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      • Stanford University Press

        Founded in 1892, Stanford University Press publishes 130 books a year across the humanities, social sciences, law, and business. Our books inform scholarly debate, generate global and cross-cultural discussion, and bring timely, peer-reviewed scholarship to the wider reading public. Numerous recent accolades include the Hayek Book Award and an NAACP Image Award nomination, while our authors and their books frequently appear in impactful media outlets such as the New York Times and NPR as well as in leading academic journals. Readers can find SUP titles at physical and online retailers around the world. At the leading edge of both print and digital dissemination of innovative research, with more than 3,000 books currently in print, SUP is a publisher of ideas that matter, books that endure.

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      • OB STARE

        OB STARE is a Spanish publisher specialized in conscious maternity, early childhood education and development that supports knowledge and freedom of choice. We publish inspirational books for a new way of looking, including empowerment, gender equality, self-love and sexual diversity.

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      • Trusted Partner
        Literature & Literary Studies
        September 2014

        A concordance to the rhymes of The Faerie Queene

        by Richard Brown, J. B. Lethbridge, J. B. Lethbridge

        This book is the first ever concordance to the rhymes of Spenser's epic. It gives the reader unparalleled access to the formal nuts and bolts of this massive poem: the rhymes which he used to structure its intricate stanzas. As well as the main concordance to the rhymes, the volume features a wealth of ancillary materials, which will be of value to both professional Spenserians and students, including distribution lists and an alphabetical listing of all the words in The Faerie Queene. The volume breaks new ground by including two studies by Richard Danson Brown and J. B. Lethbridge, so that the reader is given provocative analyses alongside the raw data about Spenser as a rhymer. Brown considers the reception of rhyme, theoretical models and how Spenser's rhymes may be reading for meaning. Lethbridge in contrast discusses the formulaic and rhetorical character of the rhymes. ;

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        January 2021

        A concordance to the rhymes of The Faerie Queene

        by Richard Danson Brown, J. B. Lethbridge, J. B. Lethbridge

        This book is the first ever concordance to the rhymes of Spenser's epic. It gives the reader unparalleled access to the formal nuts and bolts of this massive poem: the rhymes which he used to structure its intricate stanzas. As well as the main concordance to the rhymes, the volume features a wealth of ancillary materials, which will be of value to both professional Spenserians and students, including distribution lists and an alphabetical listing of all the words in The Faerie Queene. The volume breaks new ground by including two studies by Richard Danson Brown and J. B. Lethbridge, so that the reader is given provocative analyses alongside the raw data about Spenser as a rhymer. Brown considers the reception of rhyme, theoretical models and how Spenser's rhymes may be reading for meaning. Lethbridge in contrast discusses the formulaic and rhetorical character of the rhymes.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        January 2021

        The art of The Faerie Queene

        by Richard Danson Brown

        The Art of The Faerie Queene is the first book centrally focused on the forms and poetic techniques employed by Spenser. It offers a sharp new perspective on Spenser by rereading The Faerie Queene as poetry which is at once absorbing, demanding and experimental. Instead of the traditional conservative model of Spenser as poet, this book presents the poem as radical, edgy and unconventional, thus proposing new ways of understanding the Elizabethan poetic Renaissance. The book moves from the individual words of the poem to metre, rhyme and stanza form onto its larger structures of canto and book. It will be of particular relevance to undergraduates studying Elizabethan poetry, graduate students and scholars of Renaissance poetry, for whom the formal aspect of the poetry has been a topic of growing relevance in recent years.

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        Literature: history & criticism
        September 2016

        Spenserian allegory and Elizabethan biblical exegesis

        A context for The Faerie Queene

        by Series edited by J. B. Lethbridge, Margaret Christian

        Edmund Spenser famously conceded to his friend Walter Raleigh that his method in The Faerie Queene 'will seeme displeasaunt' to those who would 'rather have good discipline delivered plainly in way of precepts, or sermoned at large'. Spenser's allegory and Elizabethan biblical exegesis is the first book-length study to clarify Spenser's comparison by introducing readers to the biblical typologies of contemporary sermons and liturgies. The result demonstrates that 'precepts ... sermoned at large' from lecterns and pulpits were themselves often 'clowdily enwrapped in allegoricall devises'. In effect, routine churchgoing prepared Spenser's first readers to enjoy and interpret The Faerie Queene. A wealth of relevant quotations invites readers to adopt an Elizabethan mindset and encounter the poem afresh. The 'chronicle history' cantos, Florimell's adventures, the Souldan episode, Mercilla's judgment on Duessa and even the two stanzas that close the Mutabilitie fragment, all come into sharper focus when juxtaposed with contemporary religious rhetoric.

      • Fiction

        Blue Room Hotel

        by Roberto Monti

        The mayor of Tap Town, Jasmine Brune, issues a special decree that prohibits the use of paper and ink and favors digital publishing, now the only legalized medium. As it always occurs, there come those who, under cover of darkness, continue to write on paper, though it is becoming increasingly difficult to find. Among them, Billy Ray is the smartest and most uncatchable of all. To eliminate paper writers once for all, the police chief, Philipe Gore, organizes roundups everywhere. Several paper writers are found killed and something connects them to the most famous hotel in town: the Blue Room Hotel. Preface by author Barbara Sarri. ---  Il sindaco di Tap Town, Jasmine Brune, con un emendamento speciale, proibisce l’utilizzo di carta e inchiostro a favore della pubblicazione digitale, unico mezzo legalizzato.Come per ogni cosa, nell’oscurità vi è sempre chi, in modo clandestino, continua a scrivere sulla carta, sempre più difficile da reperire.Fra questi, Billy Ray è il più astuto e irraggiungibile di tutti.Per debellare definitivamente gli scrittori di cartacei, il capo della polizia, Philipe Gore, organizza rastrellamenti ovunque per sequestrare tutti i libri cartacei presenti in città riuscendo ad impedire anche l’importazione dai centri abitati limitrofi.Oltre all’azione della polizia, diversi scrittori di cartacei vengono trovati uccisi e qualcosa li lega al più famoso albergo della città, il Blue Room Hotel, all'interno del quale vi è una misteriosa camera: la Stanza 14.Quando anche la morte di Billy Ray sopraggiunge, conseguenze oscure per il destino dei libri e della carta prendono a materializzarsi.Un noir che sfocia nel giallo, dal ritmo coinvolgente e dalle atmosfere cupe, dove i bassifondi la fanno da padrone, dove solo chi è invisibile riesce a sopravvivere.

      • Literature & Literary Studies

        Niccolo Machiavelli Dichter-Poeta

        Mit sämtlichen Gedichten deutsch/italienisch

        by Dirk Hoeges

        Die erste vollständige Übersetzung der Gedichte Machiavellis und ihre Analyse zeigt: Sein Werk ist nur in der Zusammensetzung von Poesie und Prosa zu verstehen. Es enthält eine Systematik der literarischen Formen, die durch Beschränkung auf den Prinicipe verdeckt bleibt. Der "Neuelich" des ideologischen Kampfbegriffs des Machiavellismus. Das Buch enthält die – auch in der italienischen Sprache – erste und einzige Gesamtausgabe der Gedichte Machiavellis. Il presente volume contiene la prima e unica edizione completa delle poesie di Niccolé Machiavelli sia in tedesco che e italiano. Machiavelli schärft über zahlreiche poetische Formen sein literarisches Profil: Epigramm, Strambotto, Stanza, Madrigal, Sonett, Kanzone, Canto, Capitolo, Serenade. Poetisiert wird Schlüsselbegriffe seiner Geschichts- und Machttheorie. Fortuna, die Gelegenheit, der Undank, der Ehrgeiz. Sichtbar wird ein Machiavelli, der von persönlicher und säkularer Angst vor der Verdorbenheit des Menschen, entschlossen ist, seine Würde zu behaupten. Die poetischen Intermezzi aus den Komödien Clizia und La Mandragola erweitern die Perspektive. Er erscheint facettenreich, tragisch und komisch, wie er sich selbst sah, Erotik, früh und späte Liebe eingeschlossen. Die Poesie bestätigt: Zeit seines Lebens begriff er sich als Zögling der Freien Künste, von Sprache, Literatur und Musik. Das Buch bildet den dritten Teil der Machiavelli Trilogie des Verfassers. Rezension: "Dirk Hoeges Liebeserklärung an den Poeten Machiavelli" – Von Jutta Colschen, Lübecker Nachrichten, 10. Oktober 2009

      • Poetry

        Understanding Robert Burns

        Verse, Explanation and Glossary

        by George Scott. Wilkie

        The poems of Robert Burns are known throughout the world, but are rarely understood. For too long lovers of his poetry and songs have struggled with the meaning of many of the bard's words. Following the success of George Wilkie's Select Works of Roberts Burns, this expanded volume of Burns' poetry, with 138 poems, captures the same ethos as the original. Opposite every stanza of each poem the meaning of what Burns has written is printed along with a helpful glossary to enable to reader to gain an immediate understanding. No delving into notes at the end of the book is necessary. This is a major development in access to the works of Robert Burns and is the only book on the works of Robert Burns that allows the reader to gain an immediate understanding of what the poems mean.

      • April 2013

        Murderous Requiem

        Out of Print

        by Jamie Fessenden, Brooke Albrecht

        Jeremy Spencer never imagined the occult order he and his boyfriend, Bowyn, started as a joke in college would become an international organization with hundreds of followers. Now a professor with expertise in Renaissance music, Jeremy finds himself drawn back into the world of free love and ceremonial magick he’d left behind, and the old jealousies and hurt that separated him from Bowyn eight years ago seem almost insignificant.Then Jeremy begins to wonder if the centuries-old score he’s been asked to transcribe hides something sinister. With each stanza, local birds flock to the old mansion, a mysterious fog descends upon the grounds, and bats swarm the temple dome. During a séance, the group receives a cryptic warning from the spirit realm. And as the music’s performance draws nearer, Jeremy realizes it may hold the key to incredible power—power somebody is willing to kill for. ;

      • If

        National Award for Illustrated Children's Book 2019

        by AGATHI DIMITROUKA

        If I was given a black horse with the words: “Find your way!” I would turn into a blue river To quench my horse’s thirst.   A Greek poet meets a Catalan illustrator in this beautiful book which creates strong images, bringing to mind the colors and forms familiar to the Mediterranean. Starting from the endless possibilities opened up by the two-letter word IF, this poem addressed to young children – but which will bring joy to any lover of poetry – unfolds a philosophical quest set in stanzas which meets the bold colors and the dynamism of the book’s illustrator. This is a game set around a question and each child is free to provide its own answers.

      • November 2011

        Smiles in Pathos & Other Poems

        by KhaingaO’Okwemba

        Smiles in Pathos and Other Poems is a collection of selected poems by Khainga O'Okwemba. The poet stands on the opposite ends of his contemporaries because of his faith and reverence in the traditional forms of poetry. He is intimately Augustan in craft and romantic in idealizing the poetic forms. The poems are written in three models divided into separate books, with each book sub-themed. In Book One we have the celebratory short poems called Poems of Homage which are inspired by the poet's admiration of canonical African writers: Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Chris Wanjala, Peter Abrahams, Leopold Sedar Senghor, Ayi Kwei Amah, Denis Brutus, Christopher Okigbo, among others. The Incidental poems in Book Two called Poems of Known Tradition , adopt identifiable forms; rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, repetition, stanza, terza rima, sonnet, and which take on socio-political themes. In Book Three we find the mock epic narrative poetry with the title Pearls of Laughter. The narrative poem needs first to be enjoyed as a love story, and as a satire. Every piece has a life of its own. However, the work is well appreciated when the fragmented pieces are united into one, a feat generally admired by the poet.

      • Poetry
        October 2023

        A Thousand Years of Zen Japanese Poetry

        A Buddhist Anthology

        by José Carte

        This volume presents a wide sample of the best Japanese Zen Buddhist poetry of the last millennium. Throughout its pages we find texts imbued with the thought of one of the most refined cultures in the world. José Carte brings together a wide range of works by Zen monks, poets and philosophers with their corresponding biographical notes and succinct explanations that give meaning to this oriental imaginary profusely nourished by concepts such as Ku [sunyata in Sanskrit] or daruma [dharma in Sanskrit]. This anthology offers texts written during the Heain dynasty (794 to 1185), passing through the origins of the Soto school led by Dogen, the Rinzai tradition and the School of the Five Mountains, among others. The result is a wide selection that includes compositions by authors who lived ten centuries ago to others of the twentieth century, offering a historical retrospective of the best Japanese poetry enriched with explanatory comments and in many cases with the phonetic transcription of the poems in their original language, which allows us to know how they sound in their recitation. In this book we find beautiful compositions in various traditional stanzas (including haiku), as well as the translation of poems by great Zen masters such as Basho, Issa, Takahashi or Kodo Sawaki. The edition has been rigorously revised by Professor Keiko Suzuki.

      • July 2018

        A Gift of Presence: The Theology and Poetry of the Eucharist in Thomas Aquinas

        The Theology and Poetry of the Eucharist in Thomas Aquinas

        by Jan Heiner Tück, Scott D. Hefelfinger, Bruce D. Marshall

        Jan-Heiner Tück presents a work that explores the sacramental theology, lived spirituality, and Eucharistic poetry of the Church’s doctor communis, St. Thomas Aquinas. Although Aquinas’ Eucharistic poetry has long occupied an important place in the Church’s liturgical prayer and her repertoire of sacred music, the depth of these poems remains hidden until one grasps the rich sacramental theology underlying it. Consequently, Tück first offers a detailed but approachable primer of Aquinas’ theology of the sacraments, before diving deeply into the Angelic Doctor’s theology and poetry of the Eucharist. The Scriptural accounts stand at the heart of the systematic framework developed by Aquinas, and thus significant attention is devoted to showing the harmony between the accounts of Christ’s passion and the detailed exposition of the Summa theologiae. Moreover, the Eucharistic controversies of the ninth and eleventh centuries provide the contrapuntal context in which Aquinas did his thinking, praying, and writing. Not surprisingly, therefore, the response he crafts to these controversies draws upon both speculative powers and contemplative prayer, brought together in the unity of Aquinas’ theology and spirituality. The net result is a twofold treasure for the Church: a careful systematic presentation of Eucharistic theology and the lived devotional expression of the same in the carefully constructed—and now much beloved—stanzas of Pange lingua gloriosi, Lauda Sion, Adoro te devote, etc. By revealing the lively interplay of the saint’s powerful speculative intellect and a heart steeped in love for the Eucharistic Lord, Tück offers a sophisticated exposition of Aquinas’ Eucharistic poetry and the roots it sinks into a wider theological framework. Finally, the contemporary significance and power of Aquinas’ work is drawn out, not only in the rarefied realm of intellectual inquiry but also in the everyday expanse of ordinary life.

      • May 2023

        Souza

        by Nina Avellaneda

        Souza lays carpet in apartments and Luiza is an actress; their lives are dominated by precarity, failure, and sacrifice. After a chance meeting they feel a mutual interest. It’s hard to say if they fall for each other because that’s not how they move through the world. Still, this is a story, and Souza and Luiza are the gravitational center of a narrator writing about them while sitting in a crowded cafe; she’s interested in exploring people, feelings, but principally, the art of fiction.Souza is a refreshing work situated between ambiguity and voraciousness, it’s exquisite and subtle, intelligent and poetic, and Nina Avellaneda is an author to keep a close eye on.

      • Children's & YA
        October 2020

        The Revenge of the Ill-mannered Orphans

        by Carolina Capria, Mariella Martucci

        Series - With zero choice in the matter, four little girls end up living in a mansion, which is literally falling apart, with a guardian, who’s literally gross. Then, a tornado comes and sweeps away misunderstandings, pessimism, and even their guardian. The tragicomic events are told in a light, irreverent style offering a glimpse into the lives of kids forced to grow up faster.

      • THE ENCHANTING FAIRY TALES' COLLECTION

        by Various

        Nine lovely fairy tales, enriched by the illustrations and technique of Valeria Abatzoglu. The magic illustrations are developed on double and single spreads, with simple texts for all early readers.

      • Ancient Peoples

        by Giorgio Bergamino

        A lively book for those children who want to learn everything about the ancient Romans, Greeks end Egyptians. Many beautiful illustrations and fun comics throughout.

      • Fiction

        I am Nirvana. The story of Kurt Cobain

        by Andrea Biscaro

        Kurt è la rock star più famosa del pianeta. Ha appena ventisette anni, ma ha già vissuto tutto. Adesso è solo, lontano dai riflettori e dai palchi, senza amici, senza più voglia di scrivere e di suonare, blindato tra le pareti dorate della sua reggia di Seattle.  Nella detonazione dello sparo Kurt rivive tutta la sua vita: l'infanzia ad Aberdeen, i locali, la nascita dei Nirvana, il primo contratto con la Sub Pop, la droga, il successo planetario e improvviso di Nevermind, il grunge, l'amore disperato per Courtney Love, la dipendenza dall'eroina, le tournée mondiali, la nascita di Frances Bean, In Utero, il policlinico di Roma, le disintossicazioni, Unplugged in New York. Fino a quel maledetto fucile Remington... A fargli immancabile compagnia è la voce di quell’amico misterioso al cui abbraccio mortale non saprà sfuggire.

      • Farfariel - The book of Micù

        by Pietro Albì

        Farfariel is a weird bildungsroman for young adults, somehow reminiscing of The Never Ending Story by Michael Ende. Micù is a preadolescent with physical disability born before World War II in the poor but magical atmos-phere of rural southern Italy. He is trying to grow up despite his own difficulties, the tragicomic inhabitants of the village and a spiteful demon who has the power to interfere with the story and its writer... In fact Far-fariel, unhappy about the way the writer is telling the story, edit and correct the book with his red pen!

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