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Elisha Jane Cohn

Professor

Cornell University

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College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Literatures in English

Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program

Elisha Jane Cohn is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Sciences Professor at Cornell University.

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Notable Scholarly Works

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Silas Marner and Affect. Oxford University Press eBooks (2025)

Elisha Cohn

phenomenology (philosophy)poeticscontemporary fictionphilosophyembodimentphilosophical psychologymodern literatureknowledge keypsychoanalysisphilosophy of mindtextual practiceliteraturesilas marnerliterary studiesliterary historyliterary theoryhuman conditionabstract silas marnerliterary criticism

MILIEU: A Creaturely Theory of the Contemporary Novel. Stanford University Press (2025)

Elisha Jane Cohn

literary studiescreaturely theoryhuman naturecontemporary fictionliteratureliterary theoryhuman conditionliterary criticismmodern literature

Oxford Handbook of George Eliot. (2025)

Elisha Jane Cohn

english cultureliterary studiesenglishintellectual historyliterary historyenglish studiesvictorian literatureliterary criticismgeorge eliotmodern literature

Kathy Alexis Psomiades. Primitive Marriage: Victorian Anthropology, the Novel, and Sexual Modernity Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Pp. 256. $85.00 (Cloth).. Journal of British Studies (2024)

Elisha Cohn

gendered sexualitycultural historyprimitive marriagevictorian anthropologysocial historymodernityanthropological theorygender studiestransactional sexanthropologyvictorian literaturekathy alexis psomiadeshuman sexualityfeminist theory

REVIEW: The Pace of Fiction: Narrative Movement and the Novel, by Brian Gingrich. Nineteenth-Century Literature (2024)

Elisha Cohn

literary studiesnarrative structureenglishvictorian novelmodernitynarrativeliterary historynarrative representationenglish studiesvictorian literaturecontemporary fictionnarrative and identityliteratureliterary theoryliterary criticismnarrative movementmodern literature

Materializing Feeling and the Limits of Metaphor. Victorian Studies (2023)

Elisha Cohn

humanitiesvictorian fascinationaestheticsdivided investmentliterary historypoeticsmaterial culturevictorian literaturevictorian scienceliteraturehuman conditionirrationality

NOTEWORK: Victorian Literature and Nonlinear Style. Simon Reader. Stanford, Ca: Stanford University Press, 2021. Pp. VII+238.. Modern Philology (2022)

Elisha Cohn

literary studiestextual practiceenglishnonlinear stylescholarly communicationsimon readerhistoriographyliterary historyenglish studiesvictorian literatureliteratureinterpretationliterary theoryliterary criticism

Virtual Minds, Victorian Novels, and the Question of Modeling. Victorian Literature and Culture (2020)

Elisha Cohn

literary studiestextual practiceenglishnarrativeliterary historynarrative representationvictorian literaturecontemporary fictionliteraturevictorian novelsliterary theorybleak houseliterary criticismvirtual minds

Dickens's Talking Dogs: Allegories of Animal Voice in the Victorian Novel. Victorian Literature and Culture (2019)

Elisha Cohn

animal behaviorenglishanimal voicevictorian novelsocial inclusionhistoriographyliterary historyvictorian literatureliteratureliterary theoryliterary criticismcompanion animalshuman-animal interactions

REVIEW: Minor Creatures: Persons, Animals, and the Victorian Novel, by Ivan Kreilkamp. Nineteenth-Century Literature (2019)

Elisha Cohn

world literaturehumanitiesliterary studiesenglishvictorian novelpostcolonial writingminor creaturesliterary historyvictorian brainenglish studiesvictorian literaturecontemporary fictionliteratureliterary theoryliterary criticismhuman-animal interactionsmodern literature

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Elisha Jane Cohn

Professor

Cornell University

Affiliations

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Literatures in English

Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program

Elisha Jane Cohn is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Sciences Professor at Cornell University.

Honors

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Cornell University

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Silas Marner and Affect. Oxford University Press eBooks (2025)

Elisha Cohn

MILIEU: A Creaturely Theory of the Contemporary Novel. Stanford University Press (2025)

Elisha Jane Cohn

literary studiescreaturely theoryhuman naturecontemporary fictionliteratureliterary theoryhuman conditionliterary criticismmodern literature

Oxford Handbook of George Eliot. (2025)

Elisha Jane Cohn

english cultureliterary studiesenglishintellectual historyliterary historyenglish studiesvictorian literatureliterary criticismgeorge eliotmodern literature

Elisha Cohn

REVIEW: The Pace of Fiction: Narrative Movement and the Novel, by Brian Gingrich. Nineteenth-Century Literature (2024)

Elisha Cohn

Materializing Feeling and the Limits of Metaphor. Victorian Studies (2023)

Elisha Cohn

humanitiesvictorian fascinationaestheticsdivided investmentliterary historypoeticsmaterial culturevictorian literaturevictorian scienceliteraturehuman conditionirrationality

NOTEWORK: Victorian Literature and Nonlinear Style. Simon Reader. Stanford, Ca: Stanford University Press, 2021. Pp. VII+238.. Modern Philology (2022)

Elisha Cohn

Virtual Minds, Victorian Novels, and the Question of Modeling. Victorian Literature and Culture (2020)

Elisha Cohn

Dickens's Talking Dogs: Allegories of Animal Voice in the Victorian Novel. Victorian Literature and Culture (2019)

Elisha Cohn

REVIEW: Minor Creatures: Persons, Animals, and the Victorian Novel, by Ivan Kreilkamp. Nineteenth-Century Literature (2019)

Elisha Cohn

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