Vol. 37 (2026): (Re)Reading Encyclopedic Narratives in the Digital Age

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Edited by Ali Dehdarirad, Giorgio Mariani and Sascha Pöhlmann

Published: 2026-08-31

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Introduction

Editor's Note

Andrea Carosso
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Special Section

(Re)Reading Encyclopedic Narratives in the Digital Age An Introduction

Ali Dehdarirad, Giorgio Mariani, Sascha Pöhlmann
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Post-Boom(er) Maximalism in the Americas Valeria Luiselli's “Lost Children Archive”

Antonio Barrenechea
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Contemporary Reconfigurations of the Encyclopedic Novel Form, Gender, and Planetarity in ”Ducks, Newburyport”

Chinmaya Lal Thakur
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Against the (Father’s) Grain Women’s Encyclopedism in the Contemporary US Novel

Elisa Pesce
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Encyclopedic Narrative, Epistemology, and Post-Truth

Benjamin Bergholtz
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Encyclopedic Novel Form

Yonina Hoffman
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“A Family Chronicle” Renegotiating Literary Maximalism and Encyclopedism

Ali Dehdarirad
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Articles

The Female Frontier Eliza W. Farnham, Manifest Destiny and the Role of Women in Gold Rush California (1849-1856)

Serena Mocci
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Mental Health and Late Capitalism in Richard Linklater’s “A Scanner Darkly”

Antonio Di Vilio
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Masochism, Authoritarianism, and the Crowd A Frommian Reading of Steinbeck’s “In Dubious Battle”

Paolo Viganò
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A Serialized Forum

Outside In, Inside Out: Teaching American Studies in a Changing World An Introduction

Ingrid Gessner
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Field Notes from an American Studies Scholar Teaching an Introductory Course at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Manlio Della Marca
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The Winnetou Figure as a Resource for Cultural Learning in Austrian Secondary Education The “Winnetou Spiele Wagram” as Case Study

Monika Wimmer
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American Studies in Timișoara Developing the Curriculum, Community, and the Public Humanities

Gabriela Tucan, Cristina Chevereșan, Cristina Băniceru, Loredana Bercuci, Alexandru Oravițan
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Finding the Cost of Freedom Locating and Teaching Sustainable American Studies in Times of War and Climate Change

Frank Mehring
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First Editions

Introduction to Alex Kuo’s poem “My Mother Walked to Work / Today or Yesterday”

Fulvia Sarnelli
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My Mother Walked to Work / Today or Yesterday

Alex Kuo
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In Memoriam