Research Bio
Author of Apropos of Something: A History of Irrelevance and Relevance (University of Chicago Press, 2022) and Anglophilia: Deference, Devotion, and Antebellum America (University of Chicago Press, 2008).
Research Expertise and Interest
American literature to 1900, American painting and visual arts, literature and philosophy, nineteenth century intellectual history
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Teaching
Courses taught during the three most recent semesters
2026 Spring
Special Study [ENGLISH 299 - 020]
Special Study [ENGLISH 299 - 020]