Literature

Sartor Resartus

January, 2021
Thomas Carlyle once described Sartor Resartus as “a Satirical Extravaganza on Things in General,” and the book has both inspired and confounded readers since its initial publication in 1833-34.  Engaging with philosophy, theology, political economy, aesthetics, history, and science, Sartor Resartus in many ways defies classification.

Introduction to the Omnibus Critical Edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “On a Portrait of Wordsworth”

On a Portrait of Wordsworth

July, 2018

On a Portrait of Wordsworth by B.R. Haydon

July, 2018

This edition of EBB’s sonnet, most widely known under the title of “On a Portrait of Wordsworth, by R. B. Haydon,” is the first effort to create what we are calling an “omnibus edition” of a literary work.  The edition brings together three tools that have been created for The COVE: an annotation tool, a timeline-builder, and a geospatial map-builder.

Heart of Darkness, Part III

Heart of Darkness, Part II

The Sonnet

March, 2016
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s poem, “The Sonnet,” is the first poem in the sonnet sequence House of Life. This COVE edition will bring together a handful of editors to explore the prosodic brilliance of the poem.

Heart of Darkness, Part I

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