American cinema of the 1940s: themes and variations; edited by Wheeler Winston Dixon. Rutgers University Press, 2006. 283p. $22.95
The eventful decade of the 1940s, which was dominated by the Second World War, is represented by separate essays, each devoted to a single year and written by a film historian who discusses the significant films and cinematic developments within that year. Films such as Citizen Kane, Casablanca, and Double indemnity, and film genres such as film noir, are closely analyzed.
ISBN 0-8135-3699-5; 978-0-8135-3699-6; 0-8135-3700-2; 978-0-8135-3700-9; LCCN 2005-4836

Ameriks, Karl.
Kant and the historical turn: philosophy as critical interpretation. Oxford University Press, 2006. 335p. $99.00
Karl Ameriks demonstrates in these essays how Immanuel Kant altered the course of modern philosophy in the eighteenth century by initiating a “historical turn”, linking historical and systematic considerations in a way that distinguished philosophy from science and art.
ISBN 0-1992-0534-5; 978-0-1992-0534-9; 0-1992-0533-7; 978-0-1992-0533-2; LCCN 2006-28121

Asia and Europe in globalization: continents, regions and nations; edited by Goran Therborn, Habibul Haque Khondker. Brill, 2006. 313 p. $83.00
The authors of these essays show how globalization, far from being a recent phenomenon, has long been operative in the encounters of civilizations within Asia, and in encounters between Asia and Europe. Attention is given to regional development and to the role of women, along with a close look at the development of the Mongol Empire as an early exemplar of globalization.
ISBN 9-0041-5350-0; 978-9-0041-5350-9; LCCN 2006-47582

The Bible in film; The Bible and film; edited by J. Cheryl Exum. Brill, 2006. 190p. $83.00
Several of the essays in this volume discuss films depicting events described in the Bible, while other essays show how Biblical themes and topics have influenced the content of other films without explicitly referring to the Bible. The Passion of the Christ is analyzed as a example of the former, while the Wizard of Oz demonstrates the latter.
ISBN 9-0041-5190-7; 978-9-0041-5190-1

Broome, Judith.
Fictive domains: body, landscape, and nostalgia, 1717-1770. Bucknell University Press, 2007. 191p. $43.50
Nostalgia was just beginning to emerge as a cultural concept in the early eighteenth century. These essays focus on the interconnectedness of bodies, landscapes, and nostalgia in the English literature of the period. Samuel Richardson’s novels Clarissa and Sir Charles Grandison, Alexander Pope’s poem “Eloisa to Abelard”, and Sarah Scott’s A description of Millenium Hall are among the works explored.
ISBN 0-8387-5634-4; 978-0-8387-5634-8; LCCN 2006-12994

Comparing religions: possibilities and perils?; edited by Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos, Brian C. Wilson, and James Constantine Hanges. Brill, 2006. 320p. $120.00
The validity of the comparative approach to the study of religion is the topic of these essays. The authors attempt to establish a theoretical basis for comparing religions and cultures that differ widely in form and content. Among the central questions are: must one be a practicing member of a particular religious faith in order to comprehend it fully, or can a religion be understood by an observer who stands outside the tradition?
ISBN 9-0041-5267-9; 978-9-0041-5267-0; LCCN 2006-48992

Errington, R.M.
Roman imperial policy from Julian to Theodosius; R. Malcolm Errington. University of North Carolina Press, 2006. 336p. $45.00
The late Roman Empire was divided into two centers of authority: the western, in Rome, and the eastern, in Constantinople. The author shows how imperial policy decisions in matters of politics and religion were made by emperors who took account of pragmatic, regional considerations and were not necessarily the result of imperial initiative.
ISBN 0-8078-3038-0; 978-0-8078-3038-3; LCCN 2006-5195

Fortenbaugh, William W.
Aristotle’s practical side: on his psychology, ethics, politics and rhetoric; by William W. Fortenbaugh. Brill, 2006. 482p. $209.00
These essays focus on Aristotle’s practical philosophy. Among the topics are: moral virtue in relation to emotion; the different kinds of friendship; the philosophical justification for the subordinate role of women and slaves; and an analysis of correct and incorrect constitutions.
ISBN 9-0041-5164-8; 978-9-0041-5164-2; LCCN 2007-270706

Global cooperation: challenges and opportunities in the twenty-first century; edited by Sai Felicia Krishna-Hensel. Ashgate, 2006. 234p. $99.95
These essays address the need for international cooperation in the age of globalization. Among the topics are the Ottawa convention for the prevention of landmines; the international coordination of biotechnical research; and the international strategies to identify and eliminate weapons of mass destruction.
ISBN 0-7546-4678-5; LCCN 2005-28890

Greek colonisation: an account of Greek colonies and other settlements overseas, vol. 1; edited by Gocha R. Tsetskhladze. Brill, 2006. lxxxiii, 564p. $251.00
The essays in this volume outline the history of Greek colonization in the ancient world, which stretched from the Iberian Peninsula in the west to Anatolia in the east, and from the Black Sea in the north to North Africa in the south. The social, political, and commercial motivations for large scale colonization, the political ties between the “metropolis” or mother city and its colonies, and the cultural encounters between Greek and “barbarian” peoples in the new lands, are examined by historians and archaeologists.
ISBN 9-0041-2204-4; 978-9-0041-2204-8; LCCN 2006-5150

Historical boundaries, narrative forms: essays on British literature in the long eighteenth century in honor of Everett Zimmerman; edited by Lorna Clymer and Robert Mayer. University of Delaware Press, 2007. 268p. $53.50
These essays focus on the connections between the early modern British novel and other narrative genres, including historiography, autobiography, travel, romance, and utopian literature. Among the works discussed are Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, and Horace Walpole’s The castle of Otranto.
ISBN 0-87413-939-2; 978-0-87413-939-6; LCCN 2006-21792

Kalliney, Peter J.
Cities of affluence and anger: a literary geography of modern Englishness. University of Virginia Press, 2006. 266p. $59.50
The essays in this volume trace the course of twentieth century English literature as it reflected England’s transition from an imperial power to a member of the new global marketplace. The city (in particular, the city of London) became the centerpiece of a new urban narrative exemplified by works such as Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway and John Osborne’s play Look back in anger. The author reflects on the appropriation of domesticity as a theme, the emergence of a new postcolonial literature, and the reinvention of the travel narrative in the context of globalization.
ISBN 978-0-8139-2573-8; 978-0-8139-2574-5; LCCN 2006-13692

Land of dreams: Greek and Latin studies in honour of A.H.M. Kessels; edited by A.P.M.H. Lardinois, M.G.M. van der Poel and V.J.C. Hunink. Brill, 2006. xxiv, 414p. $139.00
This main focus of this collection of essays is the description and meaning of dreams in classical literature. Other essays cover a wide variety of topics in Greek and Roman literature, including an analysis of human sacrifice as portrayed in the Erechtheus, a fragmentary play of Euripides; the use of erotic speech in the fragmentary satyr plays of Sophocles; and the influence of Homer in both ancient and modern times.
ISBN 9-0041-5061-7; LCCN 2006-276105

Maunu, Leanne.
Women writing the nation: national identity, female community, and the British-French connection, 1770-1820. Bucknell University Press, 2007. 311p. $57.50
These essays claim that an awareness of gender rather than of nation was the dominant theme in the writing of British women in the late eighteenth-early nineteenth centuries who were making statements about the role of women within the British nation. Among the works discussed are Frances Burney’s Evlina, Charlotte Smith’s Desmond, and Mary Wollstonecraft’s A vindication of the rights of woman.
ISBN 0-8387-5670-0; 978-0-8387-5670-6; LCCN 2006-22356

Morgan, Jo-Ann.
Uncle Tom’s cabin as visual culture. University of Missouri Press, 2007. 224p. $39.95
These text of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s cabin as visualized by American graphic artists is the subject of these essays. The author examines the work of the illustrators who embellished the printed versions of the novel, as well as the work of other artists and painters who were inspired by the book to depict scenes of slavery and African American life. The persistence of racial stereotypes long after the demise of slavery, the significance of the close physical contact depicted in the relationship between Tom and Little Eva, and the overwhelming influence of Uncle Tom as an iconic type are among the topics.
ISBN 0-8262-1715-X; 978-0-8262-1715-8; LCCN 2006-35380

Noble ideals and bloody realities: warfare in the middle ages; edited by Niall Christie and Maya Yazigi. Brill, 2006. xx, 269p. $145.00
Warfare in the middle ages in Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Muslim world is the subject of these essays. Much attention is given to the ideology and history of the Crusades. The contributors examine warfare in theory, in practice, and as understood by medieval and modern historiographers.
ISBN 9-0041-5024-2; LCCN 2005-58249

The politics of ethnicity and national identity; edited by Santosh C. Saha. P. Lang, 2007. 188p. $32.50
These essays examine the complexities of ethnic conflict in terms of linguistics, territory, and ethnicity in various countries. Although the essays focus primarily on African nations such as Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, developments in the United States are represented by an essay on the Black Panther movement, and an article is devoted to nationalism in the Ukraine.
ISBN 0-8204-7888-1; 978-0-8204-7888-3; LCCN 2006-101477

Prologues, epilogues, curtain-raisers, and afterpieces: the rest of the eighteenth-century London stage; edited by Daniel J. Ennis and Judith Bailey Slagle. University of Delaware Press, 2007. 263p. $47.50
These essays examine the often-neglected elements that contributed to making a full theatrical evening in English playhouses from the Restoration to the early nineteenth century. Among these peripheral performance pieces were prologues, epilogues, pantomimes, and afterpieces. The histories of these pieces are explored individually, with reference to the main theatrical pieces that they supplemented and commented upon.
ISBN 0-87413-967-8; 978-0-87413-967-9; LCCN 2006-51116

Reading contemporary African American drama: fragments of history, fragments of self; Trudier Harris, editor. P. Lang, 2007. 223p. $74.95; $29.95 (pbk.)
The intersection of history and literary creativity is the theme of these essays. The creative inspiration that African American playwrights such as Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka, and August Wilson found in historical events from slavery to the civil rights movement is explored.
ISBN 978-0-8204-8887-5; 978-0-8204-8886-8; LCCN 2006-101456

Rethinking global security: media, popular culture, and the “War on terror”; edited by Andrew Martin and Patrice Petro. Rutgers University Press, 2006. 246p. $68.00; $24.95 (pbk.)
The influence of media (such as television, radio, film, satellite imaging, and the internet) on the national consciousness relating to issues of global security is the theme of these essays. Topics range from the enactment of the Patriot Act, to the censorship of media personalities such as Howard Stern, to the interpretative frame for understanding current events that is provided by television programs such as Buffy the vampire killer.
ISBN 978-0-8135-3829-7; 978-0-8135-3830-3; LCCN 2005-24638

Sex, breath, and force: sexual difference in a post-feminist era; edited by Ellen Mortensen. Lexington Books, 2006. 179p. $60.00; $24.95 (pbk.)
Sexual difference is examined from a post-feminist perspective. The feminist view in philosophy, literature, and cinema is examined in these essays.
ISBN 0-7391-1032-2; 978-0-7391-1032-4; 0-7391-1467-0; 978-0-7391-1467-4; LCCN
2005-35075

Sex in revolution: gender, politics, and power in modern Mexico; edited by Jocelyn Olcott, Mary Kay Vaughan, and Gabriela Cano. Duke University Press, 2006. 320p. $79.95; $22.95 (pbk.)
The political activity of Mexican women during the Mexican Revolution 1910-1920, and in subsequent decades, is the subject of these essays. Women soldiers, the rise of vocational education, and the involvement of women in socially progressive religious organizations are among the topics.
ISBN 0-8223-3884-X; 0-8223-3899-8; 978-0-8223-3884-0; 978-0-8223-3899-4; LCCN 2006-23687

Solon and Thespis: law and theater in the English Renaissance; edited by Dennis Kezar. University of Notre Dame Press, 2007. 294p. $37.50
The relation between law and theater in the English Renaissance is the topic of these essays. The knowledge of law evidenced by playwrights such as Shakespeare, Jonson, Dekker, Marston, and Chapman, and the way in which these authors treated legal issues in their plays, are among the topics explored.
ISBN 0-268-03313-7; 978-0-268-03313-2; LCCN 2006-23896

Who is the European?: a new global player?; Michael Kuhn, editor. P. Lang, 2007. 251p. $34.95
The identification and definition of the “European” citizen living in the European Union countries is the topic of these essays. Essays focus on group identity and national identity issues, the division between national loyalties as opposed to EU loyalties, and issues related to economics and continuing education.
ISBN 0-8204-7895-4; 978-0-8204-7895-1; LCCN 2006-37181

Winter, Molly Crumpton.
American narratives: multiethnic writing in the age of realism. Louisiana State University Press, 2007. 204p. $36.50
The author provides a reassessment of four American authors of different ethnic backgrounds whose works were essentially ignored in their lifetime: Mary Antin, a Jewish-Russian immigrant; Zitkala-Sa, a Native American woman from South Dakota; Sutton E. Griggs, an African American from the south; and Sui Sin Far, a Chinese-American woman from the west coast. The essays show how these four authors were part of the realistic movement in literature, their works emphasizing ethnicity, identity, and nationality.
ISBN 0-8071-3225-X; 978-0-8071-3225-8; LCCN 2007-3619