Books published by University of Nebraska Press

Examining the effects of her personal background and academic training on her actions and decisions, the author compares her experiences with other collaborative autobiographies and biographies, and the role of academia and publishers in shaping expectations about the content and format of Native American biographies and autobiographies.

The narrator relives meeting her lover, Franz, at the natural history museum, when, for the first time in her life, she experiences all-consuming love and absolute happiness. Ultimately the affair founders because of her inability to believe that Franz will actually leave his wife.

Alessandro Manzoni was a giant of nineteenth-century European literature whose "I promessi sposi" ("The Betrothed", 1928) is ranked with "War and Peace" as marking the summit of the historical novel. This English translation of "On the Historical Novel" reflects the insights of a great craftsman and the misgivings of a profound thinker.

In Buenos Aires, 1776-1870, ideological influences of the revolutionary movement combined with the practical needs of nation building to create new freedoms and new identities for women and children over the course of the nineteenth century. This book talks about these family and national struggles.