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Faculty Bookshelf

Apocalyptic Futures: Marked Bodies and the Violence of the Text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee
Samolsky, Russell...

The Emerson Effect: Individualism and Submission in America
Newfield, Christopher

This book presents a revisionist account of...

After Political Correctness: The Humanities and Society in the 1990s
Newfield, Christopher

This book resituates the political...

Darkening Mirrors: Imperial Representation in Depression-Era African American Performance
Batiste, Stephanie

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Reading the Literatures of Asian America
Lim, Shirley Geok-Lin

With the recent proliferation of critically acclaimed literature by Asian American...

Local Transcendence: Essays on Postmodern Historicism and the Database
Liu, Alan

Book of essays on the methodology of the new...

Milton and Ecology
Hiltner, Ken

Eye on the Flesh: Fashions of Masculinity in the Early Twentieth Century
Boscagli, Maurizia

When do our bodies cease to be ours...

Authors in Court: Scenes from the Theater of Copyright
Rose, Mark

Through a series of vivid case studies, Authors in Court charts the 300-year-...

Cannibalism in High Medieval English Literature

Cannibalism in High Medieval English Literature
Blurton, Heather

From Beowulf through the literature of the crusades...

Poetry for Young People: William Wordsworth
Liu, Alan

Cultural Aesthetics: Renaissance Literature and the Practice of Social Ornament
Fumerton, Patricia

A brilliant...

Invaluable Trees: Cultures of Nature, 1660-1830
Cook, Elizabeth Heckendorn

One World of Literature
Lim, Shirley Geok-Lin

One World of Literature addresses students' concerns about social relevance in their reading, and their...

Sacrifice Your Love: Psychoanalysis, Historicism, Chaucer
Fradenburg, L.O. Aranye

A long-awaited reevaluation of Chaucer...