July 1, 2024
The Limits of Familiarity: Authorship and Romantic Readers by Lindsey Eckert “[I]n her lively and clearly written book, Eckert turns our attention back to the surface of the veil [of… READ MORE
June 25, 2024
Edna O’Brien and the Art of Fiction by Maureen O’Connor “We are only beginning to understand O’Brien’s impact on the fields of women’s writing, Irish literature, contemporary writing, and feminist… READ MORE
June 12, 2024
Dante in Deutschland: An Itinerary of Romantic Myth by Daniel DiMassa “[A] model of Comparative Literature research. . . . Scholars of European literature, reception theorists, German history and literature… READ MORE
June 10, 2024
The Aesthetics of Kinship: Form and Family in the Long Eighteenth Century by Heidi Schlipphacke “[A] thoroughly innovative and convincing analysis of the significance and uniqueness of the tableau in… READ MORE
May 20, 2024
British Literature and Technology, 1600-1830 Edited by Kristin M. Girten and Aaron R. Hanlon “This collection is full of superb scholarship that makes substantial contributions to our understanding of technology.”… READ MORE
May 1, 2024
Robinson Crusoe After 300 YearsEdited by Andreas K.E. Mueller and Glynis Ridley “[T]his volume marks a pivotal moment in the way Robinson Crusoe is received—as both text and cultural legacy—and… READ MORE
April 10, 2024
Families of the Heart: Surrogate Relations in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel by Ann Campbell “Families of the Heart offers a new view of sentimental fiction through the lens of familial… READ MORE
April 4, 2024
Velocipedomania: A Cultural History of the Velocipede in France By Corry Cropper and Seth Whidden “In this convincing book, the two authors set out to highlight the social impact of… READ MORE
March 27, 2024
Edna O’Brien and the Art of Fiction by Maureen O’Connor “Maureen O’Connor’s Edna O’Brien and the Art of Fiction does a lot of heavy lifting for onesingle-authored volume. O’Connor’s sophisticated,… READ MORE
March 6, 2024
Play in the Age of Goethe: Theories, Narratives, and Practices of Play around 1800edited by Edgar Landgraf and Elliott Schreiber “. . . eine anregende Einführung in ein komplexes Thema”… READ MORE
