Paul Giles. The Global Remapping of American Literature.

Michael Tavel Clarke is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Calgary, where he specializes in U.S. literature and culture since the Civil War. He is the author of These Days of Large Things: The Culture of Size in America, 1865-1930 (Michigan 2007) as well as essays on gender, American film, ethnic literature, U.S. imperialism, and other topics.