Professor Julia Prewitt Brown

These provocative essays offer a bold vision of the benefits of reading that challenges contemporary trends, reintroducing neglected works of fiction and memoir. For readers curious to learn about both novels that have been neglected and ideas that are becoming endangered – because they challenge contemporary tastes and values – Reclamations provides fresh readings of a curated selection of books...

These provocative essays offer a bold vision of the benefits of reading that challenges contemporary trends, reintroducing neglected works of fiction and memoir. For readers curious to learn about both novels that have been neglected and ideas that are becoming endangered—because they challenge contemporary tastes and values—Reclamations provides fresh readings of a curated selection of books from the 19th, 20th,...