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Alex Gergely

Biography:

Alex is a PhD candidate who studies modernist American literature. His work explores concepts of death, dying, and suicide as they come into play with mood, affect, philosophy, and aesthetics. He has peer-reviewed publications in Early American Literature (2021) and Mississippi Quarterly (forthcoming).

Research Interests:
19th and 20th century American literature
Modernism
Religion and Literature
Post-critique
Affect
Philosophy
Selected Publications:

"Affective Whiplash and Absurdity in George Schuyler’s Black No More.” Mississippi Quarterly, vol 76, no. 4, 2023, forthcoming.

“Conscientious Criticism and the Panther Captivity Narrative.” Early American Literature, vol. 56, no. 2, 2021, pp 531-544.