Ethan Werner

“Foreword.” Men, Women & Ghosts by Amy Lowell. Cita Press. (1916 [2023]). Forthcoming.

“Faerian Play: Affective (Dis)Enchantment in Breath of the Wild” – Advised by Patrick Jagoda, Chris Carloy. First completed as MA thesis, continues to be updated. (Spring 2025)
Presented at:
– Works in Progress Conference on the “Romance, Spectre & Landscape” Panel with Kendra Allman, Eleanor Clark, Kira Schukar, and Isabel Thompson, University of Chicago, (28 February 2025.)
– Digital Media Workshop with Katherine Buse as respondent. University of Chicago. (15 May 2026.)

“Wonder, Disenchantment, and the Trouble with Barton Fink” – Advised by Jim Hansen, read and awarded high honors by Irvin Hunt, José Capino. Completed as Honors English Thesis. (December 2023)

“Artificiality and Phenomenal Wonder: An Inquiry into Hannah Arendt’s Division of Being” – Advised by Helga Varden. Completed as Philosophy BA thesis for satisfaction of the capstone requirements. (Spring 2023)

“Negative Enchantment: Exploring the Ruins of Phenomenal Wonder” – Analysis of the theoretical shift of notions of (dis)enchantment through close readings of Friedrich Schiller’s poetry and “Aesthetic Letters” comparatively critiqued with Theodor Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory. Written for CMST 67209 The Frankfurt School, taught by Daniel Morgan at the University of Chicago. (Spring 2025)

“Magical Technologies of Gender” – Inquiry of the technologically mediated shift in gender politics through historical and critical accounts by Meredith Broussard, Donna Haraway, Paul Preciado, and Legacy Russell. Written for ENGL 582 Data Feminism, taught by Melissa Littlefield at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. (Spring 2024)