Robert T. Tally Jr. is a professor of English at
Texas State University
Texas State University is a public research university in San Marcos, Texas. Since its establishment in 1899, the university has grown to the second largest university in the Greater Austin metropolitan area and the fifth largest university ...
. His research and teaching focuses on the relations among space, narrative, and representation, particularly in U.S. and comparative literature, and he is active in the emerging scholarly fields of
geocriticism, literary geography, and the spatial humanities. Tally is the editor of "Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies," a Palgrave Macmillan book series established in 2013. The translator of Bertrand Westphal's ''Geocriticism: Real and Fictional Spaces'' and the editor of ''Geocritical Explorations'', In addition to his numerous essays on literature, criticism, and theory, Tally has written books on
Herman Melville
Herman Melville ( born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are ''Moby-Dick'' (1851); ''Typee'' (1846), a rom ...
,
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wid ...
,
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and ...
, and
J.R.R. Tolkien's
The Hobbit
''The Hobbit, or There and Back Again'' is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the ''N ...
, as well as a critical introduction to the work of literary critic and theorist
Fredric Jameson
Fredric Jameson (born April 14, 1934) is an American literary critic, philosopher and Marxist political theorist. He is best known for his analysis of contemporary cultural trends, particularly his analysis of postmodernity and capitalism. Jam ...
.
See "Fredric Jameson's Ruthless Criticism of All That Exists," Pluto Press blog, June 18, 2014.
Tally received an M.A. in literature and Ph.D. in critical and cultural studies from the University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the univers ...
, a J.D. from the Duke University School of Law
Duke University School of Law (Duke Law School or Duke Law) is the law school of Duke University, a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. One of Duke's 10 schools and colleges, the School of Law is a constituent academic unit t ...
, and an A.B. (philosophy) from Duke University.
Books
*''The Critical Situation: Vexed Perspectives in Postmodern Literary Studies''. London: Anthem Press, 2023.
*''For a Ruthless Critique of All That Exists: Literature in An Age of Capitalist Realism''. Winchester: Zer0 Books, 2022.
*''J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit': Realizing History Through Fantasy (A Critical Companion)''. New York: Palgrave, 2022.
*''Topophrenia: Place, Narrative, and the Spatial Imagination''. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2019.
*''Fredric Jameson: The Project of Dialectical Criticism''. London: Pluto Press, 2014.
*''Poe and the Subversion of American Literature: Satire, Fantasy, Critique''. New York: Bloomsbury, 2014.
*''Spatiality''. The New Critical Idiom. London: Routledge, 2013.
*''Utopia in the Age of Globalization: Space, Representation, and the World System''. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
*''Kurt Vonnegut and the American Novel: A Postmodern Iconography''. London: Continuum, 2011.
*''Melville, Mapping and Globalization: Literary Cartography in the American Baroque Writer''. London: Continuum, 2009.
Edited collections and special issues
*''Affective Geographies and Narratives of Chinese Diaspora'' (co-editor, with Melody Yunzi Li). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
*''Spatial Literary Studies in China'' (co-editor, with Ying Fang). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
*''Spatial Literary Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Space, Geography, and the Imagination'' (editor). London: Routledge, 2020.
*''Teaching Space, Place, and Literature'' (editor). London: Routledge, 2018.
*''The Routledge Handbook of Literature and Space'' (editor). London: Routledge, 2017.
*''Ecocriticism and Geocriticism: Overlapping Territories in Environmental and Spatial Literary Studies'' (co-editor, with Christine M. Battista). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
*''The Geocritical Legacies of Edward W. Said: Spatiality, Critical Humanism, and Comparative Literature'' (editor). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
*''Literary Cartographies: Spatiality, Representation, and Narrative'' (editor). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
*''Spatial Literary Studies'' (editor), special issue of ''Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture'' 14.3 (2014).
*''Kurt Vonnegut'' (editor). Critical Insights. Ipswich, MA: Salem Press, 2013.
*''Kurt Vonnegut and Humor'' (co-editor, with Peter C. Kunze), special issue of ''Studies in American Humor'' New Series 3, No. 26 (2012).
*''Geocritical Explorations: Space, Place and Mapping in Literary and Cultural Studies'' (editor). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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External links
Faculty page
from Texas State University
Robert Tally
on Academia.edu
www.roberttally.com
Personal website
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Texas State University faculty
Living people
1969 births