These diverse essays recast the place of aesthetics in production & consumption of American literature. Contributors showcase the interpretive possibilities ava

We encounter in our lives things and situations that elicit from us special forms of attention. They affect and inform us in various ways, drawing us in and hol

Mary Esteve provides a study of crowd representations in American literature from the antebellum era to the early twentieth century. As a central icon of politi

Culinary Aesthetics and Practices in Nineteenth-Century American Literature examines the preponderance of food imagery in nineteenth-century literary texts. Con

Rethinking the category of aesthetics in light of recent developments in literary theory and social criticism, the contributors to this volume showcase the inte