Though already famous, wealthy, and squarely established as a popular chronicler of the early
twentieth century, humorist Ring Lardner’s foray into a serious literary career with Charles Scribner’s
Sons Publishing Company is best characterized as an act of authorial resistance. Rather than evolve into
the “serious” author the firm had hoped f…[Read more]

Though already famous, wealthy, and squarely established as a popular chronicler of the early
twentieth century, humorist Ring Lardner’s foray into a serious literary career with Charles Scribner’s
Sons Publishing Company is best characterized as an act of authorial resistance. Rather than evolve into
the “serious” author the firm had hoped f…[Read more]

I employ distant reading techniques and data visualization tools to assess the literary criticism of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. My findings suggest that the scholarly literary criticism of Things Fall Apart did not occur independently with the publication of Achebe’s work in 1958, but was a part of a larger trend in literary criticism a…[Read more]

Treats the meaning of the phrase quoted in the title for Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! and, especially, “The Bear.” Published in Cambridge UP’s anthology of new essays, Faulkner in Context, edited John Matthews, 2015.

Treats the meaning of the phrase quoted in the title for Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! and, especially, “The Bear.” Published in Cambridge UP’s anthology of new essays, Faulkner in Context, edited John Matthews, 2015.

All of William Carlos Williams’ translations from the Spanish have been gathered and expertly edited by Jonathan Cohen. Williams’ translations were collaborative and a key factor in his growth during three different phases of his career: during World War I and his crucial break-through as an artist; during the 1930s, inspired by the Spanish…[Read more]

Tesler presents a powerful argument against this fantasy of a post-racial America. Through the employment of solid data analysis with compelling descriptions, Post-Racial or Most Racial? explicates a muscular argument to reinforce claims made against a post-racial America reality that can be found in contemporary journalistic narratives.…[Read more]

This paper explores the extent to which whiteness is represented in the Fall 2016 issue of Brevity. I suggest that the authors’ representation of whiteness manifests in the forms of both white privilege and white supremacy, and thus serves as the predominant theme of this issue of the magazine. I also consider the ways in which distant reading t…[Read more]