Literature
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Anne Savarese
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Ben Tate
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Literature at Princeton University Press encompasses literary criticism, history, biography, and reference; primary works by notable writers; poetry, in English and in translation; and occasional works on writing, research, and teaching. The list includes studies of literature in English and in other languages around the world, and puts literary research and ideas in conversation with other disciplines, from philosophy to the arts.
From landmark works of criticism to new translations of classic works, literary biographies to folk and fairy tales, the list represents enduring contributions to literary study and promotes knowledge and understanding of literature in all its forms.
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Readers, receipts, and the history of empire
As long as there have been documents, there have been functional archives. In the nineteenth century, a period of immense imperial expansion, the formation of the functional archive was tightly tied to the ideological project of empire building.
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Auden in nature and history
If you look at the volumes published so far in the Auden Critical Editions series, you’ll see that, with the exception of the Juvenilia (a unique kind of text), they feature book-length works.
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Natural Magic
Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin were born at a time when the science of studying the natural world was known as natural philosophy, a pastime for poets, priests, and schoolgirls.
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Frank L. Cioffi on Stellar English
Frank L. Cioffi wanted to write a handbook that was more than merely a reference work, a grammar handbook that readers would feel compelled to read cover-to-cover.
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The 2024 solar eclipse might be an omen, but what does it portend?
As the warmest winter in human history draws to a close, many of us are unsure about what comes next. At least celestial mechanics are unaffected.
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Edited by Stephen Cushman, Clare Cavanagh, Jahan Ramazani, and Paul Rouzer
Edited by Barbara Cassin, Emily Apter, Jacques Lezra, and Michael Wood
