The Joys of Teaching Literature, started in September 2010 and with a Spanish version since July 2021, is a blog for ranting and raving about (teaching and researching) English Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender Studies, and other aspects of the Anglophone world. I publish a post once a week, usually on Monday. Please, download the yearly volumes from https://ddd.uab.cat/record/116328, or read the volume collecting some of the entries (Passionate Professing: The Context and Practice of English Literature, 2023). The comments option is not available, sorry, but you may contact me through my e-mail address, Sara.Martin@uab.cat. The contents of this blog are protected by a type 4 Creative Common License (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd)).

  • CRÓNICA DE LA MUERTE DE LA CRÍTICA LITERARIA: LAS ESCRITORAS QUE LOS MEDIOS NO RESEÑAN

    En agosto escribí una entrada titulada “Crónica de la muerte de la literatura (II): El ecsritor como influencer” en la que me refería principalmente a la autora estadounidense Colleen Hoover como el principal ejemplo de la escritora que triunfa a pesar de carecer del apoyo de los medios convencionales y gracias a las redes sociales.…

  • READING A LONG NOVEL SERIES (FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES): THE EXPANSE

    I’m returning to James S.A. Corey’s The Expanse, which I discussed two posts ago, this time to reflect on the strategies required to face such a long read for academic purposes.             Whereas mainstream and literary novels are usually published as stand-alone volumes, series abound in genre fiction. They are sometimes bound by the presence…

  • CÓMO LEER UNA LARGA SERIE DE NOVELAS (POR RAZONES ACADÉMICAS): THE EXPANSE

    Vuelvo a The Expanse de James S.A. Corey, serie de la que hablé hace dos entradas, esta vez para reflexionar sobre las estrategias necesarias para afrontar una lectura tan larga con fines académicos.             Mientras que las novelas convencionales y/o literarias generalmente se publican como volúmenes independientes, las series abundan en la ficción de género.…

  • Judging a book by its cover

    This post is inspired by the article “Seventy-five years of richly illustrated literary classics – in pictures”, which celebrates the work of The Folio Society. This is a British independent publisher, established in 1947, which has so far published 2400 beautifully designed editions for book lovers. Not knowing anything about them, I was astonished not…

  • Juzgar un libro por su portada

    Esta entrada post está inspirada por en el artículo “Seventy-five years of richly illustrated literary classics – in pictures”, que celebra el trabajo de The Folio Society. Se trata de una editorial independiente británica, establecida en 1947, que hasta ahora ha publicado 2400 ediciones bellamente diseñadas pensando en los amantes de los libros, una categoría…