Examines blackness in gaming at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and (dis)ability. Situating her argument within the context of Gamergate... Læs mere
Unearths a long-hidden factor that led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Timothy Messer-Kruse suggests that scholars have discounted Americans' desire to compel Britain to return fugitives from slavery as a driving force behind the convention.
In his final book, the celebrated poet Fred Chappell reflects on life and the beyond. Details drawn from daily actions, religion, classical myth, and the Appalachian landscape adorn... Læs mere
Explores the many ways literature depicts, engages with, and imagines videogames and gamers. The diverse group of authors included... Læs mere
In this compelling new study, Carol Harrison and Thomas Brown chart the rise and fall of the Zouave military uniform, the nineteenth century’s most important fashion fad for men and women on both sides of the Atlantic.
Analyses more than a dozen pieces of Ernest Hemingway’s celebrated short fiction, with a focus on manuscripts and typescripts, as part of a broader examination of how Hemingway crafted his distinctive prose through a rigorous process of revision.
Drawn from more than twenty years of literary criticism, this collection of Jay Rogoff’s essays explore how the staying power of a poet’s work and the likelihood of it enjoying a lasting identification with its creator depend on the skilled manipulation of poetic technique.
Explores the many ways literature depicts, engages with, and imagines videogames and gamers. The diverse group of authors included... Læs mere
With this study Karl F. Zender offers fresh readings of individual novels, themes, and motifs while also assessing the impact of recent politicized interpretations on our understanding of William Faulkner’s achievement.
The word ‘sibilance’ refers to pronunciations of the letter ‘s’, including the emission of a hissing or whistling sound. As the title of Sally Van Doren’s fourth collection of poetry, the word alerts readers to the sounds of language in the poems that follow in abecedarian order.
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) was one of the most popular American writers at the turn of the twentieth century, and her annual... Læs mere