A Glossary of
Faulkner's South
Calvin S. Brewn
"A fascinating cempendium .of the folklere, felk
idiem, and folkways .of what has beceme the
mest fameus ceunty in the United States .of
America, this beok will be a delight te all .of
Faulkner's readers. For nen-Seuthern readers
whe want te get all that Faulkner is saying, it
will prove a necessity."-Cleanth Broeks
$I2 .5e
Baraka: The Renegade
and the Mask
Kimberly W. Bensten
Ferewerd by Larry Neal
This study .of Baraka's literary career moves
from analyses of his poetry, prose, and idee–
legical treatises te a culminating discussien.of
his drama.
It
traces the reots .of his art and
relates his fermal innovatiens te the evelving
pelitical, moral, and artistic beliefs that led him
te change his name from LeRei Jenes te
Imamu Amiri Baraka. $I2.5e
Cultural Thematics
The Formation of the Faustian Ethos
T.
K.
Seung
Seung applies a pregram .of "cultural the–
matics" to the transfermatien .of the medieval
ethes into the medern ethos. In centent, this
transfermatien was a shift frem theecentric te
anthropocentric cencerns; in ferm, it invelved
the change .of sensibility from an allegerical te
a literal mede. $16.5.0
The Melodramatic
Imagination
Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the
Mode of Excess
Peter Broeks
"Peter Breeks resteres te us the significance .of
literature's surface excitement. He makes us
aware .of hew hyperbele and theatricality .of
expression illuminate experiences en the mys–
terious ether side of humanistic pieties, and he
.opens fresh possibilities fer understanding the
writers .of .our .own time."-Richard Peirier
$15..0.0
The Treasures
of Darkness
A History of Mesopotamian Religion
Therkild
J
acebsen
A recreatien .of the spiritual life .of ancient
Mesepetamia demenstrating that the rootso!
Western civilizatien lie in the ancient Near
East.
"A medel .of schelarly and humanistic interpre–
tatien-ene which treats the ancient texts wi
the serieusness and penetratien they deserve.
This is a masterwerk .of .one .of the great
humanists and schel ars .of .our age."
-Yochanan Muffs lIIus. $15..0.0
The Stone Circles of
the British Isles
Aubrey Burl
The mest cemplete account of the British ston
circles yet available. Burl synthesizes all the
relevant archae.ol.ogical data, provides a hypo
thetical chronelegical framework fer the
circles, and censiders their .origins and purpos
examining in particular their pessible astro–
nemical functien. Special attentien is paid to
Stenehenge and Avebury, the twe best-known
and most spectacul ar rings. 86 iIlus.
$20.0
Yale University Press
New Haven and London
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