Stacey Margolis

1 / "Hawthorne and The Conservative Origins of American Literature," forthcoming in Conservatism and Literary Studies, ed. Alex Murray, Cambridge UP, 2027.

This essay asks what we might learn if we were to take seriously the fact that the most canonical of American writers (including Cooper, Irving, and Hawthorne) adhered to a political conservatism at odds with the popular culture of the early national period.

2 / "As the World Turns; Or, Against Methodology," ALH 34:1 (Spring 2022).

This essay argues that the critical investment in the power of methodology, especially reparative reading practices, derives from a misunderstanding of what methodology is and what it can do.

3 / "The Innocence Project: Future Generations from the Founders to The Village," Arizona Quarterly 76:3 (Fall 2020).

This essay explores the philosophical roots of the idea that Americans have an obligation to protect the world for future generations.