Their Nations Were At War, But England Loved These Spanish Tales
A new book explains why Spanish romance literature from the 16th century was so popular with English readers in an era when their nations were at war. Read more ›
Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina Had a Secret Talent — Writing
In "The Book of Anna," novelist Carmen Boullosa imagines how Anna Karenina's life would have been different if she fulfilled her literary dreams. Read more ›
Book Places Contemporary Authors in Conversation with Literary Legends
A new book from City Tech's Caroline Chamberlin Hellman casts the work of current authors in conversation with that of literary legends like James Baldwin and Herman Melville. Read more ›
From Woolf to Hemingway: The Transformation of Literary Dialogue
Prof. Elizabeth Alsop looks at the development and transformation of literary dialogue in fiction novels throughout the centuries, giving it a "greater capacity for signification." Read more ›
The Blackademic Life: Tracing the History of the Black Academic Novel
Prof. Lavelle Porter chronicles the history of the black academic novel and explores the black intellectual’s tumultuous relationship with institutional academia in "The Blackademic Life." Read more ›
‘Middlemarch’ and George Eliot’s Scientific Aspirations
A new essay by City College of New York Prof. Renata Kobetts Miller takes a deeper look at George Eliot's 1872 masterpiece Middlemarch. Read more ›
Writing Around the Day Job: A Debut Novel Takes Shape
When Raymond Strom graduated with his M.F.A. from The City College of New York in 2009, he wanted to do what he’d just attended school for: write. But life had a different plan. Read more ›
From Logic to Literature and Back Again: Interpreting Hegel
Narrating the present moment as it happens can be difficult, but one philosophy professor proposes turning to Hegel in order to help. Read more ›
How Gender and Sexuality Shaped Modernism
A new book traces how gender and sexuality studies have transformed what scholars know about modernism. Read more ›