Leon Chai
Professor of English
Publications
Books
- Romantic Theory: Forms of Reflexivity in the Revolutionary Era. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
- Jonathan Edwards and the Limits of Enlightenment Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Aestheticism: The Religion of Art in Post-Romantic Literature. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990.
- The Romantic Foundations of the American Renaissance. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1987.
Book Contributions
- "Romantic Questions, Victorian Answers: Cultural Possibilities for Melville at Midcentury." A Historical Guide to Herman Melville. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 61-82.
Journal Articles
- "Prospects for Idealism." Modern Philology 104.1 (2006): 96-104.
Encyclopedia Entries
- "Edith Wharton." Dictionnaire des littératures de langue anglaise . 845-47th ed. Paris: Encylopaedia Universalis/Albin Michel, 1997.