Literature
The Space of Disappearance
Examines the evolution of disappearance as a formal narrative and epistemological phenomenon in late twentieth-century Argentine fiction.
Time in Exile
Proposes a theoretically rich treatment of temporality within exile as "gerundive" time.
Image and Argument in Plato's Republic
Argues that images are at the heart of the dialogue’s philosophical argumentation.
The Voice of Misery
A systematic study of testimony rooted in contemporary continental philosophy and drawing on literary case studies.
Capital in the Mirror
Analyzes contemporary capitalism through the products of culture and art for fresh insight into emancipatory possibilities concealed within capitalism’s darkest dynamics.
Modernity as Exception and Miracle
Proposes "the extraordinary" as a defining characteristic of modernity.
Niagaras of Ink
Makes literature of Niagara Falls available to readers with a variety of interests in literature, culture, and place.
Off the Derech
Combines powerful first-person accounts with incisive scholarly analysis to understand the phenomenon of ultra-Orthodox Jews who leave their insular communities and venture into the wider world.
Homer's Hero
Draws on Plato to argue that Homer elevated private life as the locus of true friendship and the catalyst of the highest human excellence.
Reconciling Nature
Reveals how classic American novels embodied the tensions embedded in American views of the natural world from the Centennial until the end of the Second World War.
Authorized Agents
Examines the relation between Indian diplomacy and nineteenth-century Native American literature.
Victorian Negatives
Argues that the photographic negative gives a new way of understanding Victorian debates surrounding origins and copies as well as reality and representation.
The Lily's Tongue
Examines four discourses by Kierkegaard, arguing that they play a critical and surprising role in his oeuvre and contribute to the philosophy of figural language.
The Autobiography of a Language
Explores the links between language, cultural identity, and creativity through the works of Emanuel Carnevali, one of the first Italian American authors to attain literary recognition.
Cub Reporters
Investigates how depictions of young people in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century America use artifice to destabilize pre-existing narratives of truth, news, and fact.
The State of Race
An innovative comparative study of the role of racial stereotypes in expressing state power under globalization.
Argentine Intimacies
Revisits a foundational moment in Argentine history to demonstrate how the crisis of modernity opened up new possibilities for imagining kinship otherwise.
The Struggle for Understanding
An in-depth look at Elie Wiesel’s writings, from his earliest works to his final novels.
Forms of Disappointment
Analyzes parallel developments in post–Cold War literature and film from Cuba and Angola to trace a shared history of revolutionary enthusiasm, disappointment, and solidarity.
The Movement of Showing
Explores why Derrida, Hegel, and Heidegger conceive their thought as a “movement” rather than as a presentation of results or conclusions, and of the consequences of such an indirect method for critique and responsibility.
Romantic Vacancy
Examines the concept of a poetics of vacancy in Romantic-era literature.
Merleau-Ponty between Philosophy and Symbolism
Argues that symbolism is an important and unique element of Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology.
An Ethic of Innocence
Offers a feminist theory of ignorance that sheds light on the misunderstood or overlooked epistemic practices of women in literature.
Fiction as History
Explains the Hindi novel’s role in anticipating and creating the story of middle-class modernity and modernization in North India.
Birth Chart
A collection of poems weaving together astrology, motherhood, music, and literary history.