Adrian Daub

Adrian Daub is professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature at Stanford University. He is the author of four books on German thought and culture in the nineteenth century, as well as (with Charles Kronengold) of The James Bond Songs: Pop Anthems of Late Capitalism. He tweets @adriandaub and can also be found at adriandaub.com.

Homophobes Without Homophobia

Bruno Perreau’s “Queer Theory: The French Response” illuminates the new politics of sexuality in contemporary conservative movements in France and the U.S....

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AROUND THE WORLD

POLITICS

GENDER & SEXUALITY

We Other Kakanians: Literature in the Aftermath of Empire

Adrian Daub reviews Marjorie Perloff’s “Edge of Irony: Modernism in the Shadow of the Habsburg Empire.”...

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AROUND THE WORLD

LITERARY CRITICISM

Where “It” Was: Rereading Stephen King’s “It” on Its 30th Anniversary

On its 30th anniversary, Adrian Daub revisits Stephen King’s “It” to ask: What is "It" about?...

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FICTION