Dear poolside readers, Believe it or not, before this lazy scholar came to know the pleasures of American Studies, he was a full-fledged Anglicist (or is it Britishist?). Wordsworth, Eliot, Woolf, Forster—I would surely have carried a card if there were one. Don’t worry, I’m not crossing the pond just yet, though I am feeling [...]
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Victorian Pleasure Reading
Posted in books, circus, disability studies, leisure, pulp fiction on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lesbian Love Between the Covers
Posted in books, LGBT, pulp fiction, visual culture on March 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Dear spring break scholars gone wild, I’ve just returned to Cambridge after a joyous ride through the Southwest, from Los Angeles to Santa Fe and back—so expect some Divided States posts in the coming weeks. For now though, I’m suffering from spring break hangover, making it somewhat hard to keep my eyes and mind focused. [...]
Covers to Judge Books By
Posted in books, pulp fiction, science fiction, visual culture, tagged paperbacks, pulp fiction on February 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My distractable friends, I must admit, proverbs be damned, that I’m often lured to a book by a well-designed dust jacket, even a carefully chosen font. So for today’s entry, why not spotlight some resources on the artistry of book covers? For starters, take a look at the University of Colorado’s Publishers’ Binding Collection, featuring [...]
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