Christian Thorne

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Contact:

cthorne@williams.edu

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Office Hours:

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Assistant Professor of English

B.A. (1995) Weslyan University PhD Literature (2001) Duke University

Research Interests:

Critical theory; film; rock & roll, R&B, C&W; etc

Selected Publications:

Books:

"Pedants, Foolosophers, and Other Learned Oafs: Skepticism in History"

"The Unwitting Imperialism of Critical Theory"

"World Records: Novels, Epics, and the Missing Stories of Globalization"

Articles & Essays:

"The Revolutionary Energy of the Outmoded"

"Providence in the Early Novel, or Accident, If You Please"

"Thumbing Our Nose at the Public Sphere: Satire, the Market, and the Invention of Literature"