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Jonathan Senchyne THE INTIMACY OF PAPER IN EARLY AND NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE (University of Massachusetts, 2020) xiv + 176pp. Reviewed by D. Berton Emerson on 2021-06-30 Material Culture
Much as the study of ideas in U. Click here to read the full review.

Ashley C. Barnes LOVE AND DEPTH IN THE AMERICAN NOVEL: FROM STOWE TO JAMES (Virginia, 2020) x+230 pp. Reviewed by Brian Yothers on 2021-06-22 American Novel
The title of Ashley C. Click here to read the full review.

Joanne Parker and Corinna Wagner, eds. THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF VICTORIAN MEDIEVALISM Part VI: Literature (Oxford, 2020) xx + 688 pp. Reviewed by Veronica Alfano on 2021-06-11 Victorian Literature
Nostalgia can seem intrinsically opposed to progressive ideals. Click here to read the full review.

Andrew M. Stauffer BOOK TRACES: NINETEENTH-CENTURY READERS AND THE FUTURE OF THE LIBRARY (Pennsylvania, 2021), 207 pages Reviewed by Deidre Lynch on 2021-06-10 Library Studies
Andrew M. Click here to read the full review.

Laura Forsberg WORLDS BEYOND: MINIATURES AND VICTORIAN FICTION (Yale, 2021) xii + 284 pp. Reviewed by Catherine J. Golden on 2021-06-01 Material Culture
This book brings to the field of material culture studies a sustained attention to Victorian things that are "particularly easy to overlook" (2): a two-inch manuscript, a miniature portrait that fits in the palm of a hand, the contents of a doll's house, water droplets under a microscope, the marvel of a fairy. Click here to read the full review.

Dustin D. Stewart FUTURES OF ENLIGHTENMENT POETRY (Oxford, 2020) xv + 300 pp. Reviewed by Henry Weinfield on 2021-05-27
This is a valuable study, but its title is seriously misleading. Click here to read the full review.