Lehigh University Press

Ortiz's work is an essential cornerstone in the development of Afro-Hispanic literature of the diaspora, since the depth and breadth of his writings provide insights into some of the major cultural...

Africa: What It Gave Me, What It Took from Me is a memoir of an extraordinary woman who, as a newlywed, travelled with her husband to German South West Africa, a colony situated just above South...

America's First Chaplain studies the family background, education, ministerial career, ideology, political activities, exile to England, and return to America of Jacob Duch?, Anglican minister of...

This book focuses on the development and demise of the anthracite industry in northeastern Pennsylvania. It also examines attempts to secure replacement industries and the economic consequences of...

In this book the author reveals a tapestry woven by Christopher Tolkien from different portions of his father's work that is often quite mind-boggling, with inserts that seemed initially to have been...

The author draws a portrait of his teacher Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), whose research in a variety of fields laid the foundations of modern Sinology. The work deals with Karlgren's childhood,...

Beyond Belief: Surviving the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in France examines the degree to which the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes was a negotiated event--which called upon individuals and...

Bloody Women: Women Directors of Horror is the first book-length exploration of female creators at the cutting edge of contemporary horror, turning out some of its most inspired and twisted offerings...

Catholic Horror and Rhetorical Dialectics argues that Catholic horror fiction works distinctively to inspire the philosophical, theological, and spiritual imaginations of readers from all backgrounds...

The first book-length study of China's Catholic martyr saints, this work recounts the cultural, religious, and economic conflicts that unfolded during China's Qing dynasty (1644--1911). China's...

As a young Democratic lawyer, Franklin L. Kury defeated the senior Republican in the House, and the patronage machine that supported him, to go on to be a leader in the enactment of significant...

As a young Democratic lawyer, Franklin L. Kury defeated the senior Republican in the House, and the patronage machine that supported him, to go on to be a leader in the enactment of significant...

Deciphering Poe expands the contextual framework of Poe's work and explores the subversive nature of his art: its use of codes, secret writing, and ratiocination. It offers fresh perspectives Poe's...

Deciphering Poe expands the contextual framework of Poe's work and explores the subversive nature of his art: its use of codes, secret writing, and ratiocination. It offers fresh perspectives Poe's...

Engendered Death: Pennsylvania Women Who Kill is a historical and interdisciplinary study of women who kill in Pennsylvania from the 18th century to the present. It is not an examination of what...

This collection opens a panorama of essays celebrating diverse ways to participate in the British--and international--Enlightenment. Investigating major authors, unusual persons, commentators on...

This book redefines identity within contemporary Judeo-Argentinean fiction through the transforming notion of Jewishness and national identity in Argentina. Abandoning traditional definitions, it...

This new translation is the first and only fully annotated version of Evgeny Zamiatin's classic novel We in English. The annotations scrutinize Zamiatin's use of language, suggest many previously...

The Final Days of Edgar Allan Poe contains an in-depth examination of the circumstances of Edgar Allan Poe's death in 1849. Beginning with a chronology of the poet's life, the book then delves into...

This international and intercultural book examines translation histories and outstanding readings of the words of Edgar Allan Poe in nineteen national and literary traditions. It maps out Poe's...

Youth Horror Television and the Question of Fear presents nine essays that explore why youth horror television both scared children and invited them to reshape social boundaries of the adult world...