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Jennifer Marston William

Arts and Humanities · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1997

Publications

84

Citations

162

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

29

Publishing since 1997

Research summary
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Jennifer Marston William works in German literature and cultural studies, with particular attention to how literary and performance texts represent emotion, memory, and human experience, and how cognitive science concepts (like how the brain processes language and meaning) can inform literary analysis. Her writing spans topics such as German war films, fantasy literature, drama by authors like Elfriede Jelinek and Peter Weiss, and broader questions about combining cognitive science with literary and performance studies. Some listed publications appear unrelated to this core focus and may reflect indexing overlap rather than her main research direction.

German literature and cultureCognitive approaches to literature and performanceLiterary memory and emotionGerman film and drama studiesCross-disciplinary literary theory

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, with a notable peak in 2022 followed by a decline in the most recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.2/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 1 publication192020: 3 publications202021: 7 publications212022: 18 publications18222023: 4 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 3 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance×17
  • Boydell & Brewer eBooks×4
  • Boydell and Brewer eBooks×4
  • Monatshefte×3
  • Shofar×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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