The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
literature
The Vampire – A Q&A with Nick Groom
Vampires have fascinated humanity for centuries. In his new book The Vampire: A New History, author Nick Groom examines…
Astrid Lindgren: A Life in Pictures
Astrid Lindgren created one of the most beloved and groundbreaking characters in children’s literature: Pippi Longstocking. To mark…
The Ten Books of Terry Eagleton
This year, we’re delighted to be publishing Terry Eagleton‘s tenth work with Yale, Radical Sacrifice, a weaving and cross-cultural examination…
The Spirit of the Text by David Bentley Hart
David Bentley Hart, one of our most celebrated writers on religion, has undertaken a huge task to offer us…
Claudio Magris
As we near the publication of Journeying, Claudio Magris’s third book in translation with YUP, it seemed timely to…
James Joyce Goes to Denmark by Morten Høi Jensen
Despite his untimely death from tuberculosis, Danish writer Jens Peter Jacobsen became a cult figure to a generation…
How Did We Read in the Past? by Abigail Williams
The mid-eighteenth century witnessed the birth and evolution of a commercial literary culture and the expansion of popular…
Jane Austen: A Brief Life, by Fiona Stafford – An Extract
On this day in 1817, Jane Austen passed away in Winchester, England at the age of 41. In…
The Skin of Chaos: The Letters of Adonis and Adel Abdessemed, pt. 2
Presented exclusively by YUP in anticipation of the publication of Adonis’ newest book, Concerto al-Quds, We are delighted to…
The Skin of Chaos: The Letters of Adonis and Adel Abdessemed, pt. 1
Presented exclusively by YUP in anticipation of the publication of Adonis’ newest book, Concerto al-Quds, We are delighted to…
How Shakespeare Put Politics on the Stage: An Introduction by Peter Lake
In this remarkable literary and historical analysis, Peter Lake pulls the curtain back on what Shakespeare was really…
The Event of Terry Eagleton
‘If Terry Eagleton didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent him.’ – Simon Critchley, author of The…
Clive James – in Conversation
‘My response to books has improved throughout my life, until now, finally, I am fit to be a…
The Ceaseless Curiosity of Alberto Manguel: An Interview
What drives us to learn? How do books help us understand the world? How does language fail us?…
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