Professor William Spurlin
Honorary Professor
- Email: william.spurlin@brunel.ac.uk
- English
- English and Creative Writing
Spurlin, WJ. (2022) 'Contested Borders: Queer Politics and Cultural Translation in Contemporary Francophone Writing from the Maghreb'. Lanham, MD USA: Rowman and Littlefield. ISSN 13: 9781786600813
Spurlin, WJ. (2020) 'Queering Holocaust Studies: New Frameworks for Understanding Nazi Homophobia and the Politics of Sexuality under National Socialism', in Gigliotti, S. and Earl, H. (eds.) A Companion to the Holocaust. Oxford : Wiley Blackwell. pp. 75 - 93. ISBN 10: 1-118-97052-7. ISBN 13: 978-1-118-97052-2.
Spurlin, WJ. (2018) ''. Journal of Medical Humanities, 40 (1). pp. 7 - 20. ISSN: 1041-3545
Spurlin, WJ. (2016) ''. Research in African Literatures, 47 (2). pp. 104 - 120. ISSN: 0034-5210
Spurlin, WJ. (2014) 'Postcolonially Queer: Sexual Dissidence as Cultural Struggle in Emergent Democracies in Africa', in Zabus, C. (ed.) The Future of Postcolonial Studies. New York and Abingdon : Routledge. , 29. pp. 157 - 171. ISBN 10: 0415714265. ISBN 13: 978-0-415-71426-6.
Spurlin, WJ. (2014) ''. Comparative Literature Studies, 15 (2). pp. 201 - 343. ISSN: 1528-4212
Spurlin, WJ. (2014) ''. Comparative Literature Studies, 51 (2). pp. 201 - 214. ISSN: 1528-4212
Spurlin, WJ. (2014) 'Queering Translation', in Bermann, S. (ed.) A Companion to Translation Studies. Oxford : Wiley Blackwell. pp. 298 - 309. ISBN 13: 978-0-470-67189-4.
Spurlin, WJ. (2013) ''. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 13 (1). pp. 69 - 79. ISSN: 1473-8481
Spurlin, WJ. (2010) 'Review of Heterosexual Africa? The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS by Marc Epprecht'. African Studies Review: the journal of the African Studies Association, 53 (3). pp. 159 - 162. ISSN: 1555-2462
Hayes, Jarrod., Higonnet, Margaret R. and Spurlin, William J. (2010) 'Comparing Queerly, Queering Comparison: Theorizing Identities 'In Between' Cultures, Histories, and Disciplines', in Hayes, Jarrod., Higonnet, Margaret R. and Spurlin, William J. (eds.) Comparatively Queer: Interrogating Identity across Time and Cultures. New York : Palgrave MacMillan USA. pp. 1 - 19. ISBN 10: 0-230-11344-3. ISBN 13: 978-0-230-10436-5.
Hayes, J., Spurlin, WJ. and Higonnet, MR. (2010) 'Comparatively Queer: Interrogating Identities and Cultures Across Time and Cultures'. New York: Palgrave MacMillan USA. ISSN 10: 0230104363 ISSN 13: 9780230104365
Spurlin, WJ. (2010) 'Sexual/Cultural Hybridity in the 'New' South Africa: Emergent Sites of Transnational Queer Politics', in Aaron, Jane., Atlink Henrice. and Weedon, Chris. (eds.) Gendering Border Studies. Cardiff/Chicago : University of Wales Press/University of Chicago Press. pp. 208 - 221. ISBN 10: 0708321704. ISBN 13: 9780708323113.
Spurlin, WJ. (2010) 'Sexual/cultural hybridity in the 'New' South Africa: Emergent sites of transnational queer politics'. Gendering Border Studies. pp. 208 - 221.
Spurlin, WJ. (2010) ''. Feminist Review, 95 (95). pp. 10 - 26. ISSN: 0141-7789
Spurlin, WJ. (2009) 'Lost intimacies: Rethinking homosexuality under national socialism'. New York: Lang Publishing. ISSN 10: 082047892X ISSN 13: 9780820478920
Spurlin, WJ. (2008) ''Rein bleiben und reif werden!' Nazisme et racialisation du d茅sir homo茅rotique', in Zoberman, P. (ed.) Queer: Écritures de la différence? Autres temps, autres lieux. Paris : L'Harmattan. pp. 153 - 162. ISBN 10: 2-296-06776-X. ISBN 13: 978-2-296-06776-9.
Spurlin, WJ. (2008) 'Postcolonial/queer and the 鈥渘ew鈥 South Africa: HIV/AIDS and the emerging queer transnational politics'. Etudes Anglaises, 61 (3). pp. 360 - 370. ISSN: 0014-195X
Spurlin, WJ. (2006) 'Pour un nouveau trac茅 des fronti猫res du litt茅raire et du politique: Politique textuelle/sexuelle dans la 'Nouvelle' Afrique du Sud', in Garnier, Xavier. and Zoberman, Pierre. (eds.) Qu'est-ce qu'un espace littéraire ?. Paris : Presses Universitaires de Vincennes (Paris VIII). pp. 97 - 112. ISBN 10: 2-84292-185-2. ISBN 13: 978-2-84292-185-9.
Spurlin, WJ. (2006) 'Imperialism within the margins: Queer representation and the politics of culture in Southern Africa'. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 10: 1403974136 ISSN 13: 978-1403974136
Spurlin, WJ. (2004) ''I'd rather be the princess than the queen!': Mourning Diana as a gay icon', in Morland, I. and Willox, A. (eds.) Queer theory (Readers in Cultural Criticism Series). Palgrave MacMillan. pp. 208 - 210. ISBN 10: 1-4039-1694-2. ISBN 13: 978-1-4039-1693-8.
Spurlin, WJ. (2004) 'Rethinking the politics of race, gender, and sexuality: The critical reception of Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain in the cold war imaginary and in US black nationalism'. MAWA Review, 19 (1). pp. 58 - 70. ISSN: 0742-9738
Spurlin, WJ. (2002) 'Theorizing queer pedagogy in english studies after the 1990s'. College English, 65 (1). pp. 9 - 16. ISSN: 0010-0994
Spurlin, WJ. (2002) ''I'd rather be the princess than the queen': Mourning Diana as a gay icon', in Steinberg, DL. (ed.) Mourning Diana: Nation, Culture and the Performance of Grief. Routledge. pp. 155 - 168. ISBN 10: 0203011570. ISBN 13: 9780203011577.
Spurlin, WJ. (2001) 'Adrienne Rich', in Aldrich, R. and Wotherspoon, G. (eds.) Who's who in contemporary gay and lesbian history: From World War II to the present day. Routledge Press. , 2. pp. 351 - 352. ISBN 10: 041522974X. ISBN 13: 9780415229746.
Spurlin, WJ. (2001) 'Broadening postcolonial studies/decolonizing queer studies: Emerging `queer' identities and cltures in Southern Africa', in Hawley, JC. (ed.) Postcolonial, Queer: Theoretical Intersections. State University of New York Press. pp. 185 - 205. ISBN 10: 0791450929. ISBN 13: 9780791450925.
Spurlin, WJ. (2000) 'Willa Cather', in Aldrich, R. and Wotherspoon, G. (eds.) Who's who in gay and lesbian history: From antiquity to World War II. Routledge Press. , 1. pp. 89 - 91. ISBN 10: 0415159822. ISBN 13: 9780415159821.
Spurlin, WJ. (2000) 'Gertrude Stein', in Aldrich, R. and Wotherspoon, G. (eds.) Who's who in gay and lesbian history: From antiquity to World War II. Psychology Press. , 1. pp. 419 - 421. ISBN 10: 0415159822. ISBN 13: 9780415159821.
Spurlin, WJ. (2000) 'Audre Lorde', in Aldrich, R. and Wotherspoon, G. (eds.) Who's who in contemporary gay and lesbian history: From World War II to the present day. Routledge Press. , 2. pp. 250 - 251. ISBN 10: 041522974X. ISBN 13: 9780415229746.
Spurlin, WJ. (2000) 'Lesbian and gay studies and the teaching of English: Positions, pedagogies, and cultural politics'. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. ISSN 10: 0814127940 ISSN 13: 9780814127940
Spurlin, WJ. (2000) 'Queer Studies/English Studies', in Spurlin, WJ. (ed.) Lesbian and gay studies and the teaching of English. National Council of Teachers. pp. xiii - xxxiii. ISBN 10: 0814127940. ISBN 13: 9780814127940.
Spurlin, WJ. (2000) 'Remapping same-sex desire: Queer writing and culture in the American heartland', in Shuttleton, D., Watt, D. and Phillips, R. (eds.) De-centring sexualities: Politics and representations beyond the metropolis. Routledge. pp. 179 - 197. ISBN 10: 0415194652.
Spurlin, WJ. (1999) 'Culture, rhetoric, and gay identity: James Baldwin and the identity politics of race and sexuality', in McBride, DA. (ed.) James Baldwin now. New York : NYU Press. pp. 103 - 121. ISBN 10: 0-8147-5618-2. ISBN 13: 9780814756188.
Spurlin, WJ. (1998) 'Sissies and sisters: Gender, sexuality and the possibilities of political coalition', in Merck, M., Segal, N. and Wright, E. (eds.) Coming Out of Feminism?. Blackwell. pp. 74 - 101. ISBN 10: 155786702X. ISBN 13: 9781557867025.
Spurlin, WJ. (1996) 'Rhetorical Hermeneutics and Gay Identity Politics: Rethinking American Cultural Studies', in Cain, William E. (ed.) Reconceptualizing American Literary/Cultural Studies: Rhetoric, History, and Politics in the Humanities. New York; London : Taylor & Francis. pp. 169 - 183. ISBN 10: 1-315-80532-4. ISBN 13: 978-0-8153-2391-4.
Osborne, KL. and Spurlin, WJ. (1996) 'Reclaiming the heartland: Lesbian and gay voices from the Midwest'. University of Minnesota Press. ISSN 10: 0816627541 ISSN 13: 9780816627547
Spurlin, WJ. and Fischer, M. (1995) 'The new criticism and contemporary literary theory: Connections and Continuities'. New York: Francis and Taylor. ISSN 10: 0815314590 ISSN 13: 9780815314592
Spurlin, WJ. (1995) 'Introduction: The new criticism in contemporary theory', in Spurlin, WJ. and Fischer, M. (eds.) The New Criticism and contemporary literary theory: Connections and Continuities. Taylor & Francis. pp. xvii - xxix. ISBN 10: 0815314590. ISBN 13: 9780815314592.
Spurlin, WJ. (1995) 'New critical and reader-oriented theories of reading: Shared views on the role of the reader', in Spurlin, WJ. and Fischer, M. (eds.) The New Criticism and contemporary literary theory: Connections and Continuities. Taylor & Francis. pp. 229 - 245. ISBN 10: 0815314590. ISBN 13: 9780815314592.
Spurlin, WJ. (1995) 'Afterword: An interview with Cleanth Brooks', in Spurlin, WJ. and Fischer, M. (eds.) The New Criticism and contemporary literary theory: Connections and Continuities. Taylor & Francis. pp. 365 - 383. ISBN 10: 0815314590. ISBN 13: 9780815314592.