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        Why X Matters Series

        Featuring intriguing pairings of authors and subject, each volume in the Why X Matters series presents a concise argument for the continuing relevance of an important idea.

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        Why Surrealism Matters

        Why Surrealism Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by Mark Polizzotti

        Price: $26.00

        ISBN: 9780300257090

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: January 2024

        Sales Date: 2024-01-09

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        232 Pages

        Why the Museum Matters

        Why the Museum Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by Daniel H. Weiss

        Price: $18.00

        ISBN: 9780300276855

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: February 2024

        Sales Date: 2024-02-13

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        224 Pages

        Why Argument Matters

        Why Argument Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by Lee Siegel

        Price: $20.00

        ISBN: 9780300271072

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: February 2023

        Sales Date: 2023-02-21

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        160 Pages

        Why Dance Matters

        Why Dance Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by Mindy Aloff

        Price: $26.00

        ISBN: 9780300204520

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: January 2023

        Sales Date: 2023-01-17

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        280 Pages

        Why Architecture Matters

        Why Architecture Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by Paul Goldberger

        Price: $18.00

        ISBN: 9780300267396

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: January 2023

        Sales Date: 2023-01-31

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        312 Pages

        Why Food Matters

        Why Food Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by Paul Freedman

        Price: $17.00

        ISBN: 9780300268089

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: September 2022

        Sales Date: 2022-09-20

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        216 Pages

        Why the New Deal Matters

        Why the New Deal Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by Eric Rauchway

        Price: $16.00

        ISBN: 9780300264838

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: April 2022

        Sales Date: 2022-04-19

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        232 Pages

        Why Writing Matters

        Why Writing Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by Nicholas Delbanco

        Price: $17.00

        ISBN: 9780300264821

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: March 2022

        Sales Date: 2022-03-22

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        296 Pages

        Why Baseball Matters

        Why Baseball Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by Susan Jacoby

        Price: $16.00

        ISBN: 9780300244403

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: March 2019

        Sales Date: 2019-03-26

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        224 Pages

        Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters

        Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by Louis Begley

        Price: $34.00

        ISBN: 9780300168143

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: September 2010

        Sales Date: 2010-09-28

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        272 Pages

        Why Preservation Matters

        Why Preservation Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by Max Page

        Price: $25.00

        ISBN: 9780300218589

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: October 2016

        Sales Date: 2016-10-11

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        224 Pages

        Why Poetry Matters

        Why Poetry Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by Jay Parini

        Price: $16.00

        ISBN: 9780300151466

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: March 2009

        Sales Date: 2009-03-31

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        224 Pages

        Why Acting Matters

        Why Acting Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by David Thomson

        Price: $25.00

        ISBN: 9780300195743

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: February 2016

        Sales Date: 2016-02-09

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        192 Pages

        Why Trilling Matters

        Why Trilling Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by Adam Kirsch

        Price: $25.00

        ISBN: 9780300187823

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: February 2013

        Sales Date: 2012-12-31

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        192 Pages

        Why the Romantics Matter

        Why the Romantics Matter

        Why X Matters Series

        by Peter Gay

        Price: $24.00

        ISBN: 9780300144291

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: January 2015

        Sales Date: 2015-01-13

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        176 Pages

        Why Niebuhr Matters

        Why Niebuhr Matters

        Why X Matters Series

        by Charles Lemert

        Price: $34.00

        ISBN: 9780300192544

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: June 2013

        Sales Date: 2013-06-17

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        272 Pages

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