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G. A. ROSSO English
BOOKS PUBLISHED:
Blake, Politics, and History. New York: Garland Press, 1998. Co-edited with Jackie DiSalvo and Christopher Z. Hobson.
Blake's Prophetic Workshop: A Study of "The Four Zoas." Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press, 1993.
"Spirits of Fire": English Romantic Writers and Contemporary Historical Methods. Lewisburg, PA: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1990. Co-edited with Daniel P. Watkins.
CHAPTERS/ESSAYS
PUBLISHED IN BOOKS:
“Popular Millenarianism and Empire in Blake’s Night
Thoughts”. In Blake, Modernity and Popular Culture. Ed. Steve Clark
and Jason Whitaker. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2007.
"The Religion of Empire: Blake's Rahab in its Biblical
Contexts.” Reprinted in English Romantic Poetry. Edited Harold Bloom.
Philadelphia: Chelsea, 2004.
"The Religion of Empire: Blake's Rahab in its Biblical
Contexts." In Contentions of Friendship: Essays on William Blake in
Honor of John E. Grant. Edited Alexander S. Gourlay. West Cornwall, CT:
Locust Hill Press, 2002.
"'Empire of the Sea': Blake's King Edward the Third and English Imperial Poetry." In Blake, Politics, History (1998, cited above).
"'Newton's Pantocrator and Blake's Recovery of Miltonic Prophecy." In Milton, the Metaphysicals and Romanticism. Edited Lisa Low and Anthony Harding, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
"History and Apocalypse in Blake's The Four Zoas: The Final Nights." In Spirits of Fire (1990, cited above).
JOURNAL ARTICLE
PUBLISHED:
"Roger & Me: A Review Essay." Rethinking Marxism 3 (Spring 1990).
BOOK REVIEWS:
William Blake and Gender, by Magnus Ankarsjö. McFarland,
2005. Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly (2007 forthcoming).
The Paris Commune: French Politics,
Culture, and Society at the Crossroads of the Revolutionary Tradition and Revolutionary
Socialism, by David Shafer. Palgrave-Macmillan
Press, 2005. Utopian Studies 17.1 (2006).
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus. Ed. D.L.
Macdonald and Kathleen Scherf. Second Edition. Broadview P, 1999. Utopian
Studies 15.2 (2005).
The Promethean Politics of Milton, Blake, and Shelley, by Linda M. Lewis. U of Missouri P, 1992. Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly 27 (Winter 1993-94).
Blake's Thel and Oothoon (English Literary Series 48), by Brian Wilke. U of Victoria P, 1990. Eighteenth-Century Current Bibliography (1992).
War of Titans: Blake's Critique of Milton and the Politics of Religion, by Jackie DiSalvo. U of Pittsburgh P, 1983. Studies in Romanticism 26 (Summer 1987).
Blake's Spenser's, by Robert Gleckner, Johns Hopkins UP, 1985, in Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly 21 (Summer 1987).
Poetry Published:
“Elegy for Kyle Nalley.” Connecticut Review XXIV:1 (Spring 2002): 40.
“How Long, Lord?,” “Sisters,” “To Love.” Connecticut Review XIX:2 (Fall 1997): 114-16.
EXHIBITS/SHOWS/PERFORMANCES
OF CREATIVE WORKS:
“Outcry for Justice: Poetry in the Struggle for Sacco & Vanzetti.” Written and directed by Paula Panzarella. Brecht Forum. New York City. August 27, 2005.
“Outcry for Justice: Poetry in the Struggle for Sacco & Vanzetti.” Theatre for the New City. New York, NY. May 7 and 14, 2005.
“Outcry for Justice: Poetry in the Struggle for Sacco & Vanzetti.” Long Wharf Theatre. New Haven, CT, June 13, 2003.
“Outcry for Justice: Poetry in the Struggle for Sacco & Vanzetti.” Trinity College. Hartford, CT, April 10, 2003.
“Outcry for Justice: Poetry in the Struggle for Sacco & Vanzetti.” New Haven Colony Historical Society. March 12, 2002.
Poetry with Jazz Ensemble. SoNo Arts Festival, South Norwalk, CT, August 1990.
Poetry with Jazz Ensemble. Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT, April 3, 1990.
Poetry Readings:
Yale Divinity School Drama Club. New Haven, CT, April 23, 1998.
SCSU Creative Writing Program. New Haven, CT, March 5, 1998.
Hygienic Arts Show. New London, CT, Jan. 25, 1997.
Books & Company, Hamden, CT, March 13, 1996.
The Buttonwood Tree, Middletown, CT, May 13, 1994.
CONFERENCE PAPERS:
“Re-reading Blake’s “London.” The
Language of Images. International Conference on Text and Image at
Central Connecticut State University. March 29-30,
2007.
“William Blake on the Long 18th Century.” CUNY Graduate Center 18th Century Interdisciplinary Group. March 9, 2007.
“Teaching Blake’s ‘London’.” Central Connecticut State University Undergraduate Research Conference. New Britain, CT. September 30, 2006.
“Protecting Academic Freedom: Principles and Strategies of the AAUP.” Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting. Montreal, Quebec. August 11, 2006.
“Is Globalization Imperialism?” Interdisciplinary Research Conference: “Questioning
Globalization," Southern Connecticut State University. New Haven, CT.
April 8, 2006.
“Blake and the Postcolonial Challenge.” Connecticut State University Faculty Research Conference. New Britain, CT. October 22, 2005.
“Millenarian Themes
in Blake’s Illustrations to Night Thoughts”. North Atlantic Society for
the Study of Romanticism Conference. Fordham U., 2003.
“Blake’s
Chatterton.” Thomas Chatterton and Western Culture Conference. Bristol,
England, 2002.
“Apocalypse: Then
and Now.” Blake and the Popular Conference. St. Mary’s College, Strawberry
Hill, England, 2002.
"Samuel, Saul, and David." Congregation for Humanistic Judaism. Westport, CT, 2002.
"Whose Destitution are Poets For?" SCSU Interdisciplinary Conference, 2001.
"Blake and Empire." West Haven Library: Johnson Community Center. 2001.
"The Human Cost of Conquest: Rahab in Joshua." Congregation for Humanistic Judaism. Wesport, CT, 2001.
"Empire and Natural Religion in the Bible: A Blakean Reading." CSU Research Conference, Eastern CSU, 1999.
"Daniel Defoe and Feminism." SCSU Women's Studies Conference, 1996.
"The Politics of Prophecy: Blake's Critique of the Newtonian Milton." MLA, NY, 1992.
"Newton's Pantocrator & Blake's Recovery of Miltonic Prophecy." CSU Research Conference, New Britain, CT, 1992.
"'Roger and Me': The Art of Documentary." Northeast Popular Culture Association, Amherst, MA, 1990.
"Blake's Songs and the Education of Children in 18th-Century England." Duquense History Forum, Pittsburgh, PA, 1988.
"Reification in Blake and Marx." Northeast MLA, Providence, RI, 1988.
"18th-Century History Writing and English Romantic Prophecy." Duquense History Forum, Pittsburgh, PA, 1987.
"Against the Apocalypse: Blake and Prophecy." Institute on Culture and Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 1986.
"Feminist Criticism of Blake." Washington Area Romantics Group, Georgetown University, 1986.
WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP:
“Race and Literature.” Northeast Popular Conference Association. New Haven, CT, 2001.
“Satire and Misogyny: Women in 18th-Century English Literature.” SCSU Women’s Studies Conference. New Haven, CT, 1996.
"Beyond the Crisis: Socialism and Utopia." Northeast MLA. Philadelphia, PA, 1993.
"Science Fiction and Feminist Utopias." Northeast MLA. Buffalo, NY, 1992.
"Rethinking the American Communist Legacy." Socialist Scholars Conference. NY, 1990.
"Politics and Letters." Northeast MLA. Wilmington, DE, 1989.
RESEARCH INTERESTS IN
GENERAL:
British Romantic Literature; William Blake; British Empire;
Postcolonialism; English Bible; Eighteenth-Century Literature; African-American
Literature; Beats.
CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Essay on Blake’s “London”; study of Blake’s apocalyptic view of empire, focusing on the symbolism of the later work.
DISSERTATION TITLE:
INSTITUTION GRANTING
PH.D.:
University of Maryland