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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

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

Medieval Identity Machines Jeffrey J. Cohen 2003 Spring

A provocative new approach to medieval culture

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.

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

Chaucer’s Queer Nation Glenn Burger 2002 Fall

Draws parallels between questions of identity in Chaucer’s time and our own.

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

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.

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.

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.

Shakespeare’s Hand Jonathan Goldberg 2002 Fall

A provocative exploration of the relationship between gender, history, and Shakespeare’s plays.

Sacrifice Your Love Psychoanalysis, Historicism, Chaucer L. O. Aranye Fradenburg 2002 Spring

A long-awaited reevaluation of Chaucer through the lens of sacrifice by a major figure in medieval studies

Sacred Revolutions Durkheim and the Collège de Sociologie Michèle H. Richman 2002 Spring

Explores the role of the sacred in the response of French intellectuals to the rise of fascism during the 1930s

Manifest Perdition Shipwreck Narrative and the Disruption of Empire Josiah Blackmore 2002 Spring

A new take on a famous collection of shipwreck narratives that places them at the center of resistance to colonialism

How Women Saved the City Daphne Spain 2002 Spring

Reclaims the lost history of women’s contributions to the development of American cities

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