Anne Jamison is the author of three critical books and one young adult novel. Her writing delves deeply into genre literature, uncovering its cultural significance and analytically examining its forms. Her work often balances academic rigor with an accessible, engaging style, appealing to both scholars and general readers interested in thoughtful literary exploration.
Set in the Chicago suburbs during the tumultuous year of 1985, the narrative unfolds in a high school environment marked by social tensions and dark themes. It explores issues of misogyny, homophobia, and class conflict against a backdrop of adolescent life, all while a blood-stained Mercedes symbolizes the chaos and consequences of drug use, specifically cocaine. The story captures the struggles of youth navigating a world rife with societal challenges.
Poetics en Passant presents a 'cross-channel' poetics that redefines the relationship between 'Victorian' and 'modern' poetry by understanding Christina Rossetti's poetics of 'stealth' as an important counterpart to Baudelairean 'shock.'
Explores the history and culture of fanwriting and how it has transformed popular culture as well as reading, writing, and authorship, and includes discussions from both professional and fan writers.
A study of 19th-century Irish authors, Edith Somerville and Martin Ross, and their literary collaboration, particularly the latter's influence on their writing and professional careers. New and in-depth archival research is used to rethink Somerville and Ross's joint authorship within the historical intellectual and literary culture.