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Yankee yarns : storytelling and the invention of the national body in nineteenth-century American culture /

Schäfer, Stefanie, Dr., author.

2021. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-10-27

ISBN

9781474477468; 1474477461

Subjects

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.; National characteristics, American, in literature.; Americans in literature.; Popular culture--United States--History--19th century.

LC Classification

PS201

Three tenses : a transmission from the nineties /

Park, Ed, 1970- author.

2026. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-09-28

ISBN

9798217154968

Subjects

Park, Ed,--1970-; Asian American authors--Biography.; Book editors--Biography.; Écrivains américains d'origine asiatique--Biographies.; Éditeurs--Biographies.; Artists.; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY.; Essays.; LITERARY COLLECTIONS.; Electronic books.; Autobiographies.; Biographies.

LC Classification

PS3600

American Romanticism and the evolutionary idea /

Baker, Jennifer J., 1968- author.

2026. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-09-18

ISBN

1503647722; 9781503647725

Subjects

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.; Evolution in literature.; Romanticism--United States.; Littérature américaine--19e siècle--Histoire et critique.; Évolution dans la littérature.; Romantisme--États-Unis.; HISTORY / World.; LITERARY CRITICISM / General.; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.; American literature--History and criticism.; Evolution in literature; Romanticism; United States; 1800-1899; Electronic books.

LC Classification

PS201

Selected Essays, 2019–2023.

Valente, Peter

2026. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-09-17

ISBN

9781685713669; 1685713661; 9781685713676; 168571367X

Subjects

Essais americains.; American essays.; Electronic books.

LC Classification

PS3600

So unimaginable a price : Baldwin and the Black Atlantic /

Drabinski, John E., 1968- author.

2026. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-09-16

ISBN

9780810149571; 0810149575

Subjects

Baldwin, James,--1924-1987--Criticism and interpretation.; Critical theory.; African diaspora.; African American philosophy--20th century.; Black people--Race identity.; African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.; Black people--Atlantic Ocean Region--Intellectual life.; Black people--Atlantic Ocean Region--Philosophy.; Théorie critique.; Personnes noires--Identité ethnique.; Noirs américains--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.; Philosophie noire américaine--20e siècle.; Personnes noires--Atlantique, Région de l'--Vie intellectuelle.; Personnes noires--Atlantique, Région de l'--Philosophie.; critical theory (sociological concept); PHILOSOPHY / General; Baldwin, James,--1924-1987; African American philosophy; African Americans--Intellectual life; African diaspora; Black people--Intellectual life; Black people--Race identity; Critical theory; Atlantic Ocean Region; 1900-1999; Electronic books.; Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Classification

PS3550

David Foster Wallace and the question of scepticism /

Prout, Matt, author.

2025. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-09-03

ISBN

9781399527248; 139952724X

Subjects

Wallace, David Foster--Criticism and interpretation.; Belief and doubt in literature.

LC Classification

PS3550

African American literature in transition.

2026. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-09-03

ISBN

9781108648240; 110864824X

Subjects

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.; African Americans in literature.; African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.; African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.; African American arts--20th century.; African American aesthetics.

LC Classification

PS152.001

Elizabeth Bishop's styles of writing /

Dickinson, Andrew (Literary critic and medical student) author

2026. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-09-03

ISBN

9781009680141; 1009680145

Subjects

Bishop, Elizabeth,--1911-1979--Literary style; Bishop, Elizabeth,--1911-1979--Criticism and interpretation

LC Classification

PS3500

Contemporary Olson /

2015. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-09-03

ISBN

9781526110794; 1526110792

Subjects

Olson, Charles,--1910-1970--Criticism and interpretation.

LC Classification

PS3500

Marilynne Robinson /

2022. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-09-03

ISBN

9781526134660; 1526134667

Subjects

Robinson, Marilynne--Criticism and interpretation.

LC Classification

PS3550

Jonathan Lethem /

Peacock, James, 1970- author.

2012. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-09-03

ISBN

9781847794659; 1847794653

Subjects

Lethem, Jonathan--Criticism and interpretation.

LC Classification

PS3550

American literature and Irish culture, 1910-55 : the politics of enchantment /

Stubbs, Tara, author.

2013. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-09-03

ISBN

9781526102270; 1526102277

Subjects

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.; American literature--Irish influences.

LC Classification

PS152.001

William Burroughs in context /

2026. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-09-03

ISBN

9781009554732; 1009554735

Subjects

Burroughs, William S.,--1914-1997--Criticism and interpretation

LC Classification

PS3550

Transcendental Poetics and the Futures of American Romanticism.

Askin, Ridvan.

2026. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-08-20

ISBN

9798855809114; 9798855809107

Subjects

1900-1999; 1800-1899; Romanticism--History.; Nature in literature; American literature--History and criticism.; PHILOSOPHY / General.; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Idealism.; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.; LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature.; Transcendantalisme (Philosophie americaine); Romantisme--États-Unis--Histoire--20e siecle.; Romantisme--États-Unis--Histoire--19e siecle.; Nature dans la litterature.; Litterature americaine--20e siecle--Histoire et critique.; Litterature americaine--19e siecle--Histoire et critique.; Transcendentalism (New England); Romanticism--United States--History--20th century.; Romanticism--United States--History--19th century.; Nature in literature.; American literature--20th century--History and criticism.; American literature--19th century--History and criticism.; United States; Electronic books.

LC Classification

PS201

Los Angeles : a literary history /

2026. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-07-21

ISBN

9781009745673; 1009745670

Subjects

American literature--California--Los Angeles--History and criticism; Los Angeles (Calif.)--In literature

LC Classification

PS271

The Arthur Miller tapes : a life in his own words /

Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 author

2026. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-06-22

ISBN

9781009636940; 1009636944

Subjects

Miller, Arthur,--1915-2005--Interviews; Bigsby, C. W. E.--Interviews; Dramatists, American--20th century--Interviews

LC Classification

PS3500

Ezra Pound's early verse and lyric tradition : a jargoner's apprenticeship /

Stark, Robert (Lecturer), author.

2012. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-06-22

ISBN

9780748646180; 0748646183

Subjects

Pound, Ezra,--1885-1972--Criticism and interpretation.; Pound, Ezra,--1885-1972--Versification.

LC Classification

PS3500

Her silver-tongued companion : reading poems by Harryette Mullen /

2024. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-06-22

ISBN

9781399523615; 1399523619

Subjects

Mullen, Harryette Romell--Criticism and interpretation.

LC Classification

PS3550

Thomas Pynchon /

Malpas, Simon, author.

2013. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-06-22

ISBN

9781784992385; 1784992380

Subjects

Pynchon, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation.; Postmodernism (Literature)

LC Classification

PS3550

Paul Auster /

Brown, Mark, 1967- author.

2007. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-05-20

ISBN

9781847791658; 1847791654

Subjects

Auster, Paul,--1947-2024--Criticism and interpretation.; American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

LC Classification

PS3550

Maxine Hong Kingston /

Grice, Helena, author.

2006. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-05-20

ISBN

9781847791719; 1847791719

Subjects

Kingston, Maxine Hong--Criticism and interpretation.

LC Classification

PS3550

Philip Roth /

Brauner, David, 1968- author.

2007. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-05-20

ISBN

9781847791641; 1847791646

Subjects

Roth, Philip,--1933-2018--Criticism and interpretation.

LC Classification

PS3550

Douglas Coupland /

Tate, Andrew, 1971- author.

2007. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-05-20

ISBN

9781847791924; 1847791921

Subjects

Coupland, Douglas--Criticism and interpretation.

LC Classification

PS3550

Louise Erdrich /

Stirrup, David, author.

2010. Book - Electronic

Acquisition Date

2026-05-20

ISBN

9781847793485; 1847793487

Subjects

Erdrich, Louise--Criticism and interpretation.

LC Classification

PS3550

Cover	Title	Author	Publisher	Publication Date	Resource Type
	Yankee yarns : storytelling and the invention of the national body in nineteenth-century American culture /	Schäfer, Stefanie, Dr., author.	Edinburgh University Press	2021.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-10-27 ISBN 9781474477468; 1474477461 Subjects American literature--19th century--History and criticism.; National characteristics, American, in literature.; Americans in literature.; Popular culture--United States--History--19th century. LC Classification PS201
	Three tenses : a transmission from the nineties /	Park, Ed, 1970- author.	Random House	2026.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-09-28 ISBN 9798217154968 Subjects Park, Ed,--1970-; Asian American authors--Biography.; Book editors--Biography.; Écrivains américains d'origine asiatique--Biographies.; Éditeurs--Biographies.; Artists.; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY.; Essays.; LITERARY COLLECTIONS.; Electronic books.; Autobiographies.; Biographies. LC Classification PS3600
	American Romanticism and the evolutionary idea /	Baker, Jennifer J., 1968- author.	Stanford University Press	2026.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-09-18 ISBN 1503647722; 9781503647725 Subjects American literature--19th century--History and criticism.; Evolution in literature.; Romanticism--United States.; Littérature américaine--19e siècle--Histoire et critique.; Évolution dans la littérature.; Romantisme--États-Unis.; HISTORY / World.; LITERARY CRITICISM / General.; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.; American literature--History and criticism.; Evolution in literature; Romanticism; United States; 1800-1899; Electronic books. LC Classification PS201
	Selected Essays, 2019–2023.	Valente, Peter	punctum books	2026.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-09-17 ISBN 9781685713669; 1685713661; 9781685713676; 168571367X Subjects Essais americains.; American essays.; Electronic books. LC Classification PS3600
	So unimaginable a price : Baldwin and the Black Atlantic /	Drabinski, John E., 1968- author.	Northwestern University Press	2026.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-09-16 ISBN 9780810149571; 0810149575 Subjects Baldwin, James,--1924-1987--Criticism and interpretation.; Critical theory.; African diaspora.; African American philosophy--20th century.; Black people--Race identity.; African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.; Black people--Atlantic Ocean Region--Intellectual life.; Black people--Atlantic Ocean Region--Philosophy.; Théorie critique.; Personnes noires--Identité ethnique.; Noirs américains--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.; Philosophie noire américaine--20e siècle.; Personnes noires--Atlantique, Région de l'--Vie intellectuelle.; Personnes noires--Atlantique, Région de l'--Philosophie.; critical theory (sociological concept); PHILOSOPHY / General; Baldwin, James,--1924-1987; African American philosophy; African Americans--Intellectual life; African diaspora; Black people--Intellectual life; Black people--Race identity; Critical theory; Atlantic Ocean Region; 1900-1999; Electronic books.; Criticism, interpretation, etc. LC Classification PS3550
	David Foster Wallace and the question of scepticism /	Prout, Matt, author.	Edinburgh University Press	2025.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-09-03 ISBN 9781399527248; 139952724X Subjects Wallace, David Foster--Criticism and interpretation.; Belief and doubt in literature. LC Classification PS3550
	African American literature in transition.	-	Cambridge University Press	2026.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-09-03 ISBN 9781108648240; 110864824X Subjects American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.; African Americans in literature.; African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.; African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.; African American arts--20th century.; African American aesthetics. LC Classification PS152.001
	Elizabeth Bishop's styles of writing /	Dickinson, Andrew (Literary critic and medical student) author	Cambridge University Press	2026.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-09-03 ISBN 9781009680141; 1009680145 Subjects Bishop, Elizabeth,--1911-1979--Literary style; Bishop, Elizabeth,--1911-1979--Criticism and interpretation LC Classification PS3500
	Contemporary Olson /	-	Manchester University Press	2015.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-09-03 ISBN 9781526110794; 1526110792 Subjects Olson, Charles,--1910-1970--Criticism and interpretation. LC Classification PS3500
	Marilynne Robinson /	-	Manchester University Press	2022.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-09-03 ISBN 9781526134660; 1526134667 Subjects Robinson, Marilynne--Criticism and interpretation. LC Classification PS3550
	Jonathan Lethem /	Peacock, James, 1970- author.	Manchester University Press	2012.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-09-03 ISBN 9781847794659; 1847794653 Subjects Lethem, Jonathan--Criticism and interpretation. LC Classification PS3550
	American literature and Irish culture, 1910-55 : the politics of enchantment /	Stubbs, Tara, author.	Manchester University Press	2013.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-09-03 ISBN 9781526102270; 1526102277 Subjects American literature--20th century--History and criticism.; American literature--Irish influences. LC Classification PS152.001
	William Burroughs in context /	-	Cambridge University Press	2026.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-09-03 ISBN 9781009554732; 1009554735 Subjects Burroughs, William S.,--1914-1997--Criticism and interpretation LC Classification PS3550
	Transcendental Poetics and the Futures of American Romanticism.	Askin, Ridvan.	State University of New York Press	2026.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-08-20 ISBN 9798855809114; 9798855809107 Subjects 1900-1999; 1800-1899; Romanticism--History.; Nature in literature; American literature--History and criticism.; PHILOSOPHY / General.; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Idealism.; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.; LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature.; Transcendantalisme (Philosophie americaine); Romantisme--États-Unis--Histoire--20e siecle.; Romantisme--États-Unis--Histoire--19e siecle.; Nature dans la litterature.; Litterature americaine--20e siecle--Histoire et critique.; Litterature americaine--19e siecle--Histoire et critique.; Transcendentalism (New England); Romanticism--United States--History--20th century.; Romanticism--United States--History--19th century.; Nature in literature.; American literature--20th century--History and criticism.; American literature--19th century--History and criticism.; United States; Electronic books. LC Classification PS201
	Los Angeles : a literary history /	-	Cambridge University Press	2026.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-07-21 ISBN 9781009745673; 1009745670 Subjects American literature--California--Los Angeles--History and criticism; Los Angeles (Calif.)--In literature LC Classification PS271
	The Arthur Miller tapes : a life in his own words /	Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 author	Cambridge University Press	2026.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-06-22 ISBN 9781009636940; 1009636944 Subjects Miller, Arthur,--1915-2005--Interviews; Bigsby, C. W. E.--Interviews; Dramatists, American--20th century--Interviews LC Classification PS3500
	Ezra Pound's early verse and lyric tradition : a jargoner's apprenticeship /	Stark, Robert (Lecturer), author.	Edinburgh University Press	2012.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-06-22 ISBN 9780748646180; 0748646183 Subjects Pound, Ezra,--1885-1972--Criticism and interpretation.; Pound, Ezra,--1885-1972--Versification. LC Classification PS3500
	Her silver-tongued companion : reading poems by Harryette Mullen /	-	Edinburgh University Press	2024.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-06-22 ISBN 9781399523615; 1399523619 Subjects Mullen, Harryette Romell--Criticism and interpretation. LC Classification PS3550
	Thomas Pynchon /	Malpas, Simon, author.	Manchester University Press	2013.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-06-22 ISBN 9781784992385; 1784992380 Subjects Pynchon, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation.; Postmodernism (Literature) LC Classification PS3550
	Paul Auster /	Brown, Mark, 1967- author.	Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave; Manchester University Press	2007.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-05-20 ISBN 9781847791658; 1847791654 Subjects Auster, Paul,--1947-2024--Criticism and interpretation.; American literature--20th century--History and criticism. LC Classification PS3550
	Maxine Hong Kingston /	Grice, Helena, author.	Manchester University Press	2006.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-05-20 ISBN 9781847791719; 1847791719 Subjects Kingston, Maxine Hong--Criticism and interpretation. LC Classification PS3550
	Philip Roth /	Brauner, David, 1968- author.	Manchester University Press	2007.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-05-20 ISBN 9781847791641; 1847791646 Subjects Roth, Philip,--1933-2018--Criticism and interpretation. LC Classification PS3550
	Douglas Coupland /	Tate, Andrew, 1971- author.	Manchester University Press	2007.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-05-20 ISBN 9781847791924; 1847791921 Subjects Coupland, Douglas--Criticism and interpretation. LC Classification PS3550
	Louise Erdrich /	Stirrup, David, author.	distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave MacMillan; Manchester University Press	2010.	Book - Electronic
Acquisition Date 2026-05-20 ISBN 9781847793485; 1847793487 Subjects Erdrich, Louise--Criticism and interpretation. LC Classification PS3550