Transnational American Studies’ Female Trouble

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Notes

¹ These volumes, far from bad apples, are representative samples of transnational American literary and cultural studies scholarship. For this reason, I’m not dilating overmuch on these publications’ particular editors and contributors. My objective is not to call out specific texts or scholars for neglecting women but rather to expose a structural, systemic issue, deeply woven into the fabric of our critical practice. Anyone wishing to know more about these anthologies may, of course, consult Levander’s essay.

² Plath’s copy of The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying (Modern Library, 1946) is part of Smith College’s Sylvia Plath Collection. I am indebted to Karen V. Kukil, Associate Curator of Special Collections at Smith, for her invaluable suggestions and practical assistance on my research for this article.