A biography of "Native Son's" Bigger Thomas that examines his continued relevance in debates over Black men and the violence of racism. Bigger Thomas, the central figure in Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" (1940), eludes easy categorization. A v...

The best essays from America's premier cultural historian. Jackson Lears has been hailed as "America's premier cultural historian", the "dean of American cultural history", and "one of the few pre-eminent historians of our time". Well known for his...

A reexamination of 1970s France as a decade of intellectual, cultural, and political consequence, both then and now. Number 143 of Yale French Studies, "The French Seventies", reintroduces and reorients readers to a decade typically considered a pe...

A powerful exploration of the human capacity for renewal, as seen through Shakespeare and Freud. In this fresh investigation, Stephen Greenblatt and Adam Phillips explore how the second chance has been an essential feature of the literary imaginati...

An enchanting and joyous exploration of life and creativity at the geographical edges of the modern world. Who is a provincial? In this subversive book, Sumana Roy assembles a striking cast of writers, artists, filmmakers, cricketers, tourist guide...

An account of the emergence of creative nonfiction, written by the "godfather" of the genre. In the 1970s, Lee Gutkind, a leather-clad hippie motorcyclist and former public relations writer, fought his way into the academy. Then he took on his coll...

A spirited and essential companion to Orwell and his works, covering all the novels and major essays An intellectual who hated intellectuals, a socialist who didn't trust the state – our foremost political essayist and author of "Animal Farm and Ni...

Yale French Studies 142 explores the contemporary relevance of an alternative strand of feminism as theorized by Monique Wittig. This volume of Yale French Studies foregrounds Monique Wittig (1935-2003), a writer who left France to live and teach i...

What happened when Jane Austen's heroines and heroes were finally wed? Marriage is at the centre of Jane Austen's novels. The pursuit of husbands and wives, advantageous matches, and, of course, love itself, motivate her characters and continue to...

A clear-sighted and entertaining defence of literary realism, and an account of its key practitioners. Realist fiction is one of the most enduring artforms history has ever witnessed. By describing the intricate inner life of its characters, or wid...