My grad school experience was a time of intense experimentation as I grappled with the prevailing approach while trying to find my own.
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Tag Archives: J. Paul Hunter
Why I Think the Way I Think
I survey my intellectual history, especially the evolution of my thinking about literature’s impact on human behavior.
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Novels as Dating Manuals
The predominant readers of 18th century novels were young readers trying to find answers to the questions facing them.
Novel Readers: The Young & the Restless
The early novel appealed to the young, the ambitious, the mobile, and the urban.