Comparative American Studies special issue: 'The idea of influence in American literature'

This summer I was excited to see the publication of a 'special issue' of Comparative American Studies on 'The idea of influence in American literature', for which I wrote the introduction. We had a launch party at the end of June at the Rothermere American Institute in Oxford. The journal issue followed on from a conference I organised in Oxford last year. The articles cover an exciting range of topics from the beginnings of American literature to the present day.