History
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City of Plagues Disease, Poverty, and Deviance in San Francisco Susan Craddock 2004 Spring
- An eye-opening discussion of the ways disease shapes urban society
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Isabel Rules Constructing Queenship, Wielding Power Barbara F. Weissberger 2003 Fall
- A deconstruction of the strategies used to shape the image of a powerful woman ruler
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Tempest in the Caribbean Jonathan Goldberg 2003 Fall
- Places sexuality at the center of Caribbean responses to Shakespeare’s play
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Imagining a Medieval English Nation Kathy Lavezzo, Editor 2003 Fall
- The first comprehensive analysis of English national identity in the late Middle Ages
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Amoral Gower Language, Sex, and Politics Diane Watt 2003 Fall
- An innovative reading of John Gower’s work and an exciting new approach to medieval vernacular texts
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New Troy Fantasies of Empire in the Late Middle Ages Sylvia Federico 2003 Fall
- Examines the political and literary uses of the Trojan legend in the medieval period
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Medieval Identity Machines Jeffrey J. Cohen 2003 Spring
- A provocative new approach to medieval culture
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Arts of Possession The Middle English Household Imaginary D. Vance Smith 2002 Fall
- Exposes the centrality of the household to cultural practices of the medieval period.
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Increase and Multiply Governing Cultural Reproduction in Early Modern England David Glimp 2003 Spring
- A wide-ranging study of the ideology of population control in early modern England
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Chaucer’s Queer Nation Glenn Burger 2002 Fall
- Draws parallels between questions of identity in Chaucer’s time and our own.
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American Eugenics Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism Nancy Ordover 2003 Spring
- Traces the history of eugenics ideology in the United States and its ongoing presence in contemporary life
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Gender and Difference in the Middle Ages Sharon Farmer and Carol Braun Pasternack, Editors 2002 Fall
- Exposes complex intersections between genders and other identities in medieval cultures.
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Fiction and Incarnation Rhetoric, Theology, and Literature in the Middle Ages Alexandre Leupin 2002 Fall
- A fresh look at the relationship between theology and rhetoric.
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Error, Misuse, Failure Object Lessons from the English Renaissance Julian Yates 2002 Fall
- Explores what an object tells us about the culture that created it.
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Shakespeare’s Hand Jonathan Goldberg 2002 Fall
- A provocative exploration of the relationship between gender, history, and Shakespeare’s plays.