I n 1993, in an essay published in the Annual Review of Sociology, the sociologist Wendy Griswold suggested that “the sociology of literature was more like a field of flowers than a field of battle.” ...

Anna Wilson is an Assistant Professor of English. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. FM: In both your scholarly research and your teaching career, you have explored the ...

Reviewed Works: Literature, Science and Exploration in the Romantic Era: Bodies of Knowledge by Timothy Fulford, Debbie Lee, Peter J. Kitson; Literature and Medicine in Nineteenth-Century Britain: ...

Kirsty Gunn does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

There are a surprising number of aunts in children’s literature. Children in the late 1800s were very familiar with Aunt Polly, who did her best with her wild young charge in “The Adventures of Tom ...