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S. Pearl Brilmyer

S. Pearl Brilmyer

S. Pearl Brilmyer is an assistant professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work lies at the intersection of the history of philosophy, science, and literature, with a focus on 19th-century England. icon

Shoptalk: Overheard at Dickens Universe

By Zach Fruit & S. Pearl Brilmyer

Each August among the redwoods of the sprawling campus of UC Santa Cruz, academics converge to discuss and celebrate a novel by Charles Dickens. This year that novel was … Middlemarch. Between ...

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