IAPL volumes in the Continuum Textures Series (Hugh J. Silverman,
Series Editor) are fully shaped and carefully edited volumes of essays
originally presented at IAPL conferences. Each volume focuses on a
theme related to that of the IAPL conference from which it is derived.
However, the end result is a book that stands very much on its own.
These volumes include an Editor's General Introduction, specific introductions
to each of the parts of the volume demonstrating how the essays in
that section are interlinked, abbreviations of works cited, carefully
crafted endnotes, a bibliography relevant to the scope of the volume,
contributors' notes, and an index of topics and names.