Books published by Northwestern University Press

Explores the popularity of magazines in the nineteenth century and the ways that much of the published fiction of the time appeared serially in these publications. Robert D. Mayo's groundbreaking study was one of the first books to examine the impact of magazines on reading and the dissemination of fiction in nineteenth-century England.

Examines Husserl's concept of necessary, a priori, and absolutely certain indubitable evidence, which he terms apodictic, and his related concept of complete evidence, which he terms adequate. To do so the book explicates some of the more general relevant features of phenomenology as a whole.

Offers an examination of the philosophy of G.E. Moore, one of the foremost Anglo-American, analytic philosophers of the twentieth century. This book seeks to redress an imbalance in analytic philosophy by making a case for the relevance of analytically oriented historical studies to contemporary problems.

In Fair Rosamond Virgil B. Heltzel traces the character of Rosamond Clifford, known as ""Fair Rosamond"" - which has its origins as a theme in medieval literature - through its use in poetry and plays and novels, from the Renaissance through the early twentieth century.

Originally published in 1951, this book makes the original argument that the renowned English critic Matthew Arnold contributed to the climate of ""racialism"" current during his lifetime. Frederic Faverty shows that in his essays on national character, Arnold used anthropological concepts of race and language, albeit inconsistently.

Offers a study of the sources of the Tristan romance, tracing them through the various versions of the legend. Sigmund Eisner makes the claim that the story was first written in North Britain during the seventh century, that it involves people who actually lived in the area, and that its writer wove in motifs from various classical legends.

In this first full-length study of Yeats's interest in Shakespeare, Rupin Desai explores how Shakespearean works influenced Yeats's poetry and mythological drama. Desai illustrates the deep degree to which Yeats identifies with Shakespeare, even to the extent of including some of Shakespeare's heroes in his own late poetry.

Examines the significance of Scandinavian history, literature, and languages for the composition of James Joyce's masterwork. The significance of Dounia Bunis Christiani's work lies in her deep historical and cultural analysis.

Wallace Bacon's critical edition brings Warner's important novel - with its young protagonists being dragged through many adventures, tried and tested by Fortune, with their tales being brought to a close by auspicious gods - to life, preserving it and introducing it to new generations of readers.

Provides a reading of Johnson that emphasizes his moral discourse. After its publication, Alkon's book became the standard reading of Johnson's essays, contrasting them with the moral ideas Johnson discussed in his sermons, as moral writings, and one of the first books to explore the essayist's focus on moral thinking as central to his writing.

Presents an analysis of the contradictory obsession with female virginity and idealization of maternal nature in Germany from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Lauren Nossett explores how the ideal of woman as both a sexless and maternal being led to the creation of a unique figure in German literature: the virginal mother.

Studies the rise and fall of the Yellow Press. This book documents the fierce competition that characterized yellow journalism, the social realities and trends that contributed to its success (and its ultimate demise), its accomplishments for good or ill, and its long-term legacy.

In her third poetry collection, Miracle Marks, the indomitable Purvi Shah charts women's status through pointed explorations of Hindu iconography and philosophy and powerful critiques of American racism.

New media are often greeted with suspicion by older media. The Fourth Estate at the Fourth Wall explores how, when the commercial press arrived in France in 1836, popular theatre critiqued its corruption, its diluted politics, and its tendency to orient its content toward the lowest common denominator.