American Literature

The European Study Group of Nineteenth-Century American Literature convened at the University of Zagreb, Croatia on 8-9 November 2024 to discuss "The Whole Family" (1908), a collaborative novel by twelve authors, including William Dean Howells, Mary…

Submissions are now open for the 2024 Essay Prize. The prize is awarded for particularly well written student papers in American or British Literature.

On Thursday June 6, 6pm CET, Verena Laschinger will be presenting in the series of online Freeman lectures ("An Hour with Mary E. Wilkins Freeman"). The talk is entitled "Unruly Analogy in Mary E. Wilkins` (Freeman) 'Understudies'."

Just out! We are happy to announce the publication of a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary Drama in English on the topic of “Theater & Community”. The special issue has been co-edited by Prof. Ilka Saal (Erfurt) and Prof. Johanna Hartmann…