We are pleased to announce three books debuting in July.
July 29
American Surveillance
Intelligence, Privacy, and the Fourth Amendment
Anthony Gregory
From George Washington’s spies to the NSA
“A cogent synthesis of the history of American surveillance and of its conflict with the right to privacy enshrined in the federal Constitution. Thoroughly researched and eloquent,American Surveillance traces government surveillance from colonial times to beyond 9/11.”
—William J. Cuddihy, author of The Fourth Amendment
July 29
Anna Karenina and Others
Tolstoy’s Labyrinth of Plots
Liza Knapp
Reveals why the whole of Anna Karenina is greater than the sum of its plots
“Knapp’s keen eye for prodding out books that play off one another illuminates not only the multiplot novel in its various guises, but the adultery novel as Tolstoy reinvented it, where sexual transgression is forced to serve the quest for God and faith. A mind-expanding book.”
—Caryl Emerson, Princeton University
July 29
Repeat Performances
Ovidian Repetition and the Metamorphoses
Laurel Fulkerson and Tim Stover
The uses and effects of repetition, imitation, and appropriation in Latin epic poetry
“Tackles one of the most challenging and rewarding problems in Ovidiana: the question of the author’s penchant for repetition. A marvelous array of contributions retain a reader’s interest and are infused with the same spirit of wit and charm that characterizes Ovid’s own verse.”
—Lee Fratantuono, author of Madness Transformed: A Reading of Ovid’s Metamorphoses