than projecting modern perspectives onto historical events. The book highlights Maitland’s capacity for making complex legal concepts both accessible and engaging, demonstrating his brilliance as a historian who could breathe life into even the driest of legal matters.

The selections in this volume not only showcase Maitland’s scholarly rigor but also reflect his unique ability to connect the details of legal history to broader cultural and institutional contexts. His profound impact on the study of English law is evident in his careful editing of primary sources and his collaborative work with fellow historians, such as Frederick Pollock. Throughout the collection, Maitland’s writing remains a vital resource for students and scholars alike, illustrating his unwavering dedication to uncovering historical truth. His approach to history, emphasizing critical thinking and an appreciation for historical nuance, continues to inspire generations of legal historians and intellectuals. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of English law and its evolution, as well as the methods that define historical scholarship.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1960.

Selections From His Writings Edited by Robert Livingston Schuyler

Frederic William Maitland, Historian

$95.00

Frederic William Maitland: Selections from His Writings is a curated collection of the works of one of England’s most distinguished legal historians. This volume offers a comprehensive introduction to Maitland’s contributions to the field of English legal history, focusing on his meticulous approach to understanding medieval law and his ability to analyze historical texts with precision and critical insight. His work, marked by a deep commitment to historical context and an aversion to anachronism, challenges readers to view the past through the lens of its own time rather than projecting modern perspectives onto historical events. The book highlights Maitland’s capacity for making complex legal concepts both accessible and engaging, demonstrating his brilliance as a historian who could breathe life into even the driest of legal matters.

The selections in this volume not only showcase Maitland’s scholarly rigor but also reflect his unique ability to connect the details of legal history to broader cultural and institutional contexts. His profound impact on the study of English law is evident in his careful editing of primary sources and his collaborative work with fellow historians, such as Frederick Pollock. Throughout the collection, Maitland’s writing remains a vital resource for students and scholars alike, illustrating his unwavering dedication to uncovering historical truth. His approach to history, emphasizing critical thinking and an appreciation for historical nuance, continues to inspire generations of legal historians and intellectuals. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of English law and its evolution, as well as the methods that define historical scholarship.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1960.

T. K. Whipple Foreword by Mark Schorer

Spokesmen

$95.00

Spokesmen, by T. K. Whipple, gathers a series of essays written in the 1920s, a decade when American literature was breaking decisively from academic gentility and provincial puritanism. Whipple examines ten central figures—Dreiser, Anderson, Cather, Lewis, O’Neill, Sandburg, Frost, and others—writers he credits with advancing what he and his contemporaries called the “liberation of American literature.” His double theme, drawn from Max Eastman and Van Wyck Brooks, shapes the volume: the need for a “poetic temper” that values realization of experience over mere attainment of ends, and the recognition of how American social life, standardized and pragmatic, stifles that impulse in its artists.

The essays are both literary criticism and cultural diagnosis, balancing analysis of style and vision with reflections on the conditions of American life. Whipple’s judgments, often prophetic, read strikingly true decades later: his sense that O’Neill’s greatest work was “just around the corner,” his critique of Sinclair Lewis’s defensive hostility to experience, or his precise placement of Anderson between Sandburg’s rawness and Lewis’s reflection. He could define an author’s achievement with brevity and elegance, as in his assessment of Willa Cather’s art as the hard-won triumph of discipline over provincial limitation. Always, his criticism is animated by the conviction that American writers reveal less about themselves than about the society that shapes and constrains them.

Written in lucid, witty prose that avoids the jargon of later criticism, Spokesmen remains both a record of its cultural moment and a work of enduring critical insight. Whipple’s essays place literature within the larger currents of national life, making the book not only an appraisal of key writers in their prime but also a commentary on the promises and frustrations of American culture itself.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1928.

T. K. Whipple Foreword by Mark Schorer

Spokesmen

$39.95

Spokesmen, by T. K. Whipple, gathers a series of essays written in the 1920s, a decade when American literature was breaking decisively from academic gentility and provincial puritanism. Whipple examines ten central figures—Dreiser, Anderson, Cather, Lewis, O’Neill, Sandburg, Frost, and others—writers he credits with advancing what he and his contemporaries called the “liberation of American literature.” His double theme, drawn from Max Eastman and Van Wyck Brooks, shapes the volume: the need for a “poetic temper” that values realization of experience over mere attainment of ends, and the recognition of how American social life, standardized and pragmatic, stifles that impulse in its artists.

The essays are both literary criticism and cultural diagnosis, balancing analysis of style and vision with reflections on the conditions of American life. Whipple’s judgments, often prophetic, read strikingly true decades later: his sense that O’Neill’s greatest work was “just around the corner,” his critique of Sinclair Lewis’s defensive hostility to experience, or his precise placement of Anderson between Sandburg’s rawness and Lewis’s reflection. He could define an author’s achievement with brevity and elegance, as in his assessment of Willa Cather’s art as the hard-won triumph of discipline over provincial limitation. Always, his criticism is animated by the conviction that American writers reveal less about themselves than about the society that shapes and constrains them.

Written in lucid, witty prose that avoids the jargon of later criticism, Spokesmen remains both a record of its cultural moment and a work of enduring critical insight. Whipple’s essays place literature within the larger currents of national life, making the book not only an appraisal of key writers in their prime but also a commentary on the promises and frustrations of American culture itself.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1928.

H. H. Kleinman

The Religious Sonnets of Dylan Thomas

$95.00

The Religious Sonnets of Dylan Thomas: A Study in Imagery and Meaning, by H. H. Kleinman, leads readers directly into Dylan Thomas’s most challenging early work—the ten-poem sequence often called the religious sonnets—through careful, classroom-tested exegesis. Rather than circling around the poems with abstract labels, Kleinman illuminates their dense symbolic network: the Incarnation and Passion, the story of Abraham and Isaac, the myth of Hercules, and the constellations. He situates the sonnets’ genesis in the mid-1930s, tracks their expansion from seven to ten poems in *Twenty-Five Poems*, and surveys their reception by critics such as Francis Scarfe, Marshall Stearns, Elder Olson, and William York Tindall. Throughout, he shows how Thomas binds biblical narrative, apocrypha, and myth into a prosodically rigorous music that moves from earthbound perplexity to hard-won affirmation.

Kleinman also considers Thomas’s contested critical reputation. Was he apocalyptic, surrealist, Freudian, or Welsh nationalist? Kleinman rejects these reductive categories, showing instead a poet of disciplined imagery, carefully patterned consonantal sound, and formal control. He explores Thomas’s debts to Hopkins, Yeats, Eliot, and Owen while highlighting his independence from Continental surrealism and his limited interest in Welsh folklore or prosody. The study reveals a young poet wrestling with faith and doubt, shaping chaos into symbol and music. Written with critical clarity and pedagogical vitality, *The Religious Sonnets of Dylan Thomas* offers scholars, students, and general readers alike a reliable guide through Thomas’s densest thicket of imagery, illuminating both the intricacies of his sonnet sequence and the broader poetic achievement it anticipates.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1963.

H. H. Kleinman

The Religious Sonnets of Dylan Thomas

$39.95

The Religious Sonnets of Dylan Thomas: A Study in Imagery and Meaning, by H. H. Kleinman, leads readers directly into Dylan Thomas’s most challenging early work—the ten-poem sequence often called the religious sonnets—through careful, classroom-tested exegesis. Rather than circling around the poems with abstract labels, Kleinman illuminates their dense symbolic network: the Incarnation and Passion, the story of Abraham and Isaac, the myth of Hercules, and the constellations. He situates the sonnets’ genesis in the mid-1930s, tracks their expansion from seven to ten poems in *Twenty-Five Poems*, and surveys their reception by critics such as Francis Scarfe, Marshall Stearns, Elder Olson, and William York Tindall. Throughout, he shows how Thomas binds biblical narrative, apocrypha, and myth into a prosodically rigorous music that moves from earthbound perplexity to hard-won affirmation.

Kleinman also considers Thomas’s contested critical reputation. Was he apocalyptic, surrealist, Freudian, or Welsh nationalist? Kleinman rejects these reductive categories, showing instead a poet of disciplined imagery, carefully patterned consonantal sound, and formal control. He explores Thomas’s debts to Hopkins, Yeats, Eliot, and Owen while highlighting his independence from Continental surrealism and his limited interest in Welsh folklore or prosody. The study reveals a young poet wrestling with faith and doubt, shaping chaos into symbol and music. Written with critical clarity and pedagogical vitality, *The Religious Sonnets of Dylan Thomas* offers scholars, students, and general readers alike a reliable guide through Thomas’s densest thicket of imagery, illuminating both the intricacies of his sonnet sequence and the broader poetic achievement it anticipates.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1963.

Eric O. Johannesson

The Novel of August Strindberg

$95.00

The Novels of August Strindberg: A Study in Theme and Structure offers a comprehensive exploration of the psychological depths and artistic innovations of one of literature's most enigmatic figures. This book focuses on Strindberg's quest for identity—a central and universal theme—tracing its evolution across his novels and examining how it shaped his experimental narrative styles. The author delves into Strindberg's works not merely as reflections of the author's turbulent life but as sophisticated explorations of the human psyche that resonate with broader literary and psychological themes. By integrating elements of psychoanalysis and modern narrative theory, the study highlights Strindberg's contribution to the development of the psychological novel and his ability to transcend the confines of realism through symbolism and myth.

While Strindberg's dramatic works have long been celebrated for their influence on modern theater, this study asserts the equal significance of his novels. Through careful analysis of his major works, the book reveals how Strindberg's shifting narrative structures mirror his introspective and often conflicted engagement with the self. With an emphasis on psychological integration, the study underscores Strindberg's innovative exploration of personal experience as a lens for understanding universal human struggles. This insightful examination of Strindberg's literary artistry provides an enriched perspective on his novels and positions them as vital contributions to modern literature.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1968.

Eric O. Johannesson

The Novel of August Strindberg

$49.95

The Novels of August Strindberg: A Study in Theme and Structure offers a comprehensive exploration of the psychological depths and artistic innovations of one of literature's most enigmatic figures. This book focuses on Strindberg's quest for identity—a central and universal theme—tracing its evolution across his novels and examining how it shaped his experimental narrative styles. The author delves into Strindberg's works not merely as reflections of the author's turbulent life but as sophisticated explorations of the human psyche that resonate with broader literary and psychological themes. By integrating elements of psychoanalysis and modern narrative theory, the study highlights Strindberg's contribution to the development of the psychological novel and his ability to transcend the confines of realism through symbolism and myth.

While Strindberg's dramatic works have long been celebrated for their influence on modern theater, this study asserts the equal significance of his novels. Through careful analysis of his major works, the book reveals how Strindberg's shifting narrative structures mirror his introspective and often conflicted engagement with the self. With an emphasis on psychological integration, the study underscores Strindberg's innovative exploration of personal experience as a lens for understanding universal human struggles. This insightful examination of Strindberg's literary artistry provides an enriched perspective on his novels and positions them as vital contributions to modern literature.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1968.

Chris Ramon Vanden Bossche

Essays on German Literature and Culture, Part II

$150.00

In the early 1820s, the acclaimed Victorian philosopher, social critic, and essayist Thomas Carlyle achieved a level of expertise in German language and literature that prompted editors to seek him out as a reviewer and launched his career as an essayist. Carlyle has long been credited with establishing the importance of new German writing in Britain at the time, and Essays on German Literature and Culture brings together his complete writings on the topic. This volume will be published in two parts. The essays in part 2 include historical overviews of German literature from the Middle Ages to the present and a series of commentaries marking the passing of Goethe.

In keeping with the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, these essays are accompanied by a thorough historical introduction to the material, extensive notes providing historical and cultural context while expanding on references and allusions, and a textual apparatus that carefully details and explains the editorial decisions made in reconciling the editions of each essay.

Chris Ramon Vanden Bossche

Essays on German Literature and Culture, Part I

$150.00

In the early 1820s, the acclaimed Victorian philosopher, social critic, and essayist Thomas Carlyle achieved a level of expertise in German language and literature that prompted editors to seek him out as a reviewer and launched his career as an essayist. Carlyle has long been credited with establishing the importance of new German writing in Britain at the time, and Essays on German Literature and Culture brings together his complete writings on the topic. This volume will be published in two parts. In the essays in part 1, Carlyle ranges broadly over German literature, much of it new to English-speaking audiences, and comments on three writers—Goethe, Richter, and Novalis—who profoundly influenced him.

In keeping with the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, these essays are accompanied by a thorough historical introduction to the material, extensive notes providing historical and cultural context while expanding on references and allusions, and a textual apparatus that carefully details and explains the editorial decisions made in reconciling the editions of each essay.

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Daniel F. Howard

The Correspondence of Samuel Butler with His Sister May

$23.95

The Correspondence of Samuel Butler with His Sister May offers an intimate glimpse into the thoughts, relationships, and creative processes of the renowned author through a meticulously edited collection of letters. This compilation preserves the authenticity of the original manuscripts while making necessary adjustments to ensure readability and clarity for modern audiences. With consistent formatting and light corrections, the editor strikes a balance between fidelity to Butler’s writing and ease of understanding. These letters not only shed light on Butler’s private musings but also provide context to the people, events, and ideas that influenced his work.

This volume is an essential resource for Butler enthusiasts and literary scholars alike, offering a rare view into the author's personal communications. By cross-referencing Butler's published works and unpublished Notebooks, the editor enriches the reader's understanding of the historical and intellectual backdrop of the letters. Complete with verified identifications of individuals mentioned and references to the celebrated Shrewsbury Edition, this collection bridges the gap between Samuel Butler's public achievements and private reflections, revealing the complexity of his character and creative mind.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1962.

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Gustave Flaubert

The First Sentimental Education

$29.95

The protagonist, Frederic Moreau, and his beloved, Mme Arnoux, are based on Flaubert's youthful infatuation with an older married woman. Frederic's puppy love for Mme Arnoux is at first steadfast and idealistic, and she remains faithful to her rather frivolous husband. Frederic's love ends in disillusionment, as do the subsequent passions of his life. His youthful ambitions lead to failure and boredom, and his idealistic views of social progress are disappointed by reality.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

Gustave Flaubert

The First Sentimental Education

$49.95

The protagonist, Frederic Moreau, and his beloved, Mme Arnoux, are based on Flaubert's youthful infatuation with an older married woman. Frederic's puppy love for Mme Arnoux is at first steadfast and idealistic, and she remains faithful to her rather frivolous husband. Frederic's love ends in disillusionment, as do the subsequent passions of his life. His youthful ambitions lead to failure and boredom, and his idealistic views of social progress are disappointed by reality.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

Gustave Flaubert

The First Sentimental Education

$95.00

The protagonist, Frederic Moreau, and his beloved, Mme Arnoux, are based on Flaubert's youthful infatuation with an older married woman. Frederic's puppy love for Mme Arnoux is at first steadfast and idealistic, and she remains faithful to her rather frivolous husband. Frederic's love ends in disillusionment, as do the subsequent passions of his life. His youthful ambitions lead to failure and boredom, and his idealistic views of social progress are disappointed by reality.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

Thomas Carlyle

Essays on Literature

$150.00

Essays on Literature brings together ten of the most important literary reviews and essays written by the acclaimed Victorian philosopher, social critic, and essayist Thomas Carlyle. Spanning his writing career, the essays allow the reader to track Carlyle's development as a reviewer and stylist, the evolution of his perennial themes, and the tremendous impact of his writing on the development of British and American literature. In keeping with the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, these essays are accompanied by a thorough historical introduction to the material, extensive notes providing historical and cultural context while expanding on references and allusions, and a textual apparatus that carefully details and explains the editorial decisions made in reconciling the many editions of each essay.

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Thomas Carlyle. Introduction and Notes by John M. Ulrich, Lowell T. Frye, and Chris R. Vanden Bossche. Text Established by Chris R. Vanden Bossche

Essays on Politics and Society

$150.00

Essays on Politics and Society brings together the most significant writings on the topic by the acclaimed Victorian historian, social critic, and essayist Thomas Carlyle. This volume includes some of his most well-known and influential pieces, such as "Characteristics" and "Chartism." In keeping with the Norman and Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle, these essays are accompanied by a thorough historical introduction to the material, extensive notes providing historical and cultural context while expanding on references and allusions, and a textual apparatus that carefully details and explains the editorial decisions made in reconciling the editions of each essay.

Maria Sabina

$34.95

A shaman and visionary—not a poet in any ordinary sense—María Sabina lived out her life in the Oaxacan mountain village of Huautla de Jiménez, and yet her words, always sung or spoken, have carried far and wide, a principal instance and a powerful reminder of how poetry can arise in a context far removed from literature as such. Seeking cures through language—with the help of Psilocybe mushrooms, said to be the source of language itself—she was, as Henry Munn describes her, "a genius [who] emerges from the soil of the communal, religious-therapeutic folk poetry of a native Mexican campesino people." She may also have been, in the words of the Mexican poet Homero Aridjis, "the greatest visionary poet in twentieth-century Latin America."

These selections include a generous presentation from Sabina's recorded chants and a complete English translation of her oral autobiography, her vida, as written and arranged in her native language by her fellow Mazatec Alvaro Estrada. Accompanying essays and poems include an introduction to "The Life of María Sabina" by Estrada, an early description of a nighttime "mushroom velada" by the ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson, an essay by Henry Munn relating the language of Sabina's chants to those of other Mazatec shamans, and more.

A shaman and visionary—not a poet in any ordinary sense—María Sabina lived out her life in the Oaxacan mountain village of Huautla de Jiménez, and yet her words, always sung or spoken, have carried far and wide, a principal instance and a powerful reminde

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Candace Slater

This Earth, That Sky

$23.95

This is a generous, long-overdue presentation of the major Brazilian poet Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968) to the English-speaking reader. Well over a hundred poems appear here in both Portuguese and English, together with a critical overview that introduces the poet and Brazilian poetry to the nonspecialist and contributes significantly to the existing body of Bandeira scholarship.

Bandeira’s poetry not only stands among the most important in twentieth-century Brazil but also embodies the experience of transition from one literary movement to another. The poems span a half century of writing, from the publication of Bandeira’s first book in 1917 to the definitive edition of his collected work in 1966. Because critics agree that the poet’s most influential creative efforts began in 1930 with the publication of Libertinagem (Libertinism), the collection concentrates on the later period. A smaller number of poems drawn from the three books published before this date provide a useful basis for comparison.

Candace Slater’s fine versions of the poems are augmented by a translator’s note that considers Bandeira’s poetic language in terms of the particular challenges it offers the translator into English. Her introduction offers a fresh and comprehensive look at the poet whose artistic transformation from nineteenth-century modes of expression to experimental twentieth-century Modernism paralleled the transformation of his country. It focuses on the poet’s continuing alternation between an acceptance of, if not allegiance to, the material world and a desire for something more. This fundamental though often subtle opposition is reflected in the title, This Earth, That Sky.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

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Beth Miller

Women in Hispanic Literature

$23.95

The topics covered by this pioneering collection of essays range from peninsular Spanish to Latin American literature, from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries, and from the subject of women as portrayed in Hispanic literature to the literature of Hispanic women writers. Some pieces present polemical feminist arguments, other are more traditional. All the contributors use their subject to take new stands on old controversies, ask new questions, and reevaluate important aspects of Hispanic literature.

While there is ample evidence in these essays of the dual archetype in Hispanic literature of women as icon and woman as fallen idol, the collection reaches beyond these stereotypes to more complex sociological and theoretical concerns. Although such research has ben abundantly pursued by scholars of English and American literature, it has been notably absent from Hispanic studies. This anthology is a comprehensive introduction to its subject and a stimulus to further work in the area.

Contributors:
Fernando Alegría
Electa Arenal
Julianne Burton
Alan Deyermond
Rosalie Gimeno
Harriet Goldberg
Estelle Irizarry
Kathleen Kish
Luis Leal
Linda Gould Levine
Melveena McKendrick
Francine Masiello
Beth Miller
Elizabeth Ordóñez
Rachel Phillips
Marcia L. Welles
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1983.

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Sara E. Johnson

The Fear of French Negroes

$55.00

The Fear of French Negroes is an interdisciplinary study that explores how people of African descent responded to the collapse and reconsolidation of colonial life in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1845). Using visual culture, popular music and dance, periodical literature, historical memoirs, and state papers, Sara E. Johnson examines the migration of people, ideas, and practices across imperial boundaries. Building on previous scholarship on black internationalism, she traces expressions of both aesthetic and experiential transcolonial black politics across the Caribbean world, including Hispaniola, Louisiana and the Gulf South, Jamaica, and Cuba. Johnson examines the lives and work of figures as diverse as armed black soldiers and privateers, female performers, and newspaper editors to argue for the existence of "competing inter-Americanisms" as she uncovers the struggle for unity amidst the realities of class, territorial, and linguistic diversity. These stories move beyond a consideration of the well-documented anxiety insurgent blacks occasioned in slaveholding systems to refocus attention on the wide variety of strategic alliances they generated in their quests for freedom, equality and profit.

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Candace Slater

Stories on a String

$29.95

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

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William L. Grossman

Modern Brazilian Short Stories

$23.95

The seventeen stories in this anthology have been carefully chosen to provide a wide, representative range of recent and contemporary Brazilian themes and styles. The scenes vary from a nearly abandoned village or a ranch in the northeastern backlands to the streets of Rio and Sao Paulo. The characters, equally diverse, embrace wealthy land-owners, middle-class merchants, cowboys, thieves and prostitues. There is a diversity too in modd. Especially striking is the irony found in most of these stories. Characteristic of much of the best Brazilian fiction from Machado de Assis to Guimaraes Rosa, this irony tempers the underlying warmth of the stories with a certain wryness. Incidentally, Guimaraes Rosa, the giant of contemporary Brazilian fiction, is represented in this collection by an unconventional and unforgettable little masterpiece, "The Third Bank of the River." Brazilian humor is siad to be much like North American humor. In any case, it is here in abundance, variously mordant, hilarious, casual, homely, nostalgic, and, in Graciliano Ramos's story of an inept thief, almost Chaplinesque. But there is also a certain voluptuous melancholy, the much bruited tristeza brasileira. In such stories as "My Father's Hat," it blend with the humor to produce and enchantment profoundly Brazilian in ton and feeling. "The Crime of the Mathematics Professor" is a strange plunge into the mystery of a man's sense of guilt. With this sole exception, the stories in the present anthology are thoroughly Brazilian and yet, by a sort of mass literary miracle, universal. The reader may find the setting and the manners exotic at times, but he will understand the people. For there is a pervasive humanity in Brazil's best writers and, even when the "local color" is striking, they are never merely parochial. When their settings are provincial it is because the provinces are where they can see the human comedy most vividly. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

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Edited by Beth Miller

Women in Hispanic Literature

$95.00

The topics covered by this pioneering collection of essays range from peninsular Spanish to Latin American literature, from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries, and from the subject of women as portrayed in Hispanic literature to the literature of Hispanic women writers. Some pieces present polemical feminist arguments, other are more traditional. All the contributors use their subject to take new stands on old controversies, ask new questions, and reevaluate important aspects of Hispanic literature.

While there is ample evidence in these essays of the dual archetype in Hispanic literature of women as icon and woman as fallen idol, the collection reaches beyond these stereotypes to more complex sociological and theoretical concerns. Although such research has ben abundantly pursued by scholars of English and American literature, it has been notably absent from Hispanic studies. This anthology is a comprehensive introduction to its subject and a stimulus to further work in the area.

Contributors:
Fernando Alegría
Electa Arenal
Julianne Burton
Alan Deyermond
Rosalie Gimeno
Harriet Goldberg
Estelle Irizarry
Kathleen Kish
Luis Leal
Linda Gould Levine
Melveena McKendrick
Francine Masiello
Beth Miller
Elizabeth Ordóñez
Rachel Phillips
Marcia L. Welles

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1983.

Manuel Bandeira, Translated, with Notes and Introduction by Candace Slater

This Earth, That Sky

$95.00

This is a generous, long-overdue presentation of the major Brazilian poet Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968) to the English-speaking reader. Well over a hundred poems appear here in both Portuguese and English, together with a critical overview that introduces the poet and Brazilian poetry to the nonspecialist and contributes significantly to the existing body of Bandeira scholarship.

Bandeira’s poetry not only stands among the most important in twentieth-century Brazil but also embodies the experience of transition from one literary movement to another. The poems span a half century of writing, from the publication of Bandeira’s first book in 1917 to the definitive edition of his collected work in 1966. Because critics agree that the poet’s most influential creative efforts began in 1930 with the publication of Libertinagem (Libertinism), the collection concentrates on the later period. A smaller number of poems drawn from the three books published before this date provide a useful basis for comparison.

Candace Slater’s fine versions of the poems are augmented by a translator’s note that considers Bandeira’s poetic language in terms of the particular challenges it offers the translator into English. Her introduction offers a fresh and comprehensive look at the poet whose artistic transformation from nineteenth-century modes of expression to experimental twentieth-century Modernism paralleled the transformation of his country. It focuses on the poet’s continuing alternation between an acceptance of, if not allegiance to, the material world and a desire for something more. This fundamental though often subtle opposition is reflected in the title, This Earth, That Sky.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Candace Slater

Stories on a String

$95.00

Candace Slater’s Stories on a String: The Brazilian Literatura de Cordel introduces readers to one of the most vibrant yet understudied traditions of popular literature in the modern world. Rooted in the centuries-old Iberian ballad and chapbook heritage but transformed within the cultural, linguistic, and historical context of Northeastern Brazil, the cordel—or folheto—emerged as the primary reading material of working-class communities. These verse pamphlets, sold in marketplaces and performed by poets, combine news, legend, social critique, and fantasy. Slater situates the cordel within Brazil’s broader cultural landscape, demonstrating its central role not only as entertainment but also as a vehicle of collective memory and commentary on historical events, politics, religion, and daily struggles. Drawing upon more than a thousand texts and extensive fieldwork, she reveals how these deceptively modest “stories on a string” shaped and reflected the lives of millions of Brazilians.

The book also foregrounds the cordel’s influence on twentieth-century Brazilian intellectual and artistic life, tracing its impact on figures ranging from Jorge Amado to Ariano Suassuna, and examining how middle-class and elite audiences have increasingly appropriated and reinterpreted this once-marginal form. Slater’s analysis balances structural readings of recurring narrative patterns with close attention to performance contexts, poet–audience interactions, and the shifting meanings of the tradition in an era of modernization and mass media. Combining literary scholarship, cultural history, and ethnography, Stories on a String makes a compelling case for the cordel as both a deeply rooted folk practice and a dynamic, evolving art form central to understanding Brazil’s social fabric.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

Candace Slater

Stories on a String

$49.95

Candace Slater’s Stories on a String: The Brazilian Literatura de Cordel introduces readers to one of the most vibrant yet understudied traditions of popular literature in the modern world. Rooted in the centuries-old Iberian ballad and chapbook heritage but transformed within the cultural, linguistic, and historical context of Northeastern Brazil, the cordel—or folheto—emerged as the primary reading material of working-class communities. These verse pamphlets, sold in marketplaces and performed by poets, combine news, legend, social critique, and fantasy. Slater situates the cordel within Brazil’s broader cultural landscape, demonstrating its central role not only as entertainment but also as a vehicle of collective memory and commentary on historical events, politics, religion, and daily struggles. Drawing upon more than a thousand texts and extensive fieldwork, she reveals how these deceptively modest “stories on a string” shaped and reflected the lives of millions of Brazilians.

The book also foregrounds the cordel’s influence on twentieth-century Brazilian intellectual and artistic life, tracing its impact on figures ranging from Jorge Amado to Ariano Suassuna, and examining how middle-class and elite audiences have increasingly appropriated and reinterpreted this once-marginal form. Slater’s analysis balances structural readings of recurring narrative patterns with close attention to performance contexts, poet–audience interactions, and the shifting meanings of the tradition in an era of modernization and mass media. Combining literary scholarship, cultural history, and ethnography, Stories on a String makes a compelling case for the cordel as both a deeply rooted folk practice and a dynamic, evolving art form central to understanding Brazil’s social fabric.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

Translated by William L. Grossman

Modern Brazilian Short Stories

$39.95

The seventeen stories in this anthology have been carefully chosen to provide a wide, representative range of recent and contemporary Brazilian themes and styles. The scenes vary from a nearly abandoned village or a ranch in the northeastern backlands to the streets of Rio and Sao Paulo. The characters, equally diverse, embrace wealthy land-owners, middle-class merchants, cowboys, thieves and prostitues.

There is a diversity too in modd. Especially striking is the irony found in most of these stories. Characteristic of much of the best Brazilian fiction from Machado de Assis to Guimaraes Rosa, this irony tempers the underlying warmth of the stories with a certain wryness. Incidentally, Guimaraes Rosa, the giant of contemporary Brazilian fiction, is represented in this collection by an unconventional and unforgettable little masterpiece, "The Third Bank of the River."

Brazilian humor is siad to be much like North American humor. In any case, it is here in abundance, variously mordant, hilarious, casual, homely, nostalgic, and, in Graciliano Ramos's story of an inept thief, almost Chaplinesque. But there is also a certain voluptuous melancholy, the much bruited tristeza brasileira. In such stories as "My Father's Hat," it blend with the humor to produce and enchantment profoundly Brazilian in ton and feeling.

"The Crime of the Mathematics Professor" is a strange plunge into the mystery of a man's sense of guilt. With this sole exception, the stories in the present anthology are thoroughly Brazilian and yet, by a sort of mass literary miracle, universal. The reader may find the setting and the manners exotic at times, but he will understand the people. For there is a pervasive humanity in Brazil's best writers and, even when the "local color" is striking, they are never merely parochial. When their settings are provincial it is because the provinces are where they can see the human comedy most vividly.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

Translated by William L. Grossman

Modern Brazilian Short Stories

$95.00

The seventeen stories in this anthology have been carefully chosen to provide a wide, representative range of recent and contemporary Brazilian themes and styles. The scenes vary from a nearly abandoned village or a ranch in the northeastern backlands to the streets of Rio and Sao Paulo. The characters, equally diverse, embrace wealthy land-owners, middle-class merchants, cowboys, thieves and prostitues.

There is a diversity too in modd. Especially striking is the irony found in most of these stories. Characteristic of much of the best Brazilian fiction from Machado de Assis to Guimaraes Rosa, this irony tempers the underlying warmth of the stories with a certain wryness. Incidentally, Guimaraes Rosa, the giant of contemporary Brazilian fiction, is represented in this collection by an unconventional and unforgettable little masterpiece, "The Third Bank of the River."

Brazilian humor is siad to be much like North American humor. In any case, it is here in abundance, variously mordant, hilarious, casual, homely, nostalgic, and, in Graciliano Ramos's story of an inept thief, almost Chaplinesque. But there is also a certain voluptuous melancholy, the much bruited tristeza brasileira. In such stories as "My Father's Hat," it blend with the humor to produce and enchantment profoundly Brazilian in ton and feeling.

"The Crime of the Mathematics Professor" is a strange plunge into the mystery of a man's sense of guilt. With this sole exception, the stories in the present anthology are thoroughly Brazilian and yet, by a sort of mass literary miracle, universal. The reader may find the setting and the manners exotic at times, but he will understand the people. For there is a pervasive humanity in Brazil's best writers and, even when the "local color" is striking, they are never merely parochial. When their settings are provincial it is because the provinces are where they can see the human comedy most vividly.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

Edited with an Introduction by Daniel F. Howard

The Correspondence of Samuel Butler with His Sister May

$95.00

The Correspondence of Samuel Butler with His Sister May offers an intimate glimpse into the thoughts, relationships, and creative processes of the renowned author through a meticulously edited collection of letters. This compilation preserves the authenticity of the original manuscripts while making necessary adjustments to ensure readability and clarity for modern audiences. With consistent formatting and light corrections, the editor strikes a balance between fidelity to Butler’s writing and ease of understanding. These letters not only shed light on Butler’s private musings but also provide context to the people, events, and ideas that influenced his work.

This volume is an essential resource for Butler enthusiasts and literary scholars alike, offering a rare view into the author's personal communications. By cross-referencing Butler's published works and unpublished Notebooks, the editor enriches the reader's understanding of the historical and intellectual backdrop of the letters. Complete with verified identifications of individuals mentioned and references to the celebrated Shrewsbury Edition, this collection bridges the gap between Samuel Butler's public achievements and private reflections, revealing the complexity of his character and creative mind.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1962.

Edited with an Introduction by Daniel F. Howard

The Correspondence of Samuel Butler with His Sister May

$39.95

The Correspondence of Samuel Butler with His Sister May offers an intimate glimpse into the thoughts, relationships, and creative processes of the renowned author through a meticulously edited collection of letters. This compilation preserves the authenticity of the original manuscripts while making necessary adjustments to ensure readability and clarity for modern audiences. With consistent formatting and light corrections, the editor strikes a balance between fidelity to Butler’s writing and ease of understanding. These letters not only shed light on Butler’s private musings but also provide context to the people, events, and ideas that influenced his work.

This volume is an essential resource for Butler enthusiasts and literary scholars alike, offering a rare view into the author's personal communications. By cross-referencing Butler's published works and unpublished Notebooks, the editor enriches the reader's understanding of the historical and intellectual backdrop of the letters. Complete with verified identifications of individuals mentioned and references to the celebrated Shrewsbury Edition, this collection bridges the gap between Samuel Butler's public achievements and private reflections, revealing the complexity of his character and creative mind.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1962.

Edited by Beth Miller

Women in Hispanic Literature

$39.95

The topics covered by this pioneering collection of essays range from peninsular Spanish to Latin American literature, from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries, and from the subject of women as portrayed in Hispanic literature to the literature of Hispanic women writers. Some pieces present polemical feminist arguments, other are more traditional. All the contributors use their subject to take new stands on old controversies, ask new questions, and reevaluate important aspects of Hispanic literature.

While there is ample evidence in these essays of the dual archetype in Hispanic literature of women as icon and woman as fallen idol, the collection reaches beyond these stereotypes to more complex sociological and theoretical concerns. Although such research has ben abundantly pursued by scholars of English and American literature, it has been notably absent from Hispanic studies. This anthology is a comprehensive introduction to its subject and a stimulus to further work in the area.

Contributors:
Fernando Alegría
Electa Arenal
Julianne Burton
Alan Deyermond
Rosalie Gimeno
Harriet Goldberg
Estelle Irizarry
Kathleen Kish
Luis Leal
Linda Gould Levine
Melveena McKendrick
Francine Masiello
Beth Miller
Elizabeth Ordóñez
Rachel Phillips
Marcia L. Welles

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1983.

Manuel Bandeira, Translated, with Notes and Introduction by Candace Slater

This Earth, That Sky

$39.95

This is a generous, long-overdue presentation of the major Brazilian poet Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968) to the English-speaking reader. Well over a hundred poems appear here in both Portuguese and English, together with a critical overview that introduces the poet and Brazilian poetry to the nonspecialist and contributes significantly to the existing body of Bandeira scholarship.

Bandeira’s poetry not only stands among the most important in twentieth-century Brazil but also embodies the experience of transition from one literary movement to another. The poems span a half century of writing, from the publication of Bandeira’s first book in 1917 to the definitive edition of his collected work in 1966. Because critics agree that the poet’s most influential creative efforts began in 1930 with the publication of Libertinagem (Libertinism), the collection concentrates on the later period. A smaller number of poems drawn from the three books published before this date provide a useful basis for comparison.

Candace Slater’s fine versions of the poems are augmented by a translator’s note that considers Bandeira’s poetic language in terms of the particular challenges it offers the translator into English. Her introduction offers a fresh and comprehensive look at the poet whose artistic transformation from nineteenth-century modes of expression to experimental twentieth-century Modernism paralleled the transformation of his country. It focuses on the poet’s continuing alternation between an acceptance of, if not allegiance to, the material world and a desire for something more. This fundamental though often subtle opposition is reflected in the title, This Earth, That Sky.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Sara E. Johnson

The Fear of French Negroes

$55.00

The Fear of French Negroes is an interdisciplinary study that explores how people of African descent responded to the collapse and reconsolidation of colonial life in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1845). Using visual culture, popular music and dance, periodical literature, historical memoirs, and state papers, Sara E. Johnson examines the migration of people, ideas, and practices across imperial boundaries. Building on previous scholarship on black internationalism, she traces expressions of both aesthetic and experiential transcolonial black politics across the Caribbean world, including Hispaniola, Louisiana and the Gulf South, Jamaica, and Cuba. Johnson examines the lives and work of figures as diverse as armed black soldiers and privateers, female performers, and newspaper editors to argue for the existence of “competing inter-Americanisms” as she uncovers the struggle for unity amidst the realities of class, territorial, and linguistic diversity. These stories move beyond a consideration of the well-documented anxiety insurgent blacks occasioned in slaveholding systems to refocus attention on the wide variety of strategic alliances they generated in their quests for freedom, equality and profit.

Guanzhong Luo

Three Kingdoms

$17.95

“A material epic with an astonishing fidelity to history."—New York Times Book Review

Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. Writing some twelve hundred years later, the Ming author Luo Guanzhong drew on histories, dramas, and poems portraying the crisis to fashion a sophisticated, compelling narrative that has become the Chinese national epic. This abridged edition captures the novel's intimate and unsparing view of how power is wielded, how diplomacy is conducted, and how wars are planned and fought. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this Ming dynasty masterpiece continues to be widely influential in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam and remains a great work of world literature.

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Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki

Selected Works of D.T. Suzuki, Volume I

$59.95

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was a key figure in the introduction of Buddhism to the non-Asian world. Many outside of Japan encountered Buddhism for the first time through his writings and teaching, and for nearly a century his work and legacy have contributed to the ongoing religious and cultural interchange between Japan and the rest of the world, particularly the United States and Europe. Selected Works of D. T. Suzuki gathers the full range of Suzuki’s writings—both classic essays and lesser-known but equally significant articles. This first volume in the series presents a collection of Suzuki’s writings on Zen Buddhist thought and practice. In an effort to ensure the continued relevance of Zen, Suzuki drew on his years of study and practice, placing the tradition into conversation with key trends in nineteenth- and twentieth-century thought. Richard M. Jaffe’s in-depth introduction situates Suzuki’s approach to Zen in the context of modern developments in religious thought, practice, and scholarship. The romanization of Buddhist names and technical terms has been updated, and Chinese and Japanese characters, which were removed from many post–World War II editions of Suzuki’s work, have been reinstated. This will be a valuable edition of Suzuki’s writings for contemporary scholars and students of Buddhism.

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A. Sean Pue

I Too Have Some Dreams

$70.00

I Too Have Some Dreams explores the work of N. M. Rashed, Urdu's renowned modernist poet, whose career spans the last years of British India and the early decades of postcolonial South Asia. A. Sean Pue argues that Rashed’s poetry carved out a distinct role for literature in the maintenance of doubt, providing a platform for challenging the certainty of collective ideologies and opposing the evolving forms of empire and domination. This finely crafted study offers a timely contribution to global modernist studies and to modern South Asian literary history.

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Prof. Yigal Bronner Prof.

Sensitive Reading

$12.99

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.

What are the pleasures of reading translations of South Asian literature, and what does it take to enjoy a translated text? This volume provides opportunities to explore such questions by bringing together a whole set of new translations by David Shulman, noted scholar of South Asia. The translated selections come from a variety of Indian languages, genres, and periods, from the classical to the contemporary. The translations are accompanied by short essays written to help readers engage and enjoy them. Some of these essays provide background to enhance reading of the translation, whereas others model how to expand appreciation in comparative and broader ways. Together, the translations and the accompanying essays form an essential guide for people interested in literature and art from South Asia.

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Edward Mack

Acquired Alterity

$12.99

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.

This is the first book-length study in English of the Japanese-language literary activities of early Japanese migrants to Brazil. It provides a detailed history of Japanese-language bookstores, serialized newspaper fiction, original creative works, and critical apparatuses that existed in Brazil prior to World War II. This case study of the reading and writing of one diasporic population challenges the dominant mode of literary study, in which texts are often explicitly or implicitly understood through a framework of ethno-nationalism. Self-representations by writers in the diaspora reveal flaws in this prevailing framework through what Edward Mack calls “acquired alterity,” in which expectations about the stability of ethnic identity are subverted in surprising ways. Acquired Alterity encourages a reconsideration of the ramifications (and motivations) of cultural analyses of texts and the constructions of peoplehood that are often the true objects of literary knowledge production.

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Prof. Yigal Bronner

Sensitive Reading

$34.95

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.

What are the pleasures of reading translations of South Asian literature, and what does it take to enjoy a translated text? This volume provides opportunities to explore such questions by bringing together a whole set of new translations by David Shulman, noted scholar of South Asia. The translated selections come from a variety of Indian languages, genres, and periods, from the classical to the contemporary. The translations are accompanied by short essays written to help readers engage and enjoy them. Some of these essays provide background to enhance reading of the translation, whereas others model how to expand appreciation in comparative and broader ways. Together, the translations and the accompanying essays form an essential guide for people interested in literature and art from South Asia.

Guanzhong Luo

Three Kingdoms

$17.95

“A material epic with an astonishing fidelity to history."—New York Times Book Review

Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. Writing some twelve hundred years later, the Ming author Luo Guanzhong drew on histories, dramas, and poems portraying the crisis to fashion a sophisticated, compelling narrative that has become the Chinese national epic. This abridged edition captures the novel's intimate and unsparing view of how power is wielded, how diplomacy is conducted, and how wars are planned and fought. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this Ming dynasty masterpiece continues to be widely influential in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam and remains a great work of world literature.

Barry B. Powell

Greek Poems to the Gods

$24.95

The ancient Greek hymnic tradition translated beautifully and accessibly.

The hymn—as poetry, as craft, as a tool for worship and philosophy—was a vital art form throughout antiquity. Although the Homeric Hymns have long been popular, other equally important collections have not been readily accessible to students eager to learn about ancient poetry. In reading hymns, we also gain valuable insight into life in the classical world. In this collection, early Homeric Hymns of uncertain authorship appear along with the carefully wrought hymns of the great Hellenistic poet and courtier Callimachus; the mystical writings attributed to the legendary poet Orpheus, written as Christianity was taking over the ancient world; and finally, the hymns of Proclus, the last great pagan philosopher of antiquity, from the fifth century AD, whose intellectual influence throughout western culture has been profound.

Greek Poems to the Gods distills over a thousand years of the ancient Greek hymnic tradition into a single volume. Acclaimed translator Barry B. Powell brings these fabulous texts to life in English, hewing closely to the poetic beauty of the original Greek. His superb introductions and notes give readers essential context, making the hymns as accessible to a beginner approaching them for the first time as to an advanced student continuing to explore their secrets. Brilliant illustrations from ancient art enliven and enrichen the experience of reading these poems.

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Duane Reed Stuart

Epochs of Greek and Roman Biography

$23.95

Sather Classical Lectures, Volume Four: Epochs of Greek and Roman Biography provides an episodic yet insightful exploration of the development of biography as a literary genre in ancient Greece and Rome. Rooted in the principle articulated by Polybius, the work emphasizes the interconnectedness of history and the evolution of human ideas, particularly in the context of biographical writing. The author selects topics that address key problems and stages in the growth of biographical purpose, drawing connections between ancient and modern biographers, from Plutarch's enduring influence on psychoanalytic biographers to the continued relevance of classical ideals in contemporary biographical theory. While not attempting a complete history, the book offers a rich analysis of how biographical works reflect broader cultural and intellectual movements, and how the goals and methods of ancient biographers resonate with modern practices.

This volume also stands out for its thorough academic approach, bolstered by an extensive array of footnotes and references designed not just for scholars, but for readers with a broad interest in biography. The book is the result of specialized study, offering a detailed bibliography that aims to engage those with a genuine enthusiasm for the genre. The author balances academic rigor with the intention to make ancient biography accessible and engaging, demonstrating the timeless relevance of ancient practices and offering a critical examination of their enduring influence. This makes the volume both a valuable resource for experts and an engaging read for those curious about the evolution of biographical writing.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1928.

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David E. Pollard

A Chinese Look at Literature

$23.95

A Chinese Look at Literature: The Literary Values of Chou Tso-jen in Relation to the Tradition delves into the complex and fascinating literary philosophy of Chou Tso-jen, a key figure in modern Chinese literature. Blending traditional Chinese values with a modern, Western-educated perspective, Chou's work offers a rare lens through which to explore the intersections of cultural heritage and contemporary thought. This book focuses on the middle period of Chou's career, a time when he withdrew from national politics to concentrate on literary and cultural questions. It provides a nuanced analysis of his ideas about literature while situating them within the broader context of Chinese critical traditions, including comparisons to the Kung-an and T’ung-ch’eng schools. With a balanced view, the author examines Chou's essays and their interplay of modern rationalism and age-old Chinese aesthetic principles.

The book also includes an exploration of Chou's biography, from his early education in naval studies to his formative years in Japan, where he developed his deep engagement with foreign literatures. It traces his influential role in China's New Culture Movement and the intellectual challenges he faced during times of political upheaval, including his controversial collaboration with the Japanese during their occupation of China. By contextualizing Chou’s work within both his personal history and the traditions he sought to reinterpret, this study illuminates the enduring relevance of his contributions to Chinese literature and criticism. It is an invaluable resource for readers seeking a deeper understanding of modern Chinese intellectual history and its enduring dialogue with its rich cultural past.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.

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Arthur Leslie Wheeler

Catullus and the Traditions of Ancient Poetry

$29.95

This volume, part of the esteemed Sather Classical Lectures series, explores the enduring legacy of Catullus and his intricate relationship with the traditions of Graeco-Roman poetry. Delivered at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1928, these lectures aim to illuminate Catullus’ poetic genius by tracing his debts to the literary past. With a philologist's precision, the book delves into how the poet's originality intertwined with his influences, offering a comprehensive analysis of his connections to earlier works, particularly through newly examined materials like the fragments of Callimachus' Coma Berenices. Through a blend of accessible discussion and detailed scholarship, the volume bridges popular and academic approaches, making it an engaging resource for both specialists and enthusiasts of classical literature.

The author combines rigorous research with an engaging narrative style to examine Catullus’ artistry and historical significance. This exploration highlights his importance in shaping both ancient and modern poetic traditions, while the appended notes provide bibliographic references for further inquiry. Designed to both entertain and educate, this hybrid work captures the essence of Catullus' literary world and offers readers a rich understanding of his creative methods and their broader cultural impact. Perfect for those with an appreciation of classical poetry, the book serves as a vital contribution to the study of one of Rome's most celebrated poets.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1934.

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David E. Pollard

A Chinese Look at Literature

$39.95

A Chinese Look at Literature: The Literary Values of Chou Tso-jen in Relation to the Tradition delves into the complex and fascinating literary philosophy of Chou Tso-jen, a key figure in modern Chinese literature. Blending traditional Chinese values with a modern, Western-educated perspective, Chou's work offers a rare lens through which to explore the intersections of cultural heritage and contemporary thought. This book focuses on the middle period of Chou's career, a time when he withdrew from national politics to concentrate on literary and cultural questions. It provides a nuanced analysis of his ideas about literature while situating them within the broader context of Chinese critical traditions, including comparisons to the Kung-an and T’ung-ch’eng schools. With a balanced view, the author examines Chou's essays and their interplay of modern rationalism and age-old Chinese aesthetic principles.

The book also includes an exploration of Chou's biography, from his early education in naval studies to his formative years in Japan, where he developed his deep engagement with foreign literatures. It traces his influential role in China's New Culture Movement and the intellectual challenges he faced during times of political upheaval, including his controversial collaboration with the Japanese during their occupation of China. By contextualizing Chou’s work within both his personal history and the traditions he sought to reinterpret, this study illuminates the enduring relevance of his contributions to Chinese literature and criticism. It is an invaluable resource for readers seeking a deeper understanding of modern Chinese intellectual history and its enduring dialogue with its rich cultural past.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.

David E. Pollard

A Chinese Look at Literature

$95.00

A Chinese Look at Literature: The Literary Values of Chou Tso-jen in Relation to the Tradition delves into the complex and fascinating literary philosophy of Chou Tso-jen, a key figure in modern Chinese literature. Blending traditional Chinese values with a modern, Western-educated perspective, Chou's work offers a rare lens through which to explore the intersections of cultural heritage and contemporary thought. This book focuses on the middle period of Chou's career, a time when he withdrew from national politics to concentrate on literary and cultural questions. It provides a nuanced analysis of his ideas about literature while situating them within the broader context of Chinese critical traditions, including comparisons to the Kung-an and T’ung-ch’eng schools. With a balanced view, the author examines Chou's essays and their interplay of modern rationalism and age-old Chinese aesthetic principles.

The book also includes an exploration of Chou's biography, from his early education in naval studies to his formative years in Japan, where he developed his deep engagement with foreign literatures. It traces his influential role in China's New Culture Movement and the intellectual challenges he faced during times of political upheaval, including his controversial collaboration with the Japanese during their occupation of China. By contextualizing Chou’s work within both his personal history and the traditions he sought to reinterpret, this study illuminates the enduring relevance of his contributions to Chinese literature and criticism. It is an invaluable resource for readers seeking a deeper understanding of modern Chinese intellectual history and its enduring dialogue with its rich cultural past.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.