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My research helped uncover a long-lost right-wing provocateur – but then I turned away from her work

  • Written by Carole Sargent, Literary Historian; Founding Director of the Office of Scholarly Publications, Georgetown University
My research helped uncover a long-lost right-wing provocateur – but then I turned away from her workAn example of 18th-century right-wing conservative commentary: 'The New Atalantis.'Transliteracies Project

Years ago I discovered a shocking early English political satirist when a professor urged me not study her. Dismissing what I assumed was his liberal bias, I claimed bipartisan curiosity and dove in anyway. You could say I fell for the...

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