Introducing John Ganim's Theatricality, Medievalism, and Orientalism

2024/09/28 by Christopher Queen · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Cultural History and Identity Formation #Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies #Philippine History and Culture

paper · doi:10.1111/lic3.70001

openalex publication_date 2024/09/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

ABSTRACT The following introduction provides a personal and critical backdrop for a cluster of five essays that celebrate the pedagogical and scholarly career of Dr. John Ganim following his recent retirement from the University of California, Riverside. By way of a brief review of Ganim's Chaucerian Theatricality and Medievalism and Orientalism, this introduction highlights the foundational arguments of Ganim's book‐length studies to provide prefatory context for the essays that follow from the cluster's contributing authors: Stephanie Trigg (University of Melbourne), Louise D'Arcens (Macquarie University), Seth Lerer (University of California, San Diego), Andrea Denny‐Brown (University of California, Riverside), and Shayne Legassie (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill).

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• I recently worked with Literature Compass to co-edit a cluster of essays in honor of the work of Dr. John Ganim and in celebration of his retirement. I'll link the individual articles below; I wrote a [bsky, 10 points, 1 comments]

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