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Rave Review for Genus Envy: Nationalities, Identities, and the Performing Body of Work

Cambria Press congratulates Professor Thomas Connolly on the rave review by the Eugene O’Neill Review of his book, Genus Envy: Nationalities, Identities, and the Performing Body of Work. The book is commended for being “erudite, provocative, and witty,” which is not surprising given that “Connolly is well known to enthusiasts of O’Neill and to fans of NoëlCoward as well, being...

Excellent Journal Review for The Traumatic Imagination: Histories of Violence in Magical Realist Fiction

Cambria Press congratulates Dr. Eugene Arva on the recent outstanding review by Transnational Literature of his book, The Traumatic Imagination: Histories of Violence in Magical Realist Fiction. The journal commends the work because it shows that “Arva’s knowledge is extensive and comprehensive” and he “introduces innovative concepts of his own while remaining faithful to their original literary, cultural and critical...

Outstanding Review for David Foster: The Satirist of Australia

Cambria Press congratulates Dr. Susan Lever (general editor of the Cambria Australian Literature Series) on the recent outstanding review of her book, David Foster: The Satirist of Australia, by Australian Literary Studies, which praises the work—among other reasons––because “Lever begins the very necessary work of bridging the gap between generalist studies of European or British satire and the idiosyncrasies of...

Cambria Sinophone World Series by Victor H. Mair at 2012 Asian Studies Association (AAS) Annual Meeting in Toronto

There have been many new exciting developments at Cambria Press, including the launch of the Cambria Sinophone World Series by renowned sinologist Professor Victor H. Mair (University of Pennsylvania). The members of the editorial board are: .               Ann Huss (Chinese University of Hong Kong) .               Xiaofei Kang (George Washington University) .               Jianmei Liu (University of Maryland) .               Haun Saussy (University...

NEW PUBLICATION: The Grotesque and The Unnatural is now available!

Cambria Press is pleased to announce that The Grotesque and the Unnatural edited by Markku Salmela and Jarkko Toikkanen is now available The grotesque has provided both laymen and scholars with extreme delights for centuries: from the ornamental combining of rare motifs in antiquity to a hybridisation of structural genres in recent times; from fantastical fusions of humans and beasts to...

Cambria Press author Pia Masiero’s book hailed by journal as “one of the finest books” on Philip Roth

Cambria Press congratulates Pia Masiero on the glowing review of her book  Philip Roth and the Zuckerman Books: The Making of a Storyworld  by the European Journal of American Studies which states that “it is difficult to make an original scholarly contribution, but Masiero succeeds admirably, in two respects: firstly, hers is the first monograph to focus on what she...

Cambria Press Book Series Highlight for MLA 2012: Cambria Sinophone World Series

Cambria Press is proud to announce a new series that has evolved from an earlier one, the Culture, Literature, & Religion in Greater China Book Series. The series will now be known as the Cambria Sinophone World Series to herald its new leadership and vision. The Sinophone world refers to Sinitic-language cultures and communities born of colonial and postcolonial histories...

Cambria Press Book Series Highlight for MLA 2012: Cambria Studies in Classicism, Orientalism, and Medievalism

Cambria Press is proud to announce a new series, the Cambria Studies in Classicism, Orientalism, and Medievalism. Classicism, orientalism, and medievalism are the three chief discourses through which western civilizations have constructed identities. The early-modern period richly demonstrates the interdependence of these discourses. If the identification of the Middle Ages as an historical period can be traced to the rise...

Cambria Press Book Series Highlight for MLA 2012: Cambria Contemporary Literature, Film, and Theory Series

The Cambria Contemporary Literature, Film, and Theory Series is critically innovative, diverse in subject matter, and challenging to existing critical frames. Proposals that engender progressive debate in the fields of literary and/or cultural theory are welcome, as are author-specific or filmmaker-specific studies that deal with their subjects in critically original ways. The series does not align itself to any one...

Cambria Press Book Series Highlight for MLA 2012: Cambria Australian Literature Series

The Cambria Australian Literature Series  focuses on critical studies of writing by Australians, with a particular emphasis on contemporary Australian fiction. In recent decades Australian fiction publishing has outstripped critical study, with the work of many important writers receiving little more critical attention than newspaper and journal reviews, with occasional articles in scholarly journals or collections by diverse critics. This...

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