Spring Trade Paperbacks: Literary Criticism & Essays

Cambridge Univ. Press

Think on My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language (Apr., $20) by David Crystal examines and celebrates the Bard's linguistic creativity.

Counterpoint

(dist. by PGW)

Tintin and the Secret of Literature (Apr., $15.95) by Tom McCarthy looks at the Tintin Books through a prism of art, philosophy and literary theory.

Harper Paperbacks

How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form (July, $13.95) by Thomas C. Foster discusses how to dissect novels to make reading more enriching and fun. 60,000 first printing.

New Directions

Active Boundaries, Selected Essays and Talks (Aug., $17.95) by Michael Palmer. The poet's first collection of essays and talks offers a glimpse into his poetic works.

Rough Guides

The Rough Guide to Classic Novels (May, $12.99) by Simon Mason presents more than 200 of the best novels grouped in thematic categories.

Sourcebooks Mediafusion

Henry V (July, $14.95) by William Shakespeare includes the play, essays, a glossary, photos and an audio CD of famous performances.

Stone Bridge Press

(dist. by CBSD)

A Wild Haruki Chase: Reading Murakami Around the World (Apr., $16.95), edited by the Japan Foundation, investigates Murakami's worldwide success through essays by novelists, critics and translators.

Univ. of Georgia Press

Cornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing (Apr., $17.95), edited by Dale Volberg Reed and John Shelton Reed, offers food writing as variable as the styles of Southern cornbread.