@RobertTally

Robert T. Tally Jr. is a literature professor. He's the author of books on spatiality, geocriticism, utopia, fantasy, et cet.

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Joined January 2010
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If you're interested in Tolkien's Orcs, the "read sample" feature here makes the Preface and Intro available! amazon.com/Mismeasure-Orcs-R…

The Mismeasure of Orcs: A Critical Reassessment of Tolkien's Demonized Creatures

The Mismeasure of Orcs: A Critical Reassessment of Tolkien's Demonized Creatures

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Honored to see this review from @gerrycanavan !
Gerry Canavan (parody)@gerrycanavanOct 9
My review of Robert Tally's THE MISMEASURE OF ORCS is up at MYTHLORE: dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol45/…

The Mismeasure of Orcs: A Critical Reassessment of Tolkien’s Demonized Creatures by Robert T. Tally...

This is a book review of Robert Tally's The Mismeasure of Orcs: A Critical Reassessment of Tolkien’s Demonized Creatures.

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I am so honored and pleased to see this review of my Orcs book by Gerry Canavan in the latest issue of Mythlore. dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol45/…

The Mismeasure of Orcs: A Critical Reassessment of Tolkien’s Demonized Creatures by Robert T. Tally...

This is a book review of Robert Tally's The Mismeasure of Orcs: A Critical Reassessment of Tolkien’s Demonized Creatures.

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My copy just arrived: Fredric Jameson's posthumous companion volume to "The Years of Theory," here addressing postwar German thought. Thanks (and congratulations) to editor Carson Welch for putting this together so marvelously. versobooks.com/products/3533…

After Year Zero

In this series of accessible lectures, Fredric Jameson explores German philosophy and critical theory as it de­veloped in the wake of World War Two. Focusing on key thinkers — Horkheimer, Adorno,...

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I understand why people get frustrated by the media disproportionately covering elite schools. But where the elites go, the rest follow. And Harvard leadership now openly encouraging AI use in writing-intensive courses is a very scary coal-mine canary for higher ed writ large.
Tyler Austin Harper@Tyler_A_HarperSep 3
Here’s the relevant part of the Harvard dean’s email, in which he suggests (“modestly”) that professors teaching writing intensive courses should encourage AI use. And of course this gets dressed up in woke moralizing about policing students and damaging “trust.” End times stuff.
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Aujourd'hui, folks--My reminisces about family life as the daughter of someone who was transformed by reading Michel Foucault
n+1@nplusonemagSep 1
n+1’s Fall 2026 issue, POWER PLAY, is out today! Featuring work by @marxforcats, @cgvanderburg, @maryturfah, @walkercapl, @aaronjakes, @cdharbach, Martin Riker, Maria Marchinkoski, Jack Norton, and Dushko Petrovich Córdova. Subscribers can read it all. nplusonemag.com/subscribe/
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katie kadue@kukukadooAug 25
i applied my powers of deconstruction to emily eakin’s book on french theory chronicle.com/article/theres…

Opinion | There’s Nothing Wrong With Loving Theory

Emily Eakin’s new history of French theory falls short.

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To those doing literary geography or spatial studies (broadly conceived), please consider submitting to our new International Journal of Geographical and Spatial Studies, and spread word to students or others: gssjournal.com/ -- the first issue is out now!
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Michael Burns@michaeloburnsAug 20
new video on the literacy crisis youtube.com/watch?v=b9D6VYHH…
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🌟Distinguished Professor of Poetry Announcement🌟 #TXSTEnglish and #TXSTMFA are thrilled to welcome Ada Limón as our new Distinguished Professor of Poetry! @TXSTEnglish @txstla
A graphic featuring a gradient pink sky background. Against this sits a black and white photo of Ada Limón. At the bottom of the page is a gold banner and the words “Distinguished Professor of Poetry” in maroon; below this sits the Department of English logo in white.

ALT A graphic featuring a gradient pink sky background. Against this sits a black and white photo of Ada Limón. At the bottom of the page is a gold banner and the words “Distinguished Professor of Poetry” in maroon; below this sits the Department of English logo in white.

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Honored to see this article by Ying Fang about my work in relation Jameson's, in a special forum on "Reading Fredric Jameson in Asia," in the current issue of Kritika Kultura . archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/i…

Tally’s Spatial Criticism: Following Jameson and Going Beyond

As a celebrated Marxist literary theorist and cultural critic, Fredric Jameson has been very influential and highly acclaimed in China’s academia for about forty years. One of his former undergradu...

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I told my wife about @Tyler_A_Harper's "Miller Lite is the thinking person's beer" line, and she said: "It's the beer to drink when you just want one, but you don't know *which* one!" (As in, maybe its the 4th or 7th one, but you'll get there. 😀)
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🗺️BOOK NEWS #TXSTEnglish Professor Dr. Robert T. Tally Jr.'s *Geocritical Cosmopolitanism: Space, Literature, and the Sense of the Global* is out now with Routledge "Essential reading across the humanities"—Prof. Nicoletta Pireddu, Georgetown University💫routledge.com/Geocritical-Co…
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🌺NEW FACULTY🌺 #TXSTEnglish welcomes three new tenure-track Assistant Professors: Ben Ruilin Fong, PhD (Film & Media Studies: Global Cinema); James Han Mattson, MFA (Fiction: Nonfiction); Bond West, PhD (Early Medieval Literature) @txst
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Save 30% on #NewBook "The Future of Totality," edited by Nicholas Brown, Maria Elisa Cevasco, Fabio Akcelrud Durão & Robert T. Tally, in which scholars consider Fredric Jameson’s vast body of work.
Cover of The Future of Totality: Fredric Jameson and the Prospects of Critical Theory edited by Nicholas Brown, Cevasco, Maria Elisa, Fabio Akcelrud Durão, and Tally Jr., Robert T.. The cover is a solid grey teal with a photograph of Fredric Jameson standing at a lectern in front of a chalkboard that says ‘IDEOLOGY’. The title is written in a white serif font. The subtitle is below in a mint green. The editors’ names are below in a white sans serif.

ALT Cover of The Future of Totality: Fredric Jameson and the Prospects of Critical Theory edited by Nicholas Brown, Cevasco, Maria Elisa, Fabio Akcelrud Durão, and Tally Jr., Robert T.. The cover is a solid grey teal with a photograph of Fredric Jameson standing at a lectern in front of a chalkboard that says ‘IDEOLOGY’. The title is written in a white serif font. The subtitle is below in a mint green. The editors’ names are below in a white sans serif.

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Today is the official publication day for the new book. I haven't received my own copies yet, and it's way too expensive for humans to buy, but if you can order it for your local library, that'd be great! routledge.com/Geocritical-Co…

Geocritical Cosmopolitanism: Space, Literature, and the Sense of the Global

Is the world a place? As its inhabitants, we belong to the world, with its increasingly interconnected systems and cultures, but the cosmopolitanism of our daily lives is often hidden from view. In...

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Congratulations, Dr. Scott! @alizscott
Texas State English@TXSTEnglishJul 29
Associate Professor of Instruction Amanda Scott recently earned her PhD in English—Creative Writing from Western Michigan University, where she specialized in fiction and nonfiction. Her dissertation, a novel, is entitled "The First Museum."
Texas State University Department of English — Faculty News: a smiling faculty member wearing doctoral regalia and a tam stands outdoors in front of leafy trees and shrubs.

ALT Texas State University Department of English — Faculty News: a smiling faculty member wearing doctoral regalia and a tam stands outdoors in front of leafy trees and shrubs.

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Heather Berg's "Notes from the Sex Worker Left" highlights the unruly thinkers who are at the vanguard of radical theorizing on family, work, the state, and community care, drawing on interviews with sex workers and their writings. Read the intro for free: buff.ly/fKIQIDz
Cover of Notes from the Sex Worker Left: Lumpen Theory by Heather Berg. The cover features a watercolor painting of three individuals holding their faces close together with eyes closed. The central figure’s mouth is open showing teeth and bright red lips. The painting uses a navy blue for linework and shading. The title is written in the same blue in an all caps serif font in the bottom right. The subtitle is below in a fleshy pink. the author’s name is to the left in black.

ALT Cover of Notes from the Sex Worker Left: Lumpen Theory by Heather Berg. The cover features a watercolor painting of three individuals holding their faces close together with eyes closed. The central figure’s mouth is open showing teeth and bright red lips. The painting uses a navy blue for linework and shading. The title is written in the same blue in an all caps serif font in the bottom right. The subtitle is below in a fleshy pink. the author’s name is to the left in black.

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