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LITERARy STUDIES 82 LITERARy STUDIES Samuel Beckett and Science Chris Ackerley • Close readings of the texts illustrate how Beckett’s scientific interest is applied in practice • Presents a comprehensive overview of the oeuvre though an analysis of Beckettian uncertainty • A thematically-based account of the works, crossing the boundaries between science and humanities Samuel Beckett spent his early years absorbing all he could of Western European literature, art, philosophy—and science. yet his interest in scientific disciplines and methodologies, essential to his writing, has been largely neglected. Samuel Beckett and Science returns to the empirical roots of his thought. CHRIS ACKERLEy is Professor of English at the University of Otago, New zealand. UK November 2012 US January 2013 192 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441175472 - £60.00 / $110.00 Historicizing Modernism Continuum Great War Modernism and ‘The New Age’ Magazine Paul Jackson Samuel Beckett and Arnold Geulincx Tracing ‘a literary fantasia’ • The first close analysis of cultural contributions from a leading Little Magazine, The New Age • Explores the relationship between revolutionary wartime politics and artistic developments associated with various modernisms • Compares the contrasting modernists H.G. Wells and Wyndham Lewis The literary magazine The New Age brought together a diverse set of intellectuals. Against the backdrop of the First World War, they chose to write about more than modernist art and aesthetics. By closely reading and contextualizing their contributions, Paul Jackson’s study engages with the political and philosophical responses of literary artists to modernity. PAUL JACKSON is a Lecturer in History at the University of Northampton, UK. UK July 2012 US September 2012 192 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441180087 - £60.00 / $110.00 Historicizing Modernism Continuum David Tucker • Traces the changing dynamic of Geulincx’s influence on Beckett’s writing • Brings a wealth of previously unpublished material from archives into the public domain • Uncovers vital new material and connections on the Geulincx-Murphy relationship Samuel Beckett and Arnold Geulincx: Tracing ‘a literary fantasia’ is the first full-length study to document the extent of the influence Geulincx’s philosophy had on Beckett’s prose and late drama. DAVID TUCKER is Visiting Research Fellow in the School of English at the University of Sussex, UK. UK May 2012 US July 2012 192 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441139351 - £60.00 / $110.00 Historicizing Modernism Continuum Whitman’s Queer Children America’s Homosexual Epics Catherine A. Davies • Examines some of the foremost poets of the twentieth century through the lens of sexuality • The first comprehensive consideration of the homosexual tradition in epic poetry • Considers how the epic form has been transformed by the American experience Davies examines the work of four of the most important twentieth-century poets who have explored the epic tradition. Some of the poems display an explicit concern with ideas of American nationhood, while others emulate the formal ambitions and encyclopaedic scope of the epic poem. CATHERINE A. DAVIES completed her PhD at University College London. She is currently a specialist examiner with Edexcel. UK June 2012 US April 2012 192 Pages 153 x 228 mm 6 x 9 inches HB 9781441192622 - £60.00 / $110.00 Continuum Ezra Pound’s Adams Cantos David Ten Eyck • Draws on material from the Pound archive to retrace the composition of The Cantos • Contextualizes poetry in the prewar period and Pound’s reading of seventeenth-century American History • Close readings of specific passages illustrate Pound’s political and social views Grounded in archival material, this study explores the extent to which Pound’s poetry changed in response to his reading of seventeenth-century American History and the social climate of the pre-war period. DAVID TEN EyCK is Associate Professor of American Literature at Nancy- Université, France. UK July 2012 US September 2012 192 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441100498 - £60.00 / $110.00 Historicizing Modernism Continuum
Coleridge and Kantian Ideas in England, 1796-1817 Coleridge’s Responses to German Philosophy Monika Class • Demonstrates that Coleridge discovered Kant’s work much earlier than has previously been thought • Examines the importance of Kant’s moral and political philosophy to Coleridge’s early political radicalism • Includes previously unpublished material from contemporary reviews of Kant Demonstrating that Coleridge’s discovery of Kant came at an earlier point than has been previously recognized, this book examines the historical roots of Coleridge’s life-long preoccupation with Kant over a period of twenty years from the first extant Kant entry until the publication of his autobiography. MONIKA CLASS is Marie Curie Research Fellow at King’s College, London, UK. UK September 2012 US November 2012 208 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441180759 - £60.00 / $110.00 Continuum Literary Studies Continuum Post-Yugoslav Literature and Film Fires, Foundations, Flourishes Gordana P. Crnkovic • Explores literary and cinematic works from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, and Macedonia • Shows that the emancipatory potential of art lies precisely in its aesthetic distinctiveness • Illuminates the relevance of postyugoslav literature to global aesthetic and political landscapes Crnkovic reveals select post-yugoslav literary and cinema works as groundbreaking exploratory achievements of global relevance. GORDANA P. CRNKOVIC is Associate Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. UK April 2012 US February 2012 256 Pages 138 x 216 mm 5.5 x 8.5 inches HB 9781441171771 - £65.00 / $120.00 Continuum Shakespeare and the Apocalypse Visions of Doom from Early Modern Tragedy to Popular Culture R.M. Christofides • A new analysis of Shakespearean tragedy that uses religious iconography as an interpretive tool • Combines Shakespeare Studies with both critical and cultural theoretical approaches • Demonstrates the imagery Shakespeare’s language draws on can still be seen in popular culture today By connecting Shakespeare’s language to the stunning artwork that depicted the end of the world, this study not only provides a new reading of Shakespeare but illustrates how apocalyptic art continues to influence popular culture today. R.M. CHRISTOFIDES is Associate Lecturer at Huddersfield University, UK. UK July 2012 US September 2012 240 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441179944 - £60.00 / $110.00 Continuum Shakespeare Studies Continuum LITERARy STUDIES LITERARy STUDIES 83
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