John Attridge
@johnattridge.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English at UNSW | Modernism, novels, specialisation, media, bildungsroman &c | Chair Australasian Modernist Studies Network
How to start conversations about fiction
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
How to start conversations about fiction
The essays in this collection have been carefully selected to provide a cohesive overview of the topic
September 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The essays in this collection have been carefully selected to provide a cohesive overview of the topic
How it feels to write "my translation"
September 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
How it feels to write "my translation"
This is how I write my tweets btw
September 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is how I write my tweets btw
Discovered a brilliant book on the subject I'm researching
August 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Discovered a brilliant book on the subject I'm researching
You better not be wearing the isolator when I get there
Me:
Me:
August 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
You better not be wearing the isolator when I get there
Me:
Me:
This is what someone trained in the humanities sees every time you use language
August 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This is what someone trained in the humanities sees every time you use language
These questions are getting really hard
July 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
These questions are getting really hard
How it feels to try to preserve the speech act sense of the word "performative" in 2025
July 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
How it feels to try to preserve the speech act sense of the word "performative" in 2025
"You are writing a parenthetical remark. Would you use an em-dash?"
July 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"You are writing a parenthetical remark. Would you use an em-dash?"
Charles Dickens checking that he has met his character quota
June 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Charles Dickens checking that he has met his character quota
Some personal news
May 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Some personal news
Me when I see an opportunity to write "sic"
May 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Me when I see an opportunity to write "sic"
Your outie can easily distinguish between free indirect discourse and narratorial commentary
May 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Your outie can easily distinguish between free indirect discourse and narratorial commentary
Alas, poor Yorick. Very funny guy, very funny. Much funnier than the comedians we have now. He bore me on his back probably thousands of times. Maybe more. Not many people know that but he did
May 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Alas, poor Yorick. Very funny guy, very funny. Much funnier than the comedians we have now. He bore me on his back probably thousands of times. Maybe more. Not many people know that but he did
Me adding a hostile methodological gotcha to the end of my otherwise affable question
May 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Me adding a hostile methodological gotcha to the end of my otherwise affable question
I have an essay on atmosphere in Virginia Woolf in the new issue of Modern Fiction Studies. Currently unpaywalled, if you even care muse.jhu.edu/issue/54710
May 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I have an essay on atmosphere in Virginia Woolf in the new issue of Modern Fiction Studies. Currently unpaywalled, if you even care muse.jhu.edu/issue/54710
Me after marking one (1) essay
May 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Me after marking one (1) essay
How it feels to say apropos
May 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
How it feels to say apropos