Publishing cutting-edge research that is accessible to both general and academic audiences, this series takes on important critical conversations about horror. The series offers a broad scope of scholarly inquiry. Not only do its books examine a range of media including film, television, and literature, but its publications also consider a variety of historical eras extending into the contemporary moment and reaching as far back as the origins of horror itself.
Howard Weinbrot and the Precincts of Enlightenment, Edited by Kevin L. Cope
Review in The Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats
"It’s impossible to do justice to fifteen deeply learned chapters . . . all are of a consistently high quality."
--Jack Lynch, Rutgers University–Newark
New Directions in Medieval Mystical and Devotional Literature, Edited by Amy N. Vines and Lee Templeton
Review in JEGP, Journal of English and Germanic Philology
" This volume of essays is a wonderful tribute to the scholarly achievements of Professor Baker. "
"The volume is . . . alive with pieces that, rather than uncritically celebrating her achievements, discuss, refine, and sometimes take issue with her views."
--Denis Renevey, Université de Lausanne
Placing Charlotte Smith, Edited by Elizabeth A. Dolan and Jacqueline M. Labbe
Review in Romanticism
" . . .a vivid depiction which situates Smith in literal, physical and social terms, as well as cementing her place within the canon of Romanticism."
--Emilee Morrallis, Liverpool Hope University
Tiffany Schubert interviewed on Mars Hill Audio.
Review of The Wife of Bath in Afterlife, by Betsy Bowden
Review in Journal of American Folklore.
"The Wife of Bath in Afterlife is a must-read not only for all serious-minded Chaucerian scholars but also for avid readers who earnestly endeavor to enhance their knowledge about theWife of Bath and to broaden their capacity for learning.”
-- Christina Pinkston, Norfolk State University
Review of Fiddled out of Reason, by John William Knapp
Review in Papers on Language & Literature
"a valuable contribution to our understanding of the hymn as a literary and cultural phenomenon."
-- Joshua Swidzinski, University of Portland
The Final Days of Edgar Allan Poe, by David F. Gaylin, has been "recommended for all readers" by Choice Reviews and was listed in their Community College Top 75 titles.
Poe and Women: Recognition and Revision, Edited by Amy Branam Armiento and Travis Montgomery
Review in the Journal of Gender Studies
"This engaging collection redresses the balance of Poe studies to consider his work from the perspective of women, those in his works and those reading them. . . . [It] offers a welcome emphasis on the irrepressibility of women in his work who ‘die but do not stay dead’"
-- Sara Williams, University of Hull
Gender, Poetry, and the Form of Thought in Later Medieval Literature, Edited by Jennifer Jahner and Ingrid Nelson
Review in the Journal of English and Germanic Philology:
Very much in the spirit of Robertson's many impacts on our field, this collection opens a range of fascinating apertures into the medieval literary world that promise to be useful, both to fellow scholars and in a variety of literature classrooms.
--Emily Houlik-Ritchey, Rice University
New Directions in Medieval Mystical and Devotional Literature, Edited by Amy N. Vines and Lee Templeton
New Directions in Medieval Mystical and Devotional Literature not only makes a fitting tribute to a beloved scholar and teacher; it constitutes a significant contribution to the field in its own right. The essays in this beautifully presented book will be essential reading for anyone interested in late-medieval vernacular theology and its reception, both in England and beyond.
--Nicholas Watson, professor of English, Harvard University
Placing Charlotte Smith, Edited by Elizabeth A. Dolan and Jacqueline M. Labbe
Dolan and Labbe’s wide-ranging yet cohesive collection of essays offers a comprehensive and convincing breadth that succeeds in its mission of placing Charlotte Smith. Beyond Smithian scholarship, the volume comes at a prescient time.
--Heather Heckman-McKenna University of Missouri-Columbia
