Emily Hodgson Anderson is a professor of English at University of Southern California, where she specializes in topics related to 18th-century British literature and culture. She is the author, most recently, of Shakespeare and the Legacy of Loss (2018). She has received fellowships from the Huntington Library, the British Academy, and the Andrew W. Mellon foundation, and her work has appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, PMLA, and numerous other academic journals.
Emily Hodgson Anderson
Articles
Invisible Labor, Invisible Hands
What Adam Smith can — and can’t — tell us about the invisible labor we do every day.
Obedience Training
What Milton’s “Paradise Lost” can teach us about dog training.
Of Pain, Paralysis, and Pursuit
Emily Hodgson Anderson writes about what it means to chase goals, stories, and relationships.
Reading to a Child
Emily Hodgson Anderson on the promises and perils of reading aloud.
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