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We study literary and cultural representation across linguistic and national boundaries.
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We approach literary and cultural study with a keen awareness of critical theory.
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Literature is news that stays news.
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Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.
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The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
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Our lives are all different and yet the same.
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FIRST CUTS with Shari Goldman Gottlieb and Helen Stuhr-Rommereim

FIRST CUTS featuring Shari Goldman Gottlieb and Helen Stuhr-Rommereim reading a chapter from their dissertations.  Helen's title: "The Rise and Fal

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INTENSIVE: A Philosophy and Theory Reading Group

December 05, 2018

Intensive is and always has been a collaborative 

Emily Wilson on PBS TV and in the New York Times

November 30, 2018

Emily Wilson featured on public television and in the New York Times

Tomas Elliott's article on televised versions of Shakespeare's history plays published in the online journal, Adaptation [OUP]

November 28, 2018

Tomas Elliott's article published in online journal, Adaptation [OUP]
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