James English is a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also directs the Price Lab for Digital Humanities. He teaches classes on contemporary fiction, British and transatlantic cinema, and the economics and sociology of culture. He is currently at work on a book about rating and ranking systems in literature and the arts.
James English
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Writing on Public Books
Genre Juggernaut: Measuring “Romance”
For its scale and internal complexity alone, the literary genre of “romance” warrants more study than it has received.
Gap Year in Stockholm
What was the Nobel Prize in Literature? Everyone seems to think it’s over. December 10 is the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death and the date on which the prizes in his name are traditionally awarded. This year, for the first time ever, the Prize in Literature has been entirely omitted from the ceremony: no medal, […]
