Comedia Performance reviews Burningham's Radical Theatricality
5 May 2008
The theater journal Comedia Performance has published a review by Susan Paun de García praising Bruce R. Burningham's Radical Theatricality: Jongleuresque Performance on the Early Spanish Stage. The reviewer points out that "Bruce Burningham sets out to [give performance it's due] in a perceptive and well reasoned consideration of the essence of performance: the relationship—dialogic in principle—that exists between performer and spectator." Burningham's study focuses on the actor as the "hero" of the internal dynamics of the play. She concludes, "This is a fascinating book, both entertaining and informative" (Comedia Performance 5.1 (2008): 223-26).

Two More Reviews of Carman's Rhetorical Conquests
5 May 2008
Revisita de Estudios Hispánicos 42.1 (2008): 180-83 has published a very complimentary review of Glen Carman's Rhetorical Conquests: Cortés, Gómara, and Renaissance Imperialism. The reviewer, Raúl Marrero-Fente, concludes "Por la originalidad y sofisticación de los análisis este libro de Carman constituye una importante contribución a los estudios sobre las doctrinas imperialistas de la conqusita de América" ("For the originality and sophistication of the analyses, this book by Carman constitutes an important contribution to studies on the imperialist doctrines of the conquest of America"). For a different take on the book, see Juan F. Maura's review in Bulletin of Spanish Studies 85 (2008): 238-39.

PSRL 2008-2009 Editorial Board
1 May 2008
The PSRL Editorial Board as of May 1, 2008, is as follows: Patricia Hart, Series Editor and Editor for Spanish; Paul B. Dixon, Editor for Luso-Brazilian; Benjamin Lawton, Editor for Italian; Floyd Merrell, Editor for Spanish; Allen G. Wood, Editor for French.
In addition, a new position has been created. Howard Mancing, who already serves as an associate editor, has agreed to help out with the Golden Age manuscripts. He joins us officially as Consulting Editor for Golden Age, although he has been acting in that capacity for some time now. Professor Mancing also served as editor for Spanish from Spring 1997 to May 2004. He was also Series Editor from 1987 to 1997.

Quevedo Journal Reviews Gutiérrez's La espada, el rayo y la pluma
5 February 2008

The journal La Perinola: Revista de Investigación Quevediana, a scholarly review at the Universidad de Navarra, has featured Carlos M. Gutiérrez's La espada, el rayo y la pluma: Quevedo y los campos literario y de poder in one of their recent issues (11 [2007]: 373-77). The reviewer praised the study's originality and the documented picture it presents of the social, cultural, historic, and economic conditions of the period under consideration:

La presente monografía ... nos ofrece, desde una óptica muy novedosa en los estudios sobre el Siglo de Oro y con una coherencia estructural admirable, un meditado y documentado retrato de las condiciones sociales, culturales, históricas y económicas del tercio inicial del siglo XVII en España, espacio en el que se forjó el primer campo literario español. —Alejandra Ulla Lorenzo, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

Radical Theatricality by Bruce R. Burningham Reviewed
5 February 2008

Renaissance Quarterly published a review of Bruce Burningham's Radical Theatricality: Jongleuresque Performance on the Early Spanish Stage in issue 60.4 (2007): 1340-42.

Radical Theatricality is a truly original and insightful work that takes the discussion of theater across boundaries of national traditions and literary periods. ... Although the history of Spanish drama is central to Burningham's inquiry, students of other European theatrical traditions wil find much food for thought as well in this wide-ranging long view of performance art.—Margaret R Greer, Duke University

 

Reviews of Recent PSRL Books Appear in Hispania
29 January 2008

In recent days two authors have alerted us to reviews of their books appearing in issues of Hispania.

Carlos M. Gutiérrez's La espada, el rayo y la pluma: Quevedo y los campos literario y de poder was reviewed in the March 2007 issue.

Gutiérrez shows a great deal of flexibility and careful thought in adapting Bourdieu's analysis of the nineteenth-century French literary field to an examination of literature and power in seventeenth-century Spain...In fact, what is most satisfying about the present volume is the wide range of materials that Gutiérrez considers in his analysis.—John Slater, University of Colorado at Boulder

Despite its focus on the character of Hernán Cortés, Rhetorical Conquests is a useful analysis of some of the rhetorical means employed by Francisco López de Gómara in the crafting of his most controversial, but deeply influential work. Carman's book...is in this sense part of a recent trend that seeks to revaluate the work of one of the most important humanist historians of the early colonial period.—Andrés I. Prieto, University of Colorado at Boulder

 

Notices and Reviews of PSRL Books
29 January 2008

The Chronicle Review, January 11, 2008,
Miguel López-Lozano, Utopian Dreams, Apocalyptic Nightmares: Globalization in Recent Mexican and Chicano Narrative.

The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 7, 2007, New Scholarly Books column, page A18,
Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira, Writing Identity: The Politics of Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Literature.

Art of Subversion, by Manuel da Costa Fontes, Named Finalist for National Jewish Book Award
23 March 2006

The Jewish Book Council has selected The Art of Subversion in Inquisitorial Spain: Rojas and Delicado, by Manuel da Costa Fontes, as a finalist for their 2005 National Jewish Book Awards in the Sephardic Culture category. The winners will be presented at a gala dinner on April 26, 2006. We are proud to congratulate Professor Fontes on this accomplishment.

New Two-Color Covers for Comparative Volumes
28 October 2006
With the publication of Bruce Dean Willis's Aesthetics of Equilibrium, PSRL introduced two-color covers for certain volumes. Since this study included one author from Spanish -speaking South America and another Luso-Brazilian author, we combined the gold and green colors on the cover. Take a look here at the book's Web site to see the result. The book is categorized on the Subject Index page of this site as comparative. We see the possibility of other combinations in the future using the colors of the two fields involved.

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Redesigned Covers for PSRL Paperback Editions
1 November 2003
As we move to paperback publication, we have decided to make a change in the design of our covers. The same colors will be maintained:

blue for French
red for Italian
green for Luso-Brazilian
yellow gold for Spanish

The new design replaces the gray in the swirl pattern with black. For a look at the new covers, see the Spanish cover pictured on the page featuring Paul R. Olson's The Great Chiasmus.The binding of these new paperbacks is of the type referred to as "notch binding." In the binding process, notches are cut in the spine end of the signatures and glue is forced into the spine. The result is a very durable binding at a reasonable price. The paper used for the jackets is a good heavy stock that will hold up well.

PSRL Moves to Paperback Publication
5 March 2003
After much deliberation, and in consultation with both our authors and our publisher, the editors have decided to move to publication in paperback-only format. This change will lower the price of the books, making them more attractive to individual purchasers. Libraries, struggling with the limited budgets imposed on them today, also are usually open to paperback editions. The transition volume (vol. 26), The Great Chiasmus by Paul R. Olson, will be available in both cloth and paperback editions. In the past, the Press brought out a PSRL volume in paperback when the initial cloth run had been exhausted. When that happened, the Press turned to short-run, on-demand publication, in paperback. With this decision, all books from volume 27 on will appear only in paperback format. It is the hope that this move will be welcomed by our readers and that it will make our books more accessible to all

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