February 5, 2020
Fire on the Water: Sailors, Slaves, and Insurrection in Early American Literature by Lenora Warren “In making her argument the author marries familiar texts—such as Oloudah Equiano’s The Interesting Narrative of… READ MORE
January 24, 2020
Transmedia Creatures: Frankenstein’s Afterlives Edited by Francesca Saggini and Anna Enrichetta Soccio “Saggini and Soccio’s [book] defies expectations and has a great deal to say about the pedagogical uses to… READ MORE
Effeminate Years: Literature, Politics, and Aesthetics in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Britain by Declan Kavanagh “What is striking throughout Effeminate Years is the sheer flexibility and availability of the rhetoric of effeminacy. Kavanagh’s… READ MORE
Poetic Salvage: Reading Mina Loy by Tara Prescott “Prescott’s Poetic Salvage wants to ease the agitation of Loy’s audience, to offer, wherever possible, ‘an in-depth exploration of Loy’s imaginary words… READ MORE
Jane Austen and Masculinity by Michael Kramp “Jane Austen and Masculinity is a welcome addition to the significant body of work on Austen and gender…The collected essays therefore exhibit a… READ MORE
Cy-Borges: Memories of the Posthuman in the Work of Jorge Luis Borges by Stefan Herbrechter and Ivan Callus “A unique and often fascinating volume, Cy-Borges positions Borges as a precursor… READ MORE
September 20, 2019
The Global Wordsworth: Romanticism Out of Place by Katherine Bergren “A model of academic excellent, this literary study of William Wordsworth upon various cultures around the world is an extraordinarily… READ MORE
Reading Homer’s Odyssey by Kostas Myrsiades “Reading Homer’s Odyssey by Kostas Myrsiades offers a book-by-book commentary on the epic’s themes that informs the non-specialist general reader and engages the seasoned… READ MORE
Pretexts for Writing: German Romantic Prefaces, Literature, and Philosophy by Seán M. Williams “Including excellent endnotes and an extensive bibliography, this challenging study proves that prefaces are far from perfunctory… READ MORE
Beyond Human: Vital Materialisms in the Andean Avant-Gardes by Tara Daly “The author explains political ramifications using specific historical events illuminated by postmodern philosophical insights. All in all, the book… READ MORE
