SHARP: Literary Criticism

Virtual presence for attendees and those interested in the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing. Books on sale, University of Minnesota Press information, and more.

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The Poetics of Information Overload: From Gertrude Stein to Conceptual Writing The Poetics of Information Overload From Gertrude Stein to Conceptual Writing Paul Stephens 2015 Spring
What does avant-garde poetry have to say about information technology? A lot.
Dead Letters Sent: Queer Literary Transmission Dead Letters Sent Queer Literary Transmission Kevin Ohi 2015 Spring
Proposes a new model of literary transmission and tradition
Civil Rights Childhood: Picturing Liberation in African American Photobooks Civil Rights Childhood Picturing Liberation in African American Photobooks Katharine Capshaw 2014 Fall
The unexpected and evocative role of children’s photographic books in cultural transformation and social change
Reading Writing Interfaces: From the Digital to the Bookbound Reading Writing Interfaces From the Digital to the Bookbound 2014 Spring
Uncovers a lineage of writers and thinkers who have rebelled against the means of production
Quotational Practices: Repeating the Future in Contemporary Art Quotational Practices Repeating the Future in Contemporary Art Patrick Greaney 2014 Spring
Resituates quotation as an aesthetic practice
Comparative Textual Media: Transforming the Humanities in the Postprint Era Comparative Textual Media Transforming the Humanities in the Postprint Era N. Katherine Hayles and Jessica Pressman, Editors 2013 Fall
Proposes a new paradigm for the humanities by recognizing print as a medium within a comparative context
Virtual Modernism: Writing and Technology in the Progressive Era Virtual Modernism Writing and Technology in the Progressive Era Katherine Biers 2013 Fall
A fascinating analysis of the relationship between modernist writers and the popular culture they so often claimed to reject
At the Borders of Sleep: On Liminal Literature At the Borders of Sleep On Liminal Literature Peter Schwenger 2012 Fall
Exploring the fertile connections between creativity and the edges of sleep
Crossing through Chueca: Lesbian Literary Culture in Queer Madrid Crossing through Chueca Lesbian Literary Culture in Queer Madrid Jill Robbins 2011 Spring
An exploration of queer Madrid’s physical and symbolic literary culture
Digital Art and Meaning: Reading Kinetic Poetry, Text Machines, Mapping Art, and Interactive Installations Digital Art and Meaning Reading Kinetic Poetry, Text Machines, Mapping Art, and Interactive Installations Roberto Simanowski 2011 Spring
How to interpret and critique digital arts, in theory and in practice
In Babel's Shadow: Multilingual Literatures, Monolingual States In Babel's Shadow Multilingual Literatures, Monolingual States Brian Lennon 2010 Spring
A study of the limits of multilingual literary expression in print culture
Suspended Animation: Children’s Picture Books and the Fairy Tale of Modernity Suspended Animation Children’s Picture Books and the Fairy Tale of Modernity Nathalie op de Beeck 2010 Fall
An innovative analysis of children’s picture books from the interwar period in America
Hypertext and the Female Imaginary Hypertext and the Female Imaginary Jaishree K. Odin 2010 Fall
Explores the use of hypertext in postmodern electronic and film media by women
The Networked Wilderness: Communicating in Early New England The Networked Wilderness Communicating in Early New England Matt Cohen 2009 Fall
Significantly broadens our ideas of literacy, writing, and communication in early America
Ex-foliations: Reading Machines and the Upgrade Path Ex-foliations Reading Machines and the Upgrade Path Terry Harpold 2008 Fall
A sophisticated consideration of technologies of reading in the digital age
Murder Most Modern: Detective Fiction and Japanese Culture Murder Most Modern Detective Fiction and Japanese Culture Sari Kawana 2008 Spring
Surveillance, sexuality, war, and censorship in Japanese detective fiction
Cuban Currency: The Dollar and “Special Period” Fiction Cuban Currency The Dollar and “Special Period” Fiction Esther Whitfield 2007 Fall
Explores the nostalgic fetishization of Cuban culture
Avatars of Story Avatars of Story Marie-Laure Ryan 2006 Spring
Traces the transformation of storytelling in the digital age
Our Fire Survives the Storm: A Cherokee Literary History Our Fire Survives the Storm A Cherokee Literary History Daniel Heath Justice 2005 Fall
Asserts the strength and diversity of Cherokee identity through its rich literary tradition
Wireless Writing in the Age of Marconi Wireless Writing in the Age of Marconi Timothy C. Campbell 2005 Fall
Correlates Italian and European modernism with early wireless technology
Neatness Counts: Essays on the Writer’s Desk Neatness Counts Essays on the Writer’s Desk Kevin Kopelson 2006 Spring
An intimate view of literary work space
The People and the Word: Reading Native Nonfiction The People and the Word Reading Native Nonfiction Robert Warrior 2005 Fall
Reveals the history and impact of Native American nonfiction writing
Cognitive Fictions Cognitive Fictions Joseph Tabbi 2002 Spring
The first comprehensive look at the effect of new technologies on contemporary American fiction
Red on Red: Native American Literary Separatism Red on Red Native American Literary Separatism Craig S. Womack and Hans Aarsleff 1999 Fall
An entertaining and enlightening proposal for a new way to read Native American literature.