Eric G. Lorentzen, Professor of English, published “A Wisdom of the Head and a Wisdom of the Heart: Dickens, Disney, and Popular Culture” in the recent “Dickens and His Publics” special issue of Dickens Quarterly. The article examines the two sections of the Fall 2022 course that Lorentzen taught for the first time at UMW, […]
Jonathan Levin is pleased to share that his essay “American Pragmatism: An Essayistic Conception of Truth” appears in The Cambridge History of the American Essay, edited by Christy Wampole and Jason Childs (Cambridge UP, 2024). The essay looks at essays by American pragmatists and literary figures influenced by pragmatism as well as at the relationship […]
Professor of English Maya Mathur recently published a book chapter “Intersectionality, Inclusion and the Shakespeare Survey Course” in Inclusive Shakespeares: Identity, Pedagogy, Performance, edited by Sonia Freeman Loftis, Mardy Philippian, and Justin P. Shaw (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023).
Assistant Professor of English Ray Levy’s novel, School, comes out this week, on October 12, with the University of Alabama Press. More information and links to purchase the book can be found here.
Professor of English Maya Mathur’s essay, “When Students Recognize Gender but not Race: Addressing the Othello-Caliban Conundrum,” was recently published in the collection, Teaching Race in the European Renaissance: A Classroom Guide, edited by Matthieu Chapman and Anna Wainwright, ACMRS Press, 2023, pp.15-33. Professor Mathur also presented the paper, “The Ballad of Tom and Greg: […]