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Abram Van Engen

Chair of the Department of English Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities

Washington University in St. Louis

Affiliations

Arts & Sciences

English

Abram Van Engen is currently serving as an Arts & Sciences Chair of the Department of English Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities at Washington University In St. Louis.

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Washington University in St. Louis

Chair of the Department of English Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities

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literature literary criticism american literature history literary history religious studies cultural history literary studies literary theory early american literature social history american studies intellectual history urban history historical analysis christian practice poetics biblical studies victorian literature textual practice english culture american identity political history postcolonial writing religious pluralism feminist identity feminist perspectives anthropology moral psychology urban studies narrative post-colonial criticism settler colonialism ethnohistory cultural texts first-person narratives sympathetic puritans american exceptionalism american origins postexceptionalist puritanism sentimental poetics puritan culture social psychology urban geography urban affairs english education language teaching language learning political analysis urban science urban condition language education political culture religious tourism latin american studies latin american diaspora historical methodology gender theory religious prejudice human communication hauntology parallelism (rhetoric) historical scholarship historical reassessment learning by teaching lifewide learning religious divides collective memory textual form bible wars american history english profs english students new puritan studies sentimental fiction sermon literature interdisciplinary history public history

Notable Scholarly Works

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Resisting Puritans. American Literary History (2025)

Abram Van Engen

literary historyliterary theoryliteratureliterary studiesliterary criticismhumanitiescomparative literatureamerican literature

Cotton Mather's Spanish Lessons: A Story of Language, Race, and Belonging in the Early Americas. William and Mary Quarterly (2024)

spanish lessonslatin american diasporalatin american studiescotton matherearly american literatureearly americascultural historyspanishsocial historyamerican studiescultural studieshistoryamerican literature

Poetry for All. (2024)

creative writingtextual practiceliterary theoryliteratureparallelism (rhetoric)literary studiesliterary criticismpoeticspoetry

Psalm 137, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Function of Poetic Form. Art Seeking Understanding (2024)

literary historytextual practiceliterary theoryclassicsliteraturepsalm 137historical scholarshipliterary studiesliterary criticismpoetic formharlem renaissancepoeticspoetry

The Broadview Anthology of American Literature, Vol. a: Beginnings to 1820. Early American Literature (2024)

literary historybroadview anthologyliteratureliterary studiesliterary criticismearly american literaturehistoriographyenglishpoetryamerican literature

UNMOORED: The Search for Sincerity in Colonial America. Modern Language Quarterly (2024)

Abram Van Engen

colonialismliteraturecolonial americapost-colonial criticismhumanitiesamerican literature

Word Made Fresh: An Invitation to Poetry for the Church. Eerdmans (2024)

christian practicereligious studiesliteraturereligious symbolbiblical studiesliterary criticismliterary studiesword made freshreligious researchpoeticspoetry

American Origins: Political Divides in U.S. Collective Memory. (2022)

politicsamerican originspolitical culturepolitical scienceearly republicamerican identityamerican studiespolitical analysissocial sciencesamerican political thoughtpolitical history

City on a Hill: Pilgrims, Puritans, and the Origin of America. National Memories: Constructing Identity in Populist Times (2022)

colonialismcivilizationsenglish cultureethnohistorysettler colonialismurban historyurbanismamerican identitycultural historysocial historyamerican studiescultural studieshistoryhistorical geography

Della’s Rage: Race and Religion in Marilynne Robinson’s Jack. (2022)

intellectual historyliterary historymarilynne robinson ’literary theoryliteratureliterary studiesliterary criticismearly american literaturecultural historyvictorian literatureamerican literature

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Abram Van Engen

Chair of the Department of English Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities

Washington University in St. Louis

Affiliations

Arts & Sciences

English

Abram Van Engen is currently serving as an Arts & Sciences Chair of the Department of English Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities at Washington University In St. Louis.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Abram Van Engen

Washington University in St. Louis

Chair of the Department of English Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Resisting Puritans. American Literary History (2025)

Abram Van Engen

literary historyliterary theoryliteratureliterary studiesliterary criticismhumanitiescomparative literatureamerican literature

Cotton Mather's Spanish Lessons: A Story of Language, Race, and Belonging in the Early Americas. William and Mary Quarterly (2024)

Poetry for All. (2024)

creative writingtextual practiceliterary theoryliteratureparallelism (rhetoric)literary studiesliterary criticismpoeticspoetry

Psalm 137, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Function of Poetic Form. Art Seeking Understanding (2024)

literary historytextual practiceliterary theoryclassicsliteraturepsalm 137historical scholarshipliterary studiesliterary criticismpoetic formharlem renaissancepoeticspoetry

The Broadview Anthology of American Literature, Vol. a: Beginnings to 1820. Early American Literature (2024)

literary historybroadview anthologyliteratureliterary studiesliterary criticismearly american literaturehistoriographyenglishpoetryamerican literature

UNMOORED: The Search for Sincerity in Colonial America. Modern Language Quarterly (2024)

Abram Van Engen

colonialismliteraturecolonial americapost-colonial criticismhumanitiesamerican literature

Word Made Fresh: An Invitation to Poetry for the Church. Eerdmans (2024)

christian practicereligious studiesliteraturereligious symbolbiblical studiesliterary criticismliterary studiesword made freshreligious researchpoeticspoetry

American Origins: Political Divides in U.S. Collective Memory. (2022)

politicsamerican originspolitical culturepolitical scienceearly republicamerican identityamerican studiespolitical analysissocial sciencesamerican political thoughtpolitical history

City on a Hill: Pilgrims, Puritans, and the Origin of America. National Memories: Constructing Identity in Populist Times (2022)

colonialismcivilizationsenglish cultureethnohistorysettler colonialismurban historyurbanismamerican identitycultural historysocial historyamerican studiescultural studieshistoryhistorical geography

Della’s Rage: Race and Religion in Marilynne Robinson’s Jack. (2022)

intellectual historyliterary historymarilynne robinson ’literary theoryliteratureliterary studiesliterary criticismearly american literaturecultural historyvictorian literatureamerican literature

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