Lynda M Zwinger

Interests

Research

the novel, narrative theory, 18th and 19th Century English novels, the Gothic, late 19th/early 20th century US literature, psychoanalytic theory, queer theory, gender and women's studies, zen studies

Teaching

Novel, narrative, epic fantasy fiction, fairy tales, gothic, American literature, women writers, zen studies, medical humanities, narrative medicine

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Books

• Zwinger, L. M. (2014). Telling in Henry James: The Web of Experience and the Forms of Reality. New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic Press.
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  About Telling in Henry JamesTelling in Henry James argues that James's contribution to narrative and narrative theories is a lifelong exploration of how to "tell," but not, as Douglas has it in "The Turn of the Screw" in any "literal, vulgar way." James's fiction offers multiple, and often contradictory, reading (in)directions. Zwinger's overarching contention is that the telling detail is that which cannot be accounted for with any single critical or theoretical lens-that reading James is in some real sense a reading of the disquietingly inassimilable "fictional machinery." The analyses offered by each of the six chapters are grounded in close reading and focused on oddments-textual equivalents to the “particles” James describes as caught in a silken spider web, in a famous analogy used in “The Art of Fiction” to describe the kind of “consciousness” James wants his fiction to present to the reader.Telling in Henry James attends to the sheer fun of James's wit and verbal dexterity, to the cognitive tune-up offered by the complexities and nuances of his precise and rhythmic syntax, and to the complex and contradictory contrapuntal impact of the language on the page, tongue, and ear.Table Of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1 Henry James On TellingChapter 2 The Europeans in the House of Fiction: "a foreigner of some sort"Chapter 3 Morganizing the Body of "The Pupil"Chapter 4 The Silver Clue Fish in The Golden BowlChapter 5 In the Vestibule of "The Jolly Corner"Chapter 6 Telling On Henry JamesWorks CitedIndexReviews“Zwinger's provocative ... prose underscores her insistence that "reading" James (as opposed to "code-cracking") is "messy, layered, distracted, peripatetic", and her own ransacking analysis uncovers much to admire and be grateful for.” – Times Literary Supplement“Offering a compellingly rich analysis of James's theory of the novel, Zwinger reads the writer's acts of 'telling' in the sharply focused style that James devoted to jokes, perverse claims, and 'dirt' in general. By this last term especially, Zwinger demonstrates how James's language implies something unconscious or unspoken, even as he insists on the authorial ability to tell them. A remarkable read!” – Dale Bauer, Professor of English, University of Illinois, USA“In a series of skillfully rendered, implacably unruly readings, Lynda Zwinger reads Henry James as the reader James hoped for: a field of awareness as finely spun as a spiderweb suspended without any purpose other than a full openness to the pervasive presence of what might otherwise be lost beyond telling.” – Donald E. Pease, Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College, USA- See more at: http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/telling-in-henry-james-9781501309007/#sthash.6LePbhmz.dpuf

Journals/Publications

• Zwinger, L. M. (2021). Arizona Quarterly, a Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory. Arizona Quarterly, a Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory, 77(1), 129. doi:0.1353/arq.2021.0005
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• Zwinger, L. M. (2021). Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory. Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory, 77(2), 133. doi:10.1353/arq.2021.0007
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021). Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory. Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory, 77(3), 122. doi:10.1353/arq.2021.0013
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021). Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory. Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory, 77(4), 138. doi:10.1353/arq.2021.0023
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• Zwinger, L. M. (2018). Arizona Quarterly, a Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory. Arizona Quarterly, a Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory.
• Zwinger, L. M. (2016). Henry James and Suffering: Emptiness, Non-attachment, and the "Happy Ending". Henry James Review, 37(3), 305-312. doi:10.1353/hjr.2016.0026
• Zwinger, L. M. (2016). Henry James and Suffering: Emptiness, Non-attachment, and the “Happy” Ending. Henry James Review, 37(3), 305-312. doi:10.1353/hjr.2016.0026
• Zwinger, L. (2010). World literature: Henry James as case study. The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review, 8(1), 17-22. doi:10.18848/1447-9508/cgp/v08i01/42803
• Zwinger, L. M. (2007). "treat me your subject": Henry James's "The Jolly Corner" and I. The Henry James Review, 29(1), 1-15. doi:10.1353/hjr.2008.0005
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  This article argues that first-, third-, and second-person pronouns are central to the perverse, queer story of "The Jolly Corner," with its looping and loopy disavowal of person, tense, and syntax (identity, time, and chronology). Numbers condense the narrative elements of identity, time, and chronology and function as markers of priority in the naming of pronouns, of placement in time, and of chronology. "The Jolly Corner" is the story of a "morbid obsession" with a disembodied other, an other who is not other.
• Zwinger, L. (2006). Men, Women, and the Nonhuman, or, Je est un autre . . . chose. The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review, 3(8), 105-110. doi:10.18848/1447-9508/cgp/v03i08/41783

Presentations

• Zwinger, L. M., & Mcmahon, E. E. (2023).

   “A Model for Understanding the Nature of Knowledge Creation through Arts Research: Embodied, Embedded, Enacted and Extended,” with Professor Ellen McMahon, Associate Dean of Fine Arts, UA (50% contribution)

  . , Twenty-first International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Sorbonne Université, Faculté des Lettres, Paris, France June 28 - 30, 2023. Virtual presentation. 50% contribution. Paris, France: New Directions in the Humanities.
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021, August). Our Stories, Our Selves: Who Are We When the World is on Fire?. Upaya Sangha of Tucson. Tucson.
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• Zwinger, L. M. (2021, August). Translating zazen: Words to Body. Upaya Sangha of Tucson. online.
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• Zwinger, L. M. (2018, June 18-24). How to Publish in Peer Reviewed Jounrals. The Futures of American Studies Institute. Dartmouth College.
• Zwinger, L. M. (2018, June 18-June 24). "Reading Time Being". The Futures of American Studies Institute. Dartmouth College.
• Zwinger, L. M. (2016, February 23). Henry James, Dogen, Time, Being. Invited presentation, Dartmouth. Dartmouth College: Dartmouth College.
• Zwinger, L. M. (2016, May). Editor's Panel. American Literature Association Conference. San Francisco CA: American Literature Association.
• Zwinger, L. M. (2017, November). “Time Being in Henry James and Eihei Dogen: Notes Toward an Aesthetics of Time in the Novel”. Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. Hawaii: PAMPA.
• Zwinger, L. M. (2014, January 9-12). "On Charles Dickens and The Pickwick Papers". American, British, and Transnational Serials, Special Session, MLA Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL: MLA.
• Zwinger, L. M. (2014, March 27-29). "'a foreigner of some sort': Henry James's The Europeans". International Conference on Narrative. Cambridge, MA: International Narrative Society.
• Zwinger, L. M. (2014, May 22-25). "Sensation Fiction as Subversive Sentimentality: The Dime Novels of Mrs. Alexander McVeigh Miller". American Literature Association Annual Conference. Washington, D.C.: American LIterature Assoc.

Creative Productions

• Zwinger, L. M. (2023.  

   

  "just to stand in place" Geppo. November 2023 (VolXLVIII#4). Print.

  "what is it really--" [rpt] Haiku Avenue, No. 1, November 2023, p.13. Print.

  "stones in the dry wash" Haiku Avenue, No. 1, November 2023, p. 13. Print.

  "hammock suspended" Haiku Avenue, No. 1, November 2023, p.21. Print.

  "here among seashells" Haiku Avenue, No. 1, November 2023, p.21. Print.

  “under the prickly pear,” Ed. Lisa Anne Johnson. Trash Panda: Life in the Anthropocene in 17 Syllables or Less, #5, 2023

  “someone threw handfuls,” Ed. Lisa Anne Johnson. Trash Panda: Life in the Anthropocene in 17 Syllables or Less, #5. 2023

  “the trees are washing” in Clark Strand, Seeds from a Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey. 25th Anniversary Edition. Rhinebeck, NY: Monkfish Publishing, 2023,  p. 60
  “across the desert,” Asahi Haikuist Network | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis, 18 August 2023.

  “what is it really —,” 5-7-5 Haiku Journal. Online. 10 July 2023.

  “barefoot summer days,” 5-7-5 Haiku Journal. Online. 19 July 2023.

  "our hearts taking wing," "planted in the dark," "a crow sails over,"   Kyoto x Haiku Project: Haiku of the World. Online 2023

   “this guilty pleasure—" Trash Panda: Life in the Anthropocene in 17 Syllables or Less. Ed. Lisa Anne Johnson. Vol. 4, Winter 2022-23. Np. Print.

   “ wut? wut? wut? wut? wut?” Trash Panda: Life in the Anthropocene in 17 Syllables or Less. Ed. Lisa Anne Johnson. Vol. 4, Winter 2022-23. Np. Print.

   “hammock suspended” Trash Panda: Life in the Anthropocene in 17 Syllables or Less. Ed. Lisa Anne Johnson. Vol. 4, Winter 2022-23. Np. Print.

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• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. "the love the black hole" [no title; first line]. Trash Panda: Life in the Anthropocene in 17 syllables or less. print: Lisa Anne Johnson, Founding Editor.
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• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. Whirlygigging kite. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. You were here, then not–. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. a cactus flower. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. a potlach of blue. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. after a night of love. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. bumblebee aubade. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. bumblebee tumbling. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. cactus flower throws. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. onlined: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. cool caress of shade. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. first, gladden hearts; then,. Writing on the“flower”/September-November, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-11-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. goldfish in water. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. in all of us [first line]. Three Line Poetry. print.
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• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. in the sitting hall [first line]. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. online. https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/july-haiku-challenge/
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• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. in the sitting hall. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. print and online. https://tricycle.org/magazine/tricycle-haiku-winter/
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  Quarterly winner of Haiku Challenge, Tricycle, winter 2021, print
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. in the sitting hall. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. i’ll make you a bed. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. leaning and loafing. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. nectar of flowers. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. on Tian Mu Mountain. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. our children’s children—. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. pale summer moon in. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. pin cushion cactus. World Online Kukai. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/20211218-1en/
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. prickly pear in bloom. Writing on the“flower”/September-November, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-11-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. soft firefly evening. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. summer morning walks. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. the house aflutter. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. the love the black hole. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. tides and gravity. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. online. https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/november-haiku-challenge/
• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. wind chimes say nothing [first line]. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. online. https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/june-haiku-challenge/
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• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. wind chimes say nothing. Writing on the“life”/January–August, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-08-2/#northA

Creative Performances

• Zwinger, L. M. (2021. a twelve year old girl. Writing on the“flower”/September-November, 2021/Haiku of the world. online: The Kyoto x Haiku Project. https://kyoto.haiku819.jp/excell-2021-11-2/#northA
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Others

• Zwinger, L. M. (2023, april).

  "Zen and Poetry: Non-duality, Interbeing, Consciousness," Invited seminar/lecture for SBS 395 C: Spiritual and Scientific Approaches to Consciousness, Instructor Tom Bever,Regents Professor, Department of Linguistics, spring 24

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