From Ibn Ḥamdīs to Giufà: Leonardo Sciascia and the Writing of a Siculo-Arab Literary History
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DOI: 10.1080/01614622.2017.1314097
Abstract: In this paper I argue that Leonardo Sciascia inscribes himself into a Siculo-Arab literary history, an inscription articulated through the historiographic metafiction of the novel Il Consiglio d’Egitto, the reception of the Sicilian poet of… read more here.
Keywords: leonardo sciascia; arab literary; history; siculo arab ... See more keywords
The Invention of Literary History in Cicero’s Brutus
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DOI: 10.1086/705394
Abstract: CICERO’S BRUTUS (46 BCE) has largely been understood thus far in terms of its most salient feature, that is, as an evolutionary catalogue of orators culminating in Cicero’s and Brutus’ own accomplishments. The collection and… read more here.
Keywords: cicero brutus; invention literary; brutus; cicero ... See more keywords
Rooting for a Better World: American Literary History Today
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DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajab055
Abstract: After the canon and culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s, some critics hazarded the possibility that American literature might fragment and disappear as a discipline. But 20 years later, as these book proposals suggest,… read more here.
Keywords: rooting better; american literary; world american; better world ... See more keywords
The Object of Jewish American Literary History
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DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajab064
Abstract: Paring blank space into a world, clipping and trimming endless possibility in order to make or perhaps make visible the particularly real, as the epigraph above suggests—is this not the disciplinary work of literary studies… read more here.
Keywords: course; jewish american; literary history; history object ... See more keywords
Networked Literary History and the Bohemians of Antebellum New York
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DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajx004
Abstract: The bohemians of antebellum New York are a problem for US literary history. Apart from their association with Walt Whitman (who found friends, supporters, and lovers among them), the writers and artists who gathered at… read more here.
Keywords: literary history; bohemians antebellum; history; new york ... See more keywords
Reconstruction Today: A Commentary
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DOI: 10.1093/alh/ajy027
Abstract: William Dunning has a great deal to answer for. He trained generations of historians to view Reconstruction as misguided: vengeful in its policies toward the Southern states and foolhardy in its attempts to treat black… read more here.
Keywords: reconstruction; today commentary; literary histories; reconstruction today ... See more keywords
Considering Epidemiology’s Need for Literary History
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DOI: 10.1215/00138282-10293140
Abstract: This essay explores the potential for literary history to be useful as a part of epidemiological sleuthing. It considers how an imperative to employ social determinants of health frameworks incites movement away from epidemiological plots,… read more here.
Keywords: considering epidemiology; history; need literary; epidemiology need ... See more keywords
A report on the reports of the stanford literary lab: A reason why the digital humanities may find it difficult to change literary history
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DOI: 10.1515/sem-2016-0223
Abstract: Abstract The present article studies eight of the twelve reports of the Stanford Literary Lab (SLL) to understand why the revolutionary practices of the lab, and by extension of the digital humanities, have not yet… read more here.
Keywords: reports stanford; digital humanities; stanford literary; literary lab ... See more keywords