Modiano: a scholar’s perspective
In 2014, French author Patrick Modiano stepped – uncharacteristically – into the limelight by winning the Nobel Prize…
Interviews
Kristallnacht and the Nazi Imagination
How were the Nazis able to conceive of eradicating an entire people… of ‘A World Without Jews’? This…
A Conversation with Tim Parks: A YaleBooks Podcast
Shortly before his death in 1837, Giacomo Leopardi, a prolific Italian writer, translator, and thinker, began to organise…
Jealousy: Peter Toohey is #WellJel
Jealousy, the green-eyed monster, has been spotted here at Yale Books. A fascinating emotion, jealousy occupies a paradoxical…
In Conversation with Graham Johnson
The Oxford Lieder Festival in autumn 2014 will celebrate song through workshops, talks and master classes, ‘bringing Franz…
A Little History of Sarah Young
One of the things that make the Yale Little History series unique is that every book is accompanied…
Freudian Clip: Interview with Adam Phillips
Adam Phillips’ Becoming Freud is a biography that explores the life of the young Freud, spanning his first fifty years,…
The History of Rock ’n’ Roll in 10 Songs
We are excited to announce The History of Rock ’n’ Roll in Ten Songs, by cultural critic and Rolling Stone columnist Greil…
John Singer Sargent: the Complete Paintings
Yale’s series of books cataloguing the complete paintings of John Singer Sargent nears completion with the release of…
A Little History of A Little History Of Literature
John Sutherland’s ‘Little History’ tackles a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to…
Voyaging in Strange Seas: An Interview with David Knight
‘A mind for ever voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone…’ – William Wordsworth, The Prelude The metaphor of…
Method in Madness: Discovering Prions
Despite initial scepticism from peers and critics alike, neurologist and biochemist Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner has developed a greater…
Wilfred Owen and the notion of chivalry
One of Britain’s best-known and most loved poets, Wilfred Owen (1893–1918) was killed at the age of 25…
Virtual Money Revolution: currency in the digital age
Private currencies have always existed, from notes printed by individual banks to the S&H Green Stamps that consumers…
Introduction to Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was killed at the age of 25 on one of the last days of the…