Breitwieser, Mitchell. National melancholy: mourning and opportunity in classic American literature. Stanford University Press 2007. 322p $60.00
The author examines the writings of Americans as diverse as Thomas Jefferson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Jack Kerouac on the subject of mourning.
ISBN 978-0-8047-5581-8; LCCN 2007-19470

British fiction today, edited by Philip Tew & Rod Mengham. Continuum 2006. 202p $130.00; $29.95 (pa)
A collection of recent critical perspectives on current British fiction since 1990. Themes explored include post-colonialism, pluralism, gender, and history.
ISBN 978-0-8264-8731-5; 0-8264-8731-9; 978-0-8264-8732-2 (pa); 0-0264-8732-7 (pa); LCCN 2007-272283

A clash of transitions: towards a learning society; Olga Strietska-Ilina, editor. P. Lang 2007. 271p $32.95
These essays examine the radical social, economic, and educational changes that have been taking place in eight Central and Eastern European nations that entered the European Union in 2004, as they attempt to meet the EU’s goal “to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world.”
ISBN 978-0-8204-7476-2; 2006-23219

Cycles of conflict, centuries of change: crisis, reform, and revolution in Mexico; edited by Elisa Servin, Leticia Reina, & John Tutino. Duke University Press 2007. 405p $89.95; $24.95 (pa)
The authors of these essays examine Mexico’s eventful past in order to better understand its present and assess its future. The cycles of crisis and reform, conflict and change, and violent regime changes and social upheavals, are explored.
ISBN 978-0-8223-3985-4; 978-0-8223-4002-7 (pa); LCCN 2007-7935

Czech theatre design in the twentieth century: metaphor & irony revisited; edited by Joe Brandesky. University of Iowa Press 2007. 97p $39.95 (Studies in theatre history & culture)
These essays on twentieth-century Czech stage and costume design chronicle the brilliant diversity of Czech artists and emphasize the central position that the theater has long had for the Czech people as a repository of their national ideals, traditions, and aspirations, especially in the face of Nazi and communist oppression.
ISBN 978-1-58729-525-6; 1-58729-525-3; LCCN 2006-936552

Dancing from past to present: nation, culture, identities; edited by Theresa Jill Buckland. University of Wisconsin Press 2006. 245p $24.95
The authors combine ethnographic and historical research to reveal how dance has played an important cultural role in various countries, including Java, Bosnia-Herzegovina, India, Korea, and Macedonia.
ISBN 978-0-299-21850-3; 0-299-21854-6; LCCN 2006-8620

Emad, Parvis. On the way to Heidegger’s Contributions to philosophy. University of Wisconsin Press 2007. 236p $55.00
The development of philosopher Martin Heidegger’s thought culminating in his seminal work Contributions to philosophy is the focus of this book.
ISBN 978-0-299-22220-8; 0-299-22220-9; LCCN 2006-31477

Engaged philosophy: essays in honour of David Braybrooke; edited by Susan Sherwin and Peter Schotch. University of Toronto Press 2007. 425p $65.00
American political philosopher David Braybrooke is honored in this collection of essays on subjects of particular interest to him, ranging from topics in moral philosophy to issues in the philosophy of social science.
ISBN 978-0-8020-3890-6; 0-8020-3890-5; LCCN 2007-274572

Guyer, Sara. Romanticism after Auschwitz. Stanford University Press 2007. 364p $55.00 (Cultural memory in the present)
Works of European literature produced during the romantic period (such as the works of William Wordsworth and Mary Shelley) or written earlier but embraced by readers of that period (such as the sonnets of William Shakespeare) are reexamined in the light of post-Holocaust sensibilities.
ISBN 978-0-8047-5524-5; 0-8047-5524-8; LCCN 2007-20498

Heller-Roazen, Daniel. The inner touch: archaeology of a sensation. Zone Books 2007. 386p $33.00
The sense of being sentient (that is, the awareness that one is hearing and seeing) was first defined by Aristotle in his treatise “On the soul,” and has become an important part of all subsequent philosophy. The author of these essays reconstructs and reconsiders the history of this perception.
ISBN 978-1-890951-76-4; LCCN 2006-51057

Imaginary neighbors: mediating Polish-Jewish relations after the Holocaust; edited by Dorota Glowacka and Joanna Zylinska. University of Nebraska Press 2007. 337p $45.00
Jewish-Polish relations during and after World War II is the subject of these essays. Topics include examinations of the extent of Polish complicity in the events of the Holocaust, in particular the Jedwabne massacre in July 1941.
ISBN 978-0-8032-2217-5; 0-8032-2217-3; LCCN 2006-22587

Imagining our Americas: toward a transnational frame; edited by Sandhya Shukla and Heidi Tinsman. Duke University Press 2007. $89.95; $24.95 (pa)
The authors of these essays advocate a new approach to the study of the Americas, incorporating U.S. American studies and Latin American studies, rather than viewing them separated as two discrete fields of study.
ISBN 978-0-8223-3950-2; 978-0-8223-3961-8 (pa); LCCN 2007-159

Institutions and norms in economic development; edited by Mark Gradstein and Kai A. Konrad. MIT Press 2006. $30.00
In this volume, economists address issues of inequality and growth around the world, including the relation between economic growth and the structure of government; the quality of a nation’s governing bodies; and the social norms that govern collective decision-making.
ISBN 978-0-262-07284-7; 0-262-07284-X; LCCN 2006-33790

Kupersmith, William. English versions of Roman satire in the earlier eighteenth century. University of Delaware Press 2007. 271p $54.50
The author discusses the imitations of ancient verse satires of the Roman poets Horace, Juvenal, and Persius, that were published in Britain in the first half of the eighteenth century. The works of Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope are among the topics.
ISBN 978-0-87413-960-0; 0-87413-960-0; LCCN 2006-35353

Leading and managing creators, inventors, and innovators: the art, science, and craft of fostering creativity, triggering invention, and catalyzing innovation; edited by Elias G. Carayannis and Jean-Jacques Chanaron. Praeger 2007. 359p $160.00
Entrepreneurial activity creates business diversity and strengthens a nation’s economy. The essays in this book examine emerging research, theory, and practice in the management of creativity, invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Among the topics are organizational design, knowledge management, and technology transfer.
ISBN 978-1-56720-485-8; 1-56720-485-6; LCCN 2006-28575

MediaArtHistories; edited by Oliver Grau. MIT Press 2007. 475p $40.00
The authors of these essays explore media art, both in its capacity as a new independent art form and also as an outgrowth of related arts and technologies, such as computer science, imaging, and media studies.
ISBN 978-0-262-07279-3; 0-262-07279-3; LCCN 2006-46635

Museum frictions: public cultures/global transformations; edited by Ivan Karp … [et al.]. Duke University Press 2006. 602p $99.95; $27.95 (pa)
The essays in this volume examine the significant and varied effects of the increasingly globalized world on contemporary museum, display, and heritage practices. The authors analyze the complex roles played by national and community museums, heritage and monument organizations, and theme parks in the creation of public cultures.
ISBN 978-0-8223-3878-9; 0-8223-3878-5; 978-0-8223-3894-9 (pa); 0-8223-3894-7 (pa); LCCN 2006-16164

Rodden, John. Every intellectual’s big brother: George Orwell’s literary siblings. University of Texas Press 2006. 263p $45.00
The author explores the enormous influence of English author George Orwell, and examines the ways in which his works have been embraced, interpreted, and used by individuals and groups of every political persuasion to fit their own agendas.
ISBN 978-0-292-71308-6; 0-292-71308-8; LCCN 2006-24667

Rogers, Deborah D. The matrophobic gothic and its legacy: sacrificing mothers in the novel and in popular culture. P. Lang 2007. 167p $63.95
The author argues that matrophobia (the fear of mothers) is the central metaphor for women’s relationships with each other within a patriarchal culture. The chapters in this book focus on the writings of Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen, Walter Scott, and Samuel Richardson, and their use of this theme.
ISBN 978-1-4331-0045-1; LCCN 2007-1961

Sellars, Wilfrid. In the space of reasons: selected essays; edited by Kevin Scharp, Robert B. Brandom. Harvard University Press 2007. xxv, 491p $45.00
American philosopher Wilfrid Sellars developed a philosophy sometimes termed “inferentialism,” and departed from traditional modes of thinking that had been customary since the time of Descartes. This collection of Sellars’ essays traces the development of his thought.
ISBN 978-0-674-02498-4; 0-674-02498-2; LCCN 2006-52587

Semmerling, Tim Jon. “Evil” Arabs in American popular film: orientalist fear. University of Texas Press 2006. 303p $55.00; $22.95 (pa)
The stereotype of the evil Arab in American film is addressed in this book. Films such as The exorcist, Rollover, and Black Sunday are examined.
ISBN 978-0-292-71341-3; 0-292-71341-X; 978-0-292-71342-0 (pa); 0-292-71342-8 (pa); LCCN 2005-34326

Simpson, Patricia Anne. The erotics of war in German romanticism. Bucknell University Press 2006. 293p $58.50
The author focuses on the relationship between desire, the construction of gender, and the culture of war in major and minor German writers of the romantic era. Writers discussed include Heinrich von Kleist, Friedrich Holderlin, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
ISBN 0-8397-5662-X; 978-0-8387-5662-1; LCCN 2006-10124

W stands for women: how the George W. Bush presidency shaped a new politics of gender; Michaele L. Ferguson and Lori Jo Marso, editors. Duke University Press 2007. 290p $79.95; $22.95 (pa)
In these essays, ten feminist scholars analyze various aspects of President George W. Bush’s persona, language, and policies to show how his administration has shaped a new politics of gender.
ISBN 978-0-8223-4064-5; 978-0-8223-4042-3 (pa); LCCN 2007-4081

Warren, James. Presocratics: natural philosophers before Socrates. University of California Press 2007. 224p $50.00; $19.95 (pa) (Ancient philosophies)
The chapters of this book present a survey of philosophy, from the Ionian beginnings down to the time of Socrates. Individual chapters introduce the leading philosophers, among whom are Heraclitus, Parmenides, and Anaxagoras.
ISBN 978-0-520-25367-4; 978-0-520-25369-8 (pa); LCCN 2007-3295

Writers reading writers: intertextual studies in medieval and early modern literature in honor of Robert Hollander; edited by Janet Levarie Smarr. University of Delaware Press 2007. 255p $51.50
These essays are about writers reading and responding to the work of other writers. Included are essays on Ovid’s influence on Dante, and the influence of John Gower on William Shakespeare,
ISBN 978-0-87413-976-1; 0-87413-976-7; LCCN 2006-35602