keywords
- nineteenth-century british literature and culture; contemporary critical theory; history and theory of embodiment.
- Contact Info
Zemka, Sue Professor
Positions
- Professor, English
Research Areas
Research
Publications
selected publications
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book
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chapter
- Hands and Minds in the Moonstone. 85-110. 2020
- Introduction: Handling Flesh and Metaphor. 5-25. 2020
- "You Don't Have to Be Human to Have a Human Hand.". 45-51. 2019
- "Sacred and Secular," in Time and Literature, Ed. Thomas Allen, Cambridge University Press, 2018. 72-85. 2018
- "The Body". 188-199. 2015
- The Death of Nancy 'Sikes', 1838-1912. 397-425. 2012
- Victorian Testaments 1997
- The Holy Books of Empire: Translations of the British and Foreign Bible Society. 102-137. 1991
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journal article
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Progress.
Victorian Literature and Culture.
812-816.
2018
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The Racial Hand in the Victorian Imagination.
Nineteenth-Century Contexts: an interdisciplinary journal.
73-74.
2017
- “1822, 1845, 1869, 1893, and 1917: Artificial Hands” 2016
- INTRODUCTION TO ELN 50.2, "SCRIPTURAL MARGINS". English Language Notes. 1-8. 2012
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Response to Kent Puckett, "Celia Johnson's Face".
English Language Notes.
87-92.
2012
- Scriptural Margins: On the Boundaries of Sacred Texts: Special Issue. English Language Notes. 1-153. 2012
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The Death of Nancy "Sikes," 1838-1912.
Representations.
29-57.
2010
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Samuel Butler: Victorian Against the Grain.
Victorian Studies.
378-380.
2009
- BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: STREET SCENES IN GASKELL'S MANCHESTER. ELH: English Literary History. 793-819. 2009
- "Stop-loss": Extending time in the arts. English Language Notes. 1-5. 2008
- An interview with Philip Solomon. English Language Notes. 199-207. 2008
- Time and the Arts. English Language Notes. 1-213. 2008
- Chronometrics of Love and Money in Great Expectations. Dickens Studies Annual. 133-156. 2005
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'Erewhon' and the end of Utopian humanism.
ELH: English Literary History.
439-472.
2002
- Word crimes: Blasphemy, culture, and literature in nineteenth-century England. Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 213-216. 2002
- Spiritual authority and the life of Thomas Arnold. Victorian Studies. 429-462. 1995
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FROM THE PUNCHMEN TO PUGIN GOTHIC + DICKINS,CHARLES - THE BROAD ROAD TO A SENTIMENTAL DEATH IN THE 'OLD CURIOSITY SHOP'.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
291-309.
1993
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From the Punchmen to Pugin's Gothics: The Broad Road to a Sentimental Death in The Old Curiosity Shop.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
291-309.
1993
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Progress.
Victorian Literature and Culture.
812-816.
2018
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Teaching
courses taught
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ENGL 4830 - Honors Thesis
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018
Students accepted to English Departmental Honors are enrolled in this course. -
ENGL 5019 - Survey of Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory
Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2019
Introduces a variety of critical and theoretical practices informing contemporary literary and cultural studies. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., Stanford University 1989
- B.A., Saint Louis University Central office 1980
awards and honors
International Activities
global connections related to teaching and scholarly work (in recent years)
- Europe Continent
- Italy Country
- United Kingdom Country