UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State University Press has unveiled its spring/summer 2023 catalog, featuring new general interest and scholarly books in the fields of American literature, natural history, art history, rhetoric, philosophy, medieval and early modern studies, religion, sensory studies, and more.

Notable forthcoming books include "Business Is Good: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Professional Writer" by James L. W. West III, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University; "Lesser Living Creatures of the Renaissance," a two-volume examination of literary and cultural texts from early modern England that illuminate how people in that era thought about—and with—insect and arachnid life; and Norman E Donoghue II’s "Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia’s Quakers in Exile, 1777–1778," a gripping account of the political and literal warfare waged by the United States against a pacifist religious group during the Revolutionary War era.

The Press’s critically lauded Graphic Mundi imprint will release four new graphic novels, including an adaptation of Khalil Gibran’s beloved prose poem "The Prophet," scripted by A. David Lewis and illustrated by Justin Rentería.

The catalog also features new and forthcoming titles from Eisenbrauns, the Press’s imprint for biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies, including the fifth and final volume of the "Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea," a comprehensive report on over 480 pieces Idumean antiquities by Bezalel Porten and Ada Yardeni.

Founded in 1956, Penn State University Press publishes high-quality books, journals, and graphic novels of interest to scholars and general readers, with a focus on the humanities and social sciences. To learn more, visit psupress.org. To see all of Penn State University Press’s forthcoming spring/summer titles, visit https://www.psupress.org/catalogs/PDFs/SS23_WEB.pdf.