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| | | Yosefa Raz THE POETICS OF PROPHECY: MODERN AFTERLIVES OF A BIBLICAL TRADITION (Cambridge, 2024) xii + 216 pp. Reviewed by Karen Weisman on 2024-06-06 Romantic Poetry |
This brilliant book about the modern afterlives of biblical prophecy
has arrived precisely when we need it most: in a politically,
ecologically, and even medically perilous world, the doomsayers of old
(and new) seem to be claiming a new purchase on modern consciousness. Click here to read the full review. |
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| Patrick O'Malley THE IRISH AND THE IMAGINATION OF RACE: WHITE SUPREMACY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (University of Virginia, 2023) x + 311 pp. Reviewed by Jacob Romanow on 2024-06-04 Irish Literature |
The idea that "the Irish became white" in the nineteenth century has
set the terms for most work on Irish racialization since Noel Ignatiev
presented that memorable formulation in 1995. Click here to read the full review. |
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| Jerome Mcgann BYRON AND THE POETICS OF ADVERSITY (Cambridge UP, 2023) xi + 214 pp. Reviewed by Jonathan Sachs on 2024-02-09 |
The idea that "the Irish became white" in the nineteenth century has
set the terms for most work on Irish racialization since Noel Ignatiev
presented that memorable formulation in 1995. Click here to read the full review. |
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