Fall 2010 - University of Illinois Press

European Literature / Criminal Justice
Dance
NEW IN PAPER
Judge Not
André Gide
Translated from the French with an Introduction and
Notes by Benjamin Ivry
One of France’s greatest modern writers examines
his fascination with true crime and justice
“Benjamin Ivry has translated
and edited Gide’s treatise on
justice and depravity with
admirable skill and exacting
scholarship. Gide compiled this
dossier of source material with
unblinking honesty (or curiosity,
as he called it) and subjected it
to the moral acuity for which his
fiction is famous.”
—Guy Davenport, author of
Da Vinci’s Bicycle: Ten Stories
André Gide’s lifelong fascination with the conventions of
society led naturally to a strong interest in France’s judicial
system. Judge Not details his experiences with the law as
well as his thoughts on truth, justice, and judgment. Gide
writes about his experience as a juror in several trials,
including that of an arsonist, and he analyzes two famous
crimes of his day: Marcel Redureau, a docile fifteen-yearold
vineyard laborer who violently murdered his employer’s
family, and the respected Monnier family’s confinement of
their daughter, Blanche.
André Gide (1869–1951) is one of the giants of twentiethcentury
literature, honored for his plays, fiction, and criticism,
as well as his extraordinary Journals. He won the Nobel Prize
for literature in 1947. Benjamin Ivry’s translations from the
French include Vanished Splendors: The Memoirs of Balthus,
Jules Verne’s Magellania, Witold Gombrowicz’s A Guide
to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes, and other
books.
AUGUST
200 PAGES. 5.5 x 8.25 INCHES.
PAPER, 978-0-252-07778-4. $22.00s £14.99
NEW IN PAPER
Dancing Lives
Five Female Dancers from the Ballet
d’Action to Merce Cunningham
Karen Eliot
The private and performance lives of five female
dancers in Western dance history
“Chronicles the lives of five
female ‘underdog’ dancers . . .
focusing on such details as their
social and economic status, education,
dance training, and how they
came to dance professionally.
Amusing anecdotes abound. . . .
Dancing Lives shines a spotlight
on the lives of five lesser-known
dancers.”
—Dance Teacher
“An engaging read for all those
who enjoy the ephemeral qualities of dance.”
—ForeWord
“Eliot’s writing is a labor of love, and her affection toward
her subjects is inspiring.”
—Time Out Chicago
“This accessible resource offers . . . easy entry into studying
dance as cultural history. Recommended.”
—Choice
Karen Eliot closely examines the lives and careers of
five popular female dancers: Giovanna Baccelli, Adèle
Dumilâtre, Tamara Karsavina, Moira Shearer, and Catherine
Kerr. Notable dancers in European and Russian ballet and
American modern dance genres, these women represent
a historical cross section of performance, training, and
technique. Elegantly guiding the reader through the Russian
Revolution, stage fright and illness, liaisons with aristocracy,
movie stardom, and dancing rivalries, Dancing Lives
provides behind-the-curtain insight into the culture in which
each woman performed.
Karen Eliot is a professor of dance at Ohio State University.
Trained in ballet and modern dance, she is an alumna of
the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
OCTOBER
216 PAGES. 6 x 9 INCHES.
15 BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS
PAPER, 978-0-252-07779-1. $22.00s £14.99
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