SLSA: Literary Criticism

Virtual presence for attendees and those interested in the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts. Books on sale, University of Minnesota Press information, and more.

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René Magritte: Selected Writings René Magritte Selected Writings René Magritte 2016 Fall
An indispensable literary complement to the paintings of René Magritte—the first collected in a single volume
Human Programming: Brainwashing, Automatons, and American Unfreedom Human Programming Brainwashing, Automatons, and American Unfreedom Scott Selisker 2016 Fall
The first cultural history of the idea of the programmable mind in U.S. culture, from the Cold War to the War on Terror
What Gender Is, What Gender Does What Gender Is, What Gender Does Judith Roof 2016 Spring
A truly new conceptualization of “genders”
The Age of Lovecraft The Age of Lovecraft Carl H. Sederholm and Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Editors 2016 Spring
The first sustained look at Lovecraft in relation to twenty-first-century critical theory and culture
Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction Speculative Blackness The Future of Race in Science Fiction André M. Carrington 2016 Spring
Examines race through fanzines, Star Trek, comic books, and Harry Potter
Computing as Writing Computing as Writing Daniel Punday 2015 Fall
If we consider e-book authors to be writers, should we think of e-book programmers as writers, too?
Illegal Literature: Toward a Disruptive Creativity Illegal Literature Toward a Disruptive Creativity David S. Roh 2015 Fall
“Illegal” publications have real value for society and culture
Hope at Sea: Possible Ecologies in Oceanic Literature Hope at Sea Possible Ecologies in Oceanic Literature Teresa Shewry 2015 Fall
Hope is a lifeline running through the work of literary writers in and surrounding the Pacific Ocean
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.
Physics of Blackness: Beyond the Middle Passage Epistemology Physics of Blackness Beyond the Middle Passage Epistemology Michelle M. Wright 2015 Spring
Reveals how assumptions we make about time and space inhibit more inclusive definitions of Blackness
The Way Things Go: An Essay on the Matter of Second Modernism The Way Things Go An Essay on the Matter of Second Modernism Aaron Jaffe 2014 Fall
That rare modernist book: erudite, innovative, thought provoking, and playful
The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami Matthew Carl Strecher 2014 Fall
A journey through the mysterious metaphysical realm where Haruki Murakami’s strangest characters lurk, bizarre scenes unfold, and dark secrets emerge
Neocybernetics and Narrative Neocybernetics and Narrative Bruce Clarke 2014 Fall
An innovative application of systems theory to narrative and media
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
Summa Technologiae Summa Technologiae Stanisław Lem 2014 Spring
From the acclaimed author of the science fiction novel Solaris, a pre-Dawkins exposition of evolution as a blind and chaotic watchmaker
Universes without Us: Posthuman Cosmologies in American Literature Universes without Us Posthuman Cosmologies in American Literature Matthew A. Taylor 2013 Fall
Reimagining posthumanism through the work of canonical American writers
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
Corridor: Media Architectures in American Fiction Corridor Media Architectures in American Fiction Kate Marshall 2013 Spring
How neglected architectural spaces act as media in modern American novels
Ariel’s Ecology: Plantations, Personhood, and Colonialism in the American Tropics Ariel’s Ecology Plantations, Personhood, and Colonialism in the American Tropics Monique Allewaert 2013 Spring
Rethinking the boundaries between humans and nonhumans in early America
The Heretical Archive: Digital Memory at the End of Film The Heretical Archive Digital Memory at the End of Film Domietta Torlasco 2013 Spring
Explores how contemporary digital artworks are changing our memories of film and our understanding of the cinematic and psychoanalytic archives
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
In Search of a New Image of Thought: Gilles Deleuze and Philosophical Expressionism In Search of a New Image of Thought Gilles Deleuze and Philosophical Expressionism Gregg Lambert 2012 Fall
Following the “image of thought” through the labyrinth of Deleuze’s oeuvre
Worm Work: Recasting Romanticism Worm Work Recasting Romanticism Janelle A. Schwartz 2012 Fall
The ascent of worms from creepy creatures to a vital Romantic literary trope
HumAnimal: Race, Law, Language HumAnimal Race, Law, Language Kalpana Rahita Seshadri 2012 Spring
Power and counterpower in the space of silence
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
Animal Stories: Narrating across Species Lines Animal Stories Narrating across Species Lines Susan McHugh 2011 Spring
How cross-species companionship is figured across a variety of media—and why it matters
Beautiful Fighting Girl Beautiful Fighting Girl Saito Tamaki 2011 Spring
From Nausicaä to Sailor Moon, understanding girl heroines of manga and anime within otaku culture
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