Literary Criticism

Analyzing the invisible abled body through the work of Joyce, Beckett, Egerton, and Bowen

A colorful look at the relationship between ethnic nationalism and gaudy dress in the early 19th-century United States

How can one construct relationality with the other through the skin, when touch is inevitably mediated by memories of previous contact, accumulated sensations, and interstitial space?

An exploration into the elusive, and sometimes unlikable, hero of Rome’s most important poem.

A new understanding of Achilles’ grief for Patroklos in the Iliad

Reveals the deep roots, poetic structures, and uncommon artistry of rap poetry and performance

Traces the dissolution of the boundary between human and other animals in the work of Franz Kafka and, in doing so, radically revisits interspecies relations

The most accessible and thorough reading of the dual nature of Odysseus

How do encounters with black literature, music, culture, and thinking invite postwar Japanese authors to re-envision the relationship between race and literature in the wake of world war?