Autor: 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …