Wendy Graham, author of Critics, Coteries, and Pre-Raphaelite Celebrity, discusses the media studies angle of her book. The merits of signature figured prominently in the critical fracas erupting from the Fleshly School controversy (1871-1876), which stoked an internecine battle for...

Our weekly listing of new books is now available: Democratic Transition in the Muslim World A Global Perspective Edited by Alfred Stepan The Sarashina Diary A Woman’s Life in Eleventh-Century Japan Sugawara no Takasue no Musume. Translated, with an introduction,...