In 1830, France forcibly and violently colonized Algeria, keeping it as a territory until 1962, when the North African nation gained its independence following one of the longest and most intense ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The journal of the Modern Language Association's American Literature Division I, Early American Literature publishes the finest ...

Professor Isabel Hofmeyr opened her lecture Monday evening by taking the audience underwater. At the start of her talk, she detailed the dumping of books deemed unacceptable by the British Empire’s ...

In early summer, Nicole Legnani, assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese, anticipated a key hurdle in order to teach virtually in fall 2020. Legnani was planning her graduate seminar on colonial ...

Frank Herbert’s “Dune” novels struggled with their debt to colonial adventure literature. The books revel in swash and buckle and Mighty Whitey heroes lifted from the milieu of writers as various as ...

About the book: This book brings together leading critics in American literature to address the representation of time throughout a wide range of genres, methodologies, and chronological periods.

Michelle Coupal receives funding from the Canada Research Chairs program and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). She is affiliated with the University of Regina.

Ever wonder why there are some literary works that strike you more than others. Probably because they relate in a way others might not succeed as much. I have been thinking a lot on literature lately, ...

Writing is about finding voice in the nuances of the human experience, Tanzanian author and Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah said at an event Sept. 14. The event, titled “A Conversation with Nobel ...

Natalia Alca, a fifth-grade student from Truman Elementary School, was recently named winner of the Colonial Day at the Capitol Literature Contest sponsored by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence.