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Founders of the Future
The Science and Industry of Spanish Modernization
Bucknell University Press
In this ambitious new interdisciplinary study, Useche proposes the metaphor of the social foundry to parse how industrialization informed and shaped cultural and national discourses in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Spain. Here, Useche offers fresh readings of canonical writers such as Emilia Pardo Bazán, Concha Espina, Benito Pérez Galdós, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and José Echegaray as well as lesser known authors.
Screen Time
Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age
Edited by Richard Rinehart, with Phillip Prodger
Bucknell University Press
Published on the occasion of the art exhibition Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age, this catalog features a selection of leading international artists whose work engages with and critiques the role of media in contemporary society.
Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World
Bucknell University Press
Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World examines portrayals of nautical disasters in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish literature and culture. The essays collected here showcase shipwreck’s symbolic deployment to question colonial expansion and transoceanic trade; to critique the Christian enterprise overseas; to signal the collapse of dominant social order; and to relay moral messages and represent socio-political debates.
Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World
Bucknell University Press
Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World examines portrayals of nautical disasters in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish literature and culture. The essays collected here showcase shipwreck’s symbolic deployment to question colonial expansion and transoceanic trade; to critique the Christian enterprise overseas; to signal the collapse of dominant social order; and to relay moral messages and represent socio-political debates.
Hannah Whitman Heyde
The Complete Correspondence
Edited by Maire Mullins; By Hannah Whitman Heyde [1823-1908]
Bucknell University Press
The correspondence of Hannah Whitman Heyde (1823-1908), younger sister of poet Walt Whitman, provides a rare glimpse into the life of a nineteenth-century woman. Married to well-known Vermont landscape artist Charles Louis Heyde (1820-1892), Hannah documented in letters to her mother, Louisa Van Velsor Whitman (1795-1873), and other family members, her lived experience of ongoing physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her husband.
The Unexpected Dante
Perspectives on the Divine Comedy
Edited by Lucia Alma Wolf
Bucknell University Press
The Unexpected Dante brings together five leading scholars who offer fresh perspectives on the interpretation and reception of The Divine Comedy. Some explore the poem’s esoteric allusions to topics ranging from musical instruments to Roman law, while others illustrate the depth and variety of this literary masterpiece’s global influence over the past seven centuries.
Published by Bucknell University Press in association with the Library of Congress. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
Published by Bucknell University Press in association with the Library of Congress. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
The Unexpected Dante
Perspectives on the Divine Comedy
Edited by Lucia Alma Wolf
Bucknell University Press
The Unexpected Dante brings together five leading scholars who offer fresh perspectives on the interpretation and reception of The Divine Comedy. Some explore the poem’s esoteric allusions to topics ranging from musical instruments to Roman law, while others illustrate the depth and variety of this literary masterpiece’s global influence over the past seven centuries.
Published by Bucknell University Press in association with the Library of Congress. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
Published by Bucknell University Press in association with the Library of Congress. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
The Stoke Newington Edition
Bucknell University Press
Defoe’s The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe—presented here independent of its famous predecessor, The Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe—is an exciting adventure novel by itself. Crusoe returns to his island to learn about his colony, and then travels to Madagascar, India, and China before returning to England after some exciting encounters. Complete with an introduction, line notes, and full bibliographical notes, this is an edition like no other.
White Light
The Poetry of Alberto Blanco
Bucknell University Press
White Light: The Poetry of Alberto Blanco explores the interplay of complementary images and concepts in A la luz de siempre, the Mexican writer and visual artist's vast trilogy of poems from 1979-2018. By focusing on listening and seeing, Blanco's highly interdisciplinary poetry transforms his inspirations into the inspiration of his readers.
Two Women
A Novel
Translated by Barbara F. Ichiishi; By Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814-1873); Introduction by Brígida M. Pastor
Bucknell University Press
The first openly feminist novel published in Spanish, Two Women tells the riveting tale of a tumultuous love triangle among a brilliant, young, widowed countess, her inexperienced lover, and his pure and virtuous wife. This first English translation captures the lyrical romanticism of the novel’s prose and includes a scholarly introduction to the author and her work.