UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State University Press has unveiled its spring/summer 2024 catalog, featuring new general interest and scholarly books in the fields of literature, art history, religious studies, rhetoric and communication, modernism, medieval and early modern studies, current events and more.
Notable forthcoming titles include "With Darkness Came Stars: A Memoir" by pioneer of the photorealist movement, Audrey Flack, "Hurricanes of Color: Iconic Rock Photography from the Beatles to Woodstock and Beyond" by Mike Frankel, which features previously unpublished images of the Beatles, and four new graphic novels from Graphic Mundi, the press’s graphic novel imprint.
Scholarly highlights include "The Four Shakespeare Folios, 1623-2023: Copy, Print, Paper Type," edited by Samuel V. Lemley, which examines Shakespeare’s evolution in print and argues that the four Folios each contributed to the gradual elevation of Shakespeare in the English literary canon; the 10th anniversary edition of "Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice" by Jessica Gordon Nembhard, which explores the struggle for African American economic freedom and equity; "Rival Wisdoms: Reading Proverbs in the Canterbury Tales" by Nancy Mason Bradbury, which situates Chaucer’s last and most ambitious work in the context of a zeal for proverbs that was still rising in his day; and "Remembering the War, Forgetting the Terror: Appeals to Family Memory in Putin’s Russia" by Ekaterina V. Haskins, which unearths why, despite the staggering toll of World War II and internal political violence on Soviet families, most Russian citizens continue to proudly embrace their family’s participation in the war effort and avoid discussion of domestic political persecution. The catalog also includes new and forthcoming titles from Eisenbrauns, the press’s imprint for biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies, including "Letters from Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity" by Malka Z. Simkovich and "Israel’s Day of Light and Joy: The Origin, Development, and Enduring Meaning of the Jewish Sabbath" by Jon D. Levenson.
Founded in 1956, Penn State University Press publishes high-quality books, journals, and graphic novels of interest to scholars and general readers, with a focus on the humanities and social sciences. To learn more, visit psupress.org. To see all of Penn State University Press’s forthcoming spring/summer 2024 titles, visit the press's website.