| Professor Cottom is the
author of The Civilized Imagination: A Study of Ann Radcliffe,
Jane Austen, and Sir Walter Scott (1985), Social Figures:
George Eliot, Social History, and Literary Representation (1987), Text
and Culture: The Politics of Interpretation (1989), Abyss of
Reason: Cultural Movements, Revelations, and Betrayals (1991), Ravishing
Tradition: Cultural Forces and Literary History (1996), Cannibals
& Philosophers: Bodies of Enlightenment (2001),
Why Education Is Useless (2003), Unhuman Culture (2006), and International
Bohemia (2013). His essays have appeared in journals
such as ELH, Novel, Critical Inquiry, Representations,
and SubStance. His teaching
interests include literary and cultural theory, cultural studies, and
nineteenth-century English literature. In his courses he emphasizes the
importance of student initiative and participation, even at the cost of
his own (always precarious) peace of mind. |
