Microhistory and the Picaresque Novel
This is the first book to combine scholarship on the picaresque novel with microhistory. This innovative volume brings together expert scholars to reveal how microhistory can shed new light on classic novels and their marginal protagonists.
Eleven scholars challenge the popular vision of the American South as an ill region. They interpret its “sickly” culture not as a problem, but as an opportunity and a springboard to cultural revitalization and a new kind of “health”.
This collection explores the classroom as a generative site for research in Transatlantic Studies. Moving beyond *what* to teach, it focuses on *why* and *how*, emphasizing the transformative potential of the field for students, scholars, and our profession.
This collection of essays explores the intersections of public and private life in eighteenth-century Britain, an era of major change. Scholars offer fresh perspectives on canonical works, cultural exchange, fashion, gossip, and gender issues.