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Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 Page 1 THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS Irish Studies Books and related titles History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora James S. Donnelly, Jr. and Thomas Archdeacon, Series Editors By linking Ireland and the Irish diaspora, this series recognizes the many forms of historical interaction between the Irish at home and abroad and the extent to which Irish diasporan history has come to rival Irish history in the maturity and sophistication of its scholarship. Remembering the Year of the French Irish Folk History and Social Memory Guy Beiner "A painstaking and pathbreaking study. . . . Through the lens of 1798 in the West of Ireland, it focuses on the dynamic interface between vernacular and official versions of history."—Kevin Whelan, Keough–Notre Dame Center, Dublin History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora 2007, 576 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-21820-1 Cl. $49.95s The Slow Failure Population Decline and Independent Ireland, 1920­1973 Mary E. Daly "A valuable contribution on a central topic in modern Irish history from a leading historian of Ireland. The quality of the research is second to none."—Enda Delaney, author of Irish Emigration since 1921 History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora 2006, 456 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-21290-2 Cl. $60.00s The Bible War in Ireland The "Second Reformation" and the Polarization of Protestant-Catholic Relations, 1800–1840 Irene Whelan Extensively researched, Irene Whelan's book puts forward a uniquely challenging interpreta-tion of the origins of religious and political polarization in Ireland. History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora 2005, 384 pp., 30 b/w photos and illus. ISBN 978-0-299-21550-7 Cl. $60.00s Wisconsin edition for sale only in North and South American, U.S. dependencies, and the Philippines Copublished with Lilliput Press Winner of the 2006 ACIS James S. Donnelly, Sr. Prize for History and the Social Sciences Old World Colony Cork and South Munster 1630–1830 David Dickson "An engrossing read, rich in detail, wonderfully nuanced, and meticulously researched. What we have here is a brilliant re-creation of the economic and social life of Munster from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century."—Thomas Bartlett, University College Dublin History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora 2005, 774 pp., 110 b/w illus., 10 tables, 8 maps ISBN 978-0-299-21180-6 Cl. $65.00s Wisconsin edition for sale only in the U.S., its territories, and Canada Copublished with Cork University Press and Attic Press New Directions in Irish-American History Edited by Kevin Kenny The writing of Irish American history has been transformed since the 1960s. This volume demonstrates how scholars from many disciplines are addressing not only issues of emigration, politics, and social class but also race, labor, gender, representation, historical memory, and return (both literal and symbolic) to Ireland. History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora 2003, 430 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-18710-1 Cl. $50.00s ISBN 978-0-299-18714-9 Pa. $19.95s Winner of the 2005 ACIS James S. Donnelly, Sr. Prize for History and the Social Sciences The Eternal Paddy Irish Identity and the British Press, 1798–1882 Michael de Nie In The Eternal Paddy, Michael de Nie examines anti-Irish prejudice in the nineteenth-century British popular press. He explores Victorian conceptions of Britishness and Irishness and the way these identities were constructed and used by the press to frame and reinforce stereotypes fundamental to the hierarchical relationship between Britain and Ireland. History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora 2004, 384 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-18660-9 Cl. $50.00s ISBN 978-0-299-18664-7 Pa. $24.95t Sinn Féin A Hundred Turbulent Years Brian Feeney "An easy read, a popular history which glitters with insight and valuably illuminates the present. . . . A work which, among its other qualities, includes the best and most level-headed account of the Provos in the Peace Process yet to emerge."—Eamonn McCann, Sunday Tribune, Ireland History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora 2003, 463 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-18670-8 Cl. $45.00s ISBN 978-0-299-18674-6 Pa. $19.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in the U.S., Canada, and the Philippines Copublished with O'Brien Press Stakeknife Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland Martin Ingram and Greg Harkin An explosive exposé of how British military intelligence really works—from the inside. History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora 2005, 266 pp., 23 b/w photos ISBN 978-0-299-21024-3 Pa. $19.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in the U.S., Canada, and the Philippines Copublished with O'Brien Press The Same Age as the State Máire Cruise O'Brien Filled with famous people, including revolutionaries, writers, statesmen, and many more, this book offers compelling insight into a time of great upheaval in Ireland, Europe, and Africa. History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora 2005, 352 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-21030-4 Cl. $35.00t Wisconsin edition for sale only in the U.S., Canada, and the Philippines Copublished with O'Brien Press Forthcoming Fall 2007 Ireland's New Worlds Immigrants, Politics, and Society in the United States and Australia, 1815–1922 Malcolm Campbell Ireland's New Worlds is the first book to compare Irish immigrants in the United States and Australia. History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora 2008, 296 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-22330-4 Cl. $65.00s ISBN 978-0-299-22334-2 Pa. $29.95s Forthcoming Fall 2007 Tourism, Landscape, and the Irish Character British Travel Writers in Pre-Famine Ireland William H. A. Williams "A fascinating and absorbing account of how British travel writers contributed not only to the construction of Ireland as a particular place but how Ireland became a site for reinventing England."—Michael Cronin, Dublin City University, Ireland History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora 2008, 304 pp., 10 b/w illus. ISBN 978-0-299-22520-9 Cl. $65.00s To order, please call 1-800-621-2736 or visit our Web site: http://uwpress.wisc.edu/ Page 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS Irish Studies Books and related titles Irish Studies in Literature and Culture Michael Patrick Gillespie, Series Editor This series examines contemporary Irish writing and society. It considers the widest range of scholarship, writing, and research in this field, including works of scholarship and works for the general reader. Proposals for anthologies, biographies, thematic readers, monographs, works of synthesis, fiction, essays, and other genres are welcome. Wild Colonial Girl Essays on Edna O'Brien Edited by Lisa Colletta and Maureen O'Conner "Readers of Edna O'Brien's lyrical fiction can discover or revisit in Wild Colonial Girl the favorites-Kate and Baba, the mother and the Virgin Mary, Sister Imelda, ancient and modern Ireland, Breege and the Irish Revolutionary soldier-all in a search for selfhood amid sexual conflict, ambient guilt, and social paradoxes. Irish author Edna O'Brien has long merited this breakthrough scholarly study."—Grace Eckley, editor of Newstead Irish Studies in Literature and Culture 2006, 248 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-21630-6 Cl. $60.00s ISBN 978-0-299-21634-4 Pa. $24.95s Riot and Great Anger Stage Censorship in Twentieth-Century Ireland Joan FitzPatrick Dean Under the strict rule of twentieth century Irish censorship, creators of novels, films, and most periodicals found no option but to submit and conform to standards. Stage productions, however, escaped official censorship. The theater became a "public space"—a place to air cultural confrontations between Church and State, individual and community, and "freedom of the theatre" versus the audience's right to disagree. Irish Studies in Literature and Culture 2004, 240 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-19660-8 Cl. $45.00s Cowinner of the American Conference for Irish Studies' 2001 Michael Durkan Prize for Literary and Cultural Criticism From the Sin-é Café to the Black Hills Notes on the New Irish Eamonn Wall "A sparkling, engaging view of what it means to be an immigrant witness, to look at the United States through the eyes of a new population of Irish. This is an account of place and people, but also, primarily, an account of language."—Eavan Boland, author of The Lost Land and Object Lessons 2000, 154 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-16720-2 Cl. $34.95s ISBN 978-0-299-16724-0 Pa. $16.95t An Aran Keening Andrew McNeillie In November 1968, at the age of twenty-two, Andrew McNeillie left his job and his girlfriend in Wales and traveled to Inishmore, one of the isolated Aran Islands off the Atlantic coast of Ireland. He was not a tourist; he stayed eleven months on Inishmore, living alone in a tiny house. 2002, 254 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-17600-6 Cl. $24.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in North America, U.S. dependencies, and the Philippines Copublished with Lilliput Press Locked in the Family Cell Gender, Sexuality, and Political Agency in Irish National Discourse Kathryn Conrad Locked in the Family Cell is the first book on Ireland to provide a sustained and interdisciplinary analysis of gender, sexuality, nationalism, the public and private spheres, and the relationship between these categories of analysis and action. Irish Studies in Literature and Culture 2004, 273 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-19650-9 Cl. $45.00s The Wee Wild One Stories of Belfast and Beyond Ruth C. Schwertfeger This captivating memoir of Ruth Schwertfeger's childhood living on a small farm and attending a girls' school in Belfast is an original slice of contemporary life in Northern Ireland. Irish Studies in Literature and Culture 2004, 122 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-19880-0 Cl. $17.95t A Fire in His Head Stories of Wandering Aengus Loreto Todd A unique fantasy adventure that takes the theme of W. B. Yeats's poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" as its motif and draws into its telling a rich Celtic legacy of myth, legend, and language. 2002, 224 pp. ISBN 978-0-86278-757-8 Pa. $19.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in the U.S., Canada, and the Philippines Distributed for O'Brien Press Literary Couplings Writing Couples, Collaborators, and the Construction of Authorship Edited by Marjorie Stone and Judith Thompson This innovative collection challenges the traditional focus on solitary genius by examining the rich diversity of literary couplings and collaborations from the early modern to the postmodern period. The essays place famous authors such as Samuel Coleridge, Oscar Wilde, and William Butler Yeats in new contexts; reassess overlooked members of writing partnerships; and throw new light on texts that have been marginalized due to their collaborative nature. 2006, 368 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-21760-0 Cl. $60.00s ISBN 978-0-299-21764-8 Pa. $60.00s Lady Gregory's Toothbrush Colm Tóibín Colm Tóibín examines the contradictions that defined Lady Gregory, an essential figure in Irish cultural history. 2002, 128 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-18000-3 Cl. $19.95s Wisconsin edition for sale only in North America, U.S. dependencies, and the Philippines Copublished with Lilliput Press Legendary Ireland A Journey through Celtic Places and Myths Eithne Massey Haunting photographs and timeless engravings celebrate the marriage of Irish myth and landscape. 2004, 288 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-19800-8 Cl. $32.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in the U.S., Canada, and the Philippines Copublished with O'Brien Press To order, please call 1-800-621-2736 or visit our Web site: http://uwpress.wisc.edu/ Page 3 THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS Irish Studies Books and related titles History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora James S. Donnelly, Jr. and Thomas Archdeacon, Series Editors By linking Ireland and the Irish diaspora, this series recognizes the many forms of historical interaction between the Irish at home and abroad and the extent to which Irish diasporan history has come to rival Irish history in the maturity and sophistication of its scholarship. Eyewitness Four Decades of Northern Life Brendan Murphy Text by Seamus Kelters By turns beautiful, poignant, frightening, and funny, Eyewitness is a personal pictorial record of life in Northern Ireland over nearly forty years. 2003, 176 pp., over 100 color and b/w photos ISBN 978-0-86278-844-5 Cl. $49.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in the U.S., Canada, and the Philippines Distributed for O'Brien Press All Changed Fifty Years of Photographing Ireland Colman Doyle Text by John Quinn As Ireland has moved from a traditional to a modern society over the past fifty years, it has seen immense changes in attitude toward the Church, sex, relationships, property, emigration, and life in general. Here we see the faces, the landscapes, and the lives of the recently disappeared Ireland—Jack Lynch, JFK, Grace Kelly, Dev, de Gaulle, the Troubles, folk traditions—alongside the new faces and styles of modern society. 2005, 160 pp., 200 color and b/w photos ISBN 978-0-86278-873-5 Cl. $39.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in the U.S., Canada, and the Philippines Distributed for O'Brien Press Peter Gourfain Clay, Wood, Bronze, and Works on Paper Essay by Lucy Lippard Interview with the artist by Russell Panczenko 2002, 112 pp., 16 color plates, 94 b/w illus. ISBN 978-0-932900-79-1 Pa. $24.95s Distributed for the Chazen Museum of Art Now Available in Paperback! Irish Peasants Violence and Political Unrest, 1780–1914 Edited by Samuel Clark and James S. Donnelly, Jr. "The strength of this volume cannot be conveyed by an itemization of its contents; for what it provides is an incisive commentary on the landmarks of Irish agrarian history in the modern period. . . . The importance, even indispensability, of this achievement is compounded by exemplary editing."—Roy Foster, London Times Literary Supplement 2003, 468 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-09374-7 Pa. $24.95s Now Available in Paperback! Family and Farm in Pre-Famine Ireland The Parish of Killashandra Kevin O'Neill "The book is a pleasure to read; the analysis is logical, precise and nuanced; the wording, rich textured and apt. It is impossible in this space to report the variety and depth of the insights that pervade O'Neill's book."—Irish Literary Supplement 2003, 256 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-09844-5 Pa. $19.95s Patrick Ireland Labyrinths, Language, Pyramids, and Related Acts Jan van der Marck 1993, 104 pp., 24 color plates, 82 b/w illus. ISBN 978-0-932900-33-3 Pa. $24.95s Distributed for the Chazen Museum of Art Joe Cahill A Life in the IRA Brendan Anderson IRA activists rarely speak about their lives or their organization, but here Cahill gives his full and frank story, his viewpoint, his experiences-from death row in Northern Ireland in the 1940s to Washington and the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. 2005, 368 pp., 66 b/w photos ISBN 978-0-86278-836-0 Pa. $19.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in the U.S., Canada, and the Philippines Distributed for O'Brien Press Shackleton An Irishman in Antarctica Jonathan Shackleton and John MacKenna Eighty years after Ernest Shackleton's death, his legend and the extraordinary story of the Endurance South Pole expedition still hold a grip on the public imagination. Drawing on family records, diaries, and letters-and hitherto unpublished photographs and archival material—this mesmerizing book takes us beyond the myth to Shackleton the man, for whom "optimism is true moral courage," and whose greatest triumph was that of life over death. 2003, 208 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-18620-3 Cl. $29.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in North America, U.S. dependencies, and the Philippines Copublished with Lilliput Press The Atlantic Celts Ancient People or Modern Invention? Simon James In The Atlantic Celts, Simon James surveys ancient and modern ideas of the Celts and challenges them in the light of revolutionary new thinking on the Iron Age peoples of Britain. Examining how ethnic and national identities are constructed, he presents an alternative history of the British Isles, proposing that the idea of insular Celtic identity is really a product of the rise of nationalism in the eighteenth century. 1999, 160 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-16674-8 Pa. $14.95t No Ordinary Women Irish Female Activists in the Revolutionary Years, 1900–1923 Sinéad McCoole With a historical introduction by Margaret Ward Biographies of sixty-five Irish women active in the 1916 Rising, the Irish Civil War, and other efforts for Irish independence. 2003, 288 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-19500-7 Cl. $29.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in the U.S., Canada, and the Philippines Copublished with O'Brien Press Wild Irish Women Extraordinary Lives from History Marian Broderick Wild Irish Women profiles unusual and unforgettable women from Ireland's past. From Queen Maeve to Mother Jones, it includes seventy-five biographies of women from all walks of life. "A fascinating collection of unorthodox women. . . . This series of lively portraits tells the life stories of seventy-five women . . . showing that sisters have been doing it for themselves for a long, long time."—Belfast Telegraph 2004, 320 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-19584-7 Pa. $15.95t Copublished with O'Brien Press Kicking and Screaming Dragging Ireland into the 21st Century Ivana Bacik An acerbic look at the Irish legal system and an examination of campaigns to change the law and liberalize Irish society. 2004, 160 pp. ISBN 978-0-86278-860-5 Pa. $16.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in the U.S., Canada, and the Philippines Distributed for O'Brien Press To order, please call 1-800-621-2736 or visit our Web site: http://uwpress.wisc.edu/ Page 4 THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS Irish Studies Books and related titles History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora James S. Donnelly, Jr. and Thomas Archdeacon, Series Editors By linking Ireland and the Irish diaspora, this series recognizes the many forms of historical interaction between the Irish at home and abroad and the extent to which Irish diasporan history has come to rival Irish history in the maturity and sophistication of its scholarship. The Years of Bloom James Joyce in Trieste, 1904–1920 John McCourt "McCourt re-creates more brilliantly than any other Joyce biographer the culture of Trieste during Joyce's years there. He is as careful in his scholarship as he is eloquent in his writing."—Claire Culleton, author of Names and Naming in Joyce "This book changes our entire view of Joyce's Trieste. It establishes the city as a vibrant microcosm of three cultures. Joyce was born in Dublin, but as John McCourt shows, he grew up in Trieste."—Colm Toíbín 2000, 320 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-16980-0 Cl. $29.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in North America, U.S. dependencies, and the Philippines Copublished with Lilliput Press Joyce's Book of the Dark Finnegans Wake John Bishop "This magnificent, exhilarating book advances the state of the art of Joyce study. Bishop gives us a meaning for the Wake that is in many respects truer and more delightful than any we have had. Moreover, he presents a cornucopia of specific insights, and does so with a stylistic method as original as his ideas and as well suited to Wake criticism."—Sheldon Brivic, James Joyce Quarterly 1986, 496 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-10824-3 Pa. $27.95s Joyce's Waking Women An Introduction to Finnegans Wake Sheldon Brivic Inspired by the work of such French theorists as Luce Irigaray and Jacques Lacan, Joyce's Waking Women is the first book-length feminist study of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. Helping newcomers gain the sensibility and skills essential to reading any part of the book, Brivic focuses on its many strands of feminine narrative, especially the two remarkably beautiful sections that highlight Anna Livia Plurabelle. 1995, 128 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-14804-1 Pa. $17.95s Molly Blooms A Polylogue on "Penelope" and Cultural Studies Edited by Richard Pearce "A lively and important contribution to Joyce criticism as well as a valuable addition to cultural studies. Molly Bloom—arguably the most controversial and least understood character in Ulysses—has been the victim of critics' preconceptions and prejudices for decades. . . . This initiates a discussion that will be joined by many scholars and students of Joyce, veterans as well as newcomers to Ulysses."—Robert Spoo, editor of James Joyce Quarterly 1994, 256 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-14124-0 Pa. $24.95s The Illicit Joyce of Postmodernism Reading against the Grain Kevin J. H. Dettmar "A remarkably fresh and salutary book, written with exceptional lucidity, ease, and wit. . . . Dettmar provides a tour through the most pressing literary critical debates of the current moment, and offers a highly readable and teachable reformulation of the Joycean cliches."—Jennifer Wicke, New York University 1996, 292 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-15060-0 Cl. $50.00s ISBN 978-0-299-15064-8 Pa. $22.95s How Joyce Wrote Finnegans Wake A Chapter-by-Chapter Genetic Guide Edited by Luca Crispi and Sam Slote "The most complete and accurate account to date of the composition of James Joyce's greatest work."—Roland McHugh, author of Annotation to Finnegans Wake Irish Studies in Literature and Culture 2007, 520 pp., 3 b/w illus., 4 tables ISBN 978-0-299-21860-7 Cl. $65.00s The Sensual Philosophy Joyce and the Aesthetics of Mysticism Colleen Jaurretche "Highly original and extremely rewarding. Essential for coming to a clearer sense of the forces informing Joyce's imaginative efforts."—Michael Patrick Gillespie, Marquette University 1997, 176 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-15620-6 Cl. $27.95s Names and Naming in Joyce Claire A. Culleton "An immensely stimulating and engagingly readable work. . . . Almost every major critic of Joyce has somewhere passingly acknowledged Joyce's fascination with names, but no one outside of this work has yet so systematically explored it."—John Bishop, University of California, Berkeley 1994, 160 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-14384-8 Pa. $15.95s Joyce's Critics Transitions in Reading and Culture Joseph Brooker Joseph Brooker's synthesis lucidly summarizes more than seventy years of Joyce criticism. This is the first broad study of how James Joyce's work was received in the Anglophone world, accessibly written for both academic and lay readers. "I have not come across a book as useful and as discerning as this on the present state of Joyce criticism."—Robert Baker, University of Wisconsin–Madison Irish Studies in Literature and Culture 2004, 296 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-19604-2 Pa. $24.95s The Public Face of Modernism Little Magazines, Audiences, and Reception, 1905–1920 Mark S. Morrisson A provocative historical excavation of the publishing and promotional practices of the modernists in Britain and America. 2000, 296 pp., 12 b/w illus. ISBN 978-0-299-16920-6 Cl. $50.00s ISBN 978-0-299-16924-4 Pa. $19.95s In the Wake of the Wake Edited by David Hayman and Elliott Anderson 1979, 216 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-07600-9 Cl. $14.95s Back in print! Ulysses The Mechanics of Meaning David Hayman 1982, 186 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-09024-1 Pa. $19.95x Page 5 THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS Irish Studies Books and related titles History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora James S. Donnelly, Jr. and Thomas Archdeacon, Series Editors By linking Ireland and the Irish diaspora, this series recognizes the many forms of historical interaction between the Irish at home and abroad and the extent to which Irish diasporan history has come to rival Irish history in the maturity and sophistication of its scholarship. The England of Elizabeth A. L. Rowse With a new introduction by Christopher Haigh "Rowse's study is by far the best of Elizabethan society."—New Statesman "The greatest age of England portrayed in detail as it actually was."—Sunday Times, London 2003, 616 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-18814-6 Pa. $24.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in North America and U.S. dependencies The Expansion of Elizabethan England A. L. Rowse With a new introduction by Michael Portillo "One of the major works of historical literature to appear in our time."-New Statesman "Rowse has created a masterpiece on a great subject."-Times Literary Supplement 2003, 472 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-18824-5 Pa. $24.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in North America and U.S. dependencies Palace of the People The Crystal Palace at Sydenham, 1884–1936 Jan R. Piggott Built for the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Crystal Palace originally graced London's Hyde Park with Joseph Paxton's remarkable geometric design and groundbreaking use of glass elements, prefiguring the modern movement in architecture. After the exhibition a group of bankers, railway directors, and men of influence moved the structure to a new site in south London, rebuilt it to an even grander scale, and set about its promotion as a "palace for the multitude." 2004, 240 pp., 50 color illus., 110 b/w illus. ISBN 978-0-299-20094-7 Pa. $35.00t Wisconsin edition for sale only in North and South America, U.S. dependencies, and the Philippines Copublished with C. Hurst & Co. Searching for Jane Austen Emily Auerbach Searching for Jane Austen demolishes with wit and vivacity the often-held view of "Jane," a decorous maiden aunt writing her small drawing-room stories of teas and balls. Emily Auerbach presents a different Jane Austen-a brilliant writer who, despite the obstacles facing women of her time, worked seriously on improving her craft and became one of the world's greatest novelists-a master of wit, irony, and character development. 2005, 360 pp., 32 b/w photos ISBN 978-0-299-20180-7 Cl. $35.00t Father and Son Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, and the British Novel since 1950 Gavin Keulks An innovative study of two of England's most popular, controversial, and influential writers, Father and Son breaks new ground in examining the relationship between Kingsley Amis and his son, Martin Amis. 2003, 336 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-19214-3 Pa. $21.95s Hideous Absinthe A History of the Devil in a Bottle Jad Adams Hideous Absinthe boldly combines the art, literature, science, and social history of the nineteenth century to produce the story of a drink that came to symbolize both the high points of art and the depths of degeneration. 2004, 304 pp., 12 color photos, 12 b/w photos ISBN 978-0-299-20000-8 Cl. $24.95t Wisconsin edition for sale only in North America Copublished with I. B. Tauris Eighteenth-Century Contexts Historical Inquiries in Honor of Phillip Harth Edited by Howard D. Weinbrot, Peter J. Schakel, and Stephen E. Karian Eighteenth-Century Contexts offers a lively array of essays that consider literary, intellectual, political, theological, and cultural aspects of the years 1650­1800, in the British Isles and Europe. 2001, 328 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-17480-4 Cl. $21.95s The Cockfight A Casebook Edited by Alan Dundes Vivid descriptions of cockfights from Puerto Rico, Tahiti, Ireland, Spain, Brazil, and the Philippines complement critical commentaries, from the fourth-century reflections of St. Augustine to contemporary anthropological and psychoanalytic interpretations. 1994, 96 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-14054-0 Pa. $19.95s Wisconsin Folklore Edited by James P. Leary "Leary has pulled together, from a vast array of sources, probably the most complete cross-section of Wisconsin culture that I've seen."—Thomas Vennum, Smithsonian Institution 1999, 560 pp., 121 b/w illus. ISBN 978-0-299-16030-2 Cl. $69.95s ISBN 978-0-299-16034-0 Pa. $27.95t So Ole Says to Lena Folk Humor of the Upper Midwest Second Edition Compiled and edited by James P. Leary With an introduction by W. K. McNeil This collection includes jokes, humorous anecdotes, and tall tales from ethnic groups (Woodland Indians, French, Cornish, Germans, Irish, Scandinavians, Finns, and Poles) and working folk. 2001, 296 pp., 29 b/w photos ISBN 978-0-299-17374-6 Pa. $19.95t Borderland A Midwest Journal Richard Quinney Quinney conjures the reality of his Midwest-the land where his parents, fleeing famine in Ireland, settled to farm, and where in days past the Potawatomi hunted and fished; the land where now, in later age, Quinney's explorations intensify as he looks for—and finds—"a lifetime burning in every moment." 2001, 208 pp., 70 b/w photos ISBN 978-0-299-17430-9 Cl. $24.95t The Wisdom of Many Essays on the Proverb Edited by Wolfgang Mieder and Alan Dundes With a new preface More than twenty essays writen by scholars of such diverse disciplines as folklore, literature, psychology, linguistics, and anthropology illustrate the significance of traditional proverbs and trace variations of proverbs over time, drawing on African, Chinese, Spanish, Finnish, Irish, and Yiddish examples. 1994, 340 pp. ISBN 978-0-299-14360-2 Cl. $45.00s ISBN 978-0-299-14364-0 Pa. $19.95x To order, please call 1-800-621-2736 or visit our Web site: http://uwpress.wisc.edu/

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