Recent pasts

Abstract Where does a literary reputation originate and why are so many writers’ reputations subject to the caprices of academic or critical fashion? Basing his argu...

Translation as Citation denies that translating amounts to the composition, in one language, of statements equivalent to statements previously made in another. Rather, translation ...

This book provides a fresh look at Angela Carter’s critical and intertextual engagements with the past. Examining a broad range of Carter’s work (novels, short stories, p...

Between 1860 and 1910, Berlin and Cairo went through a period of dynamic transformation. During this period, a growing number of contemporaries in both places made corresponding ar...

A prolific artist, writer, designer, and political activist, William Morris remains remarkably powerful and relevant today. But how do you teach someone like Morris who made signif...

The chapter argues that there are two kinds of pluralism about causation that need to be recognized to prevent people talking past each other. The first is between broadly explanat...