​Sewanee Professor of English Bill Engel continues his prolific scholarly pursuits with four new publications at the start of this year. From "mindful wit" used in the frontispiece sub-genre of the early modern book, to Edgar Alan Poe's obsession with observing his cat, Dr. Engel's explorations continue to illuminate and enlighten the way literature shapes minds and cultures across time. 

See Dr. Engel's latest publications below, and find out more about his life and work on his website at: williamengel.org
Professor Bill engel's fall 2026 publications
“‘The Mind of the Frontispiece’: Invitations to Enter Self-Referential Mnemonic Spaces in English Renaissance Book Illustrations,” in The Affective and Hermeneutic Functions of the Mindful Picture, 1500-1700, ed. Walter Melion and Michael Zell (Leiden: De Gruyter Brill, 2026), 258-290.

“Aemilia Lanyer’s Subtle Art of Death in Salve Deus Rex Iudæorum,” in Explorations of the Renaissance 52.1(Special Issue: Aemilia Lanyer and the Body, ed. by Brice Peterson (Leiden: Brill), 148-177. 

"Migrating Aspects of an Emblem: Occasio, Time, and Death from Alciato to Holbein," in The Emblem and its Variations, ed. Paulette Choné, Marie Chaufour, and Jean-Jacques Chardin (Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2026), 31-46.

“Imagining Feline Consciousness: Embodied Cognition in Poe and Montaigne," Edgar Allan Poe Review 27.1 (2026), 5-19.