Autore: Joel Pfister

Until now, Eugene O’Neill’s psychological dramas have been analyzed mainly by critics who relied on obvious parallels between O’Neill’s life, his family, and his plays. In this theoretically expansiv …

In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, fired from Salem’s Custom House and returning to writing, reconceived his old job title, Surveyor of Customs, as his new one. Taking seriously this naming of the America …

In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, fired from Salem’s Custom House and returning to writing, reconceived his old job title, Surveyor of Customs, as his new one. Taking seriously this naming of the America …

Students want to know: What does one do with critique? Fortunately, some of the most provocative self-critical intellectuals, from the postwar period to the postmodern present, have wrestled with thi …

Students want to know: What does one do with critique? Fortunately, some of the most provocative self-critical intellectuals, from the postwar period to the postmodern present, have wrestled with thi …

Spanning the 1870s to the present, Individuality Incorporated demonstrates how crucial a knowledge of Native American-White history is to rethinking key issues in American studies, cultural studies, …

Honored in his own time as one of the most prominent Indian public intellectuals, Henry Roe Cloud (c. 1884-1950) fought to open higher education to Indians. Joel Pfister’s extensive archival research …