University Of Toronto Press Journals Division: 9 books

University Presses, the first volume in the Essential Journal of Scholarly Publishing series, examines the modern challenges faced by university presses and the importance of maintaining this unique sector of the publishing industry. The volume features an eclectic array of articles, including discussions...

This volume is a collection of papers that had their origin in a symposium called ‘Reconsiderations of Robertson Davies,’ which took place at Massey College, University of Toronto. Davies helped found Massey and he served as its first master (1963–81). Prior to this role, Davies had (after an abortive...

The William Blake Project presents the newest work in Blake studies by an international gathering of scholars; the collection grew out of a series of interrelated investigations of Blake’s ‘Composite Art’ through a festschrift, a symposium, an exhibition, and an exhibition catalogue. Despite more...

This special collection, edited by Germaine Warkentin and Linda Hutcheon, celebrates the centennial of the birth of Northrop Frye. Projecting forward instead of back, the articles in this volume look to the future of Frye’s ideas in the critical climate of the twenty-first century. The publication...

Scholarly Publishing in Emerging Nations, the second volume in the Essential Journal of Scholarly Publishing series, presents and examines the challenges and achievements of scholarly publishing operations in emerging nations such as China, Malaysia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. In his...

John Milton is best known as an English poet, political philosopher, and writer. During his lifetime, America was little more than a distant wildwood populated by Aboriginals and a few sparse colonies, and it received no literary attention from the writer. Yet, a mere century later, the ideals that he...

Rabindranath Tagore, the first Asian Nobel Laureate (in 1913 for literature) can well be deemed a ‘cultural icon’; he embodied and articulated an integrated conception of human culture through his charismatic personality and manifold creative works. Tagore’s vision of human life stems from the...

Although the events that have come to be known as 9/11 happened over a decade ago, lingering effects from the tragedy remain in the everyday life of the US and Canada today. This special volume explores these effects, investigating how 9/11 and its aftermath have changed political and cultural discourses...

The year 2012 holds great significance in American politics—apart from the reelection of the first black president in US history, it also marked the twentieth anniversary of ultraconservative Pat Buchanan’s “culture war” speech at the Republican Party’s national convention in 1992. With Obama...