Trauma studies, an area of cultural investigation that came to prominence in the early-to-mid-1990s,
prides itself on its explicit commitment to ethics, which sets it apart from the …

This collection analyses the future of ‘trauma theory’, a major theoretical discourse in
contemporary criticism and theory. The chapters advance the current state of the field by exploring …

België bestaat. Het bestaat in een koning, een hoofdstad, een vlag en een volkslied, een
parlement, een democratie, twee met elkaar twistende bevolkingsgroepen. Maar het bestaat …

This article proposes a performative model of authorship, based on the historical alternation
between predominantly ‘weak’ and ‘strong’ author concepts and related practices of writing, …

This article calls for a structural broadening of the scope of modern literature research in
order to shed a clearer light on the dynamics between so-called autonomous and …

The Jamesian mode of writing, it has been claimed, actively works against an understanding
of the way truth, history and power circulate in his texts. In this collection of essays, leading …

Henry James and the “Aliens” intervenes substantially in current debates in James studies,
most notably in the key areas of cultural studies, ethnic studies and queer studies. Focusing …

The focus of this paper is on The American Scene, which is found to display a deep sensitivity
to the spatiality of desire and to be motivated by a complex dynamic of erotic mastery and …

Im sonnenüberfluteten Europa entflammte im Sommer 1914 eine bis dahin beispiellose Form
von Kriegshysterie. Millionen Männer zogen singend an die Front. Dichter standen dabei …