David R. Sherman

David Sherman's research explores modernist literature and culture. In a Strange Room: Modernism's Corpses and Mortal Obligation (2015) addresses literary responses to the sea-change in mortuary and mourning practices during the early twentieth century. He is currently writing a book about literary engagement with secularization, The Machine Stops: Modernism, Human Fungibility, and the Critique of Secular Hope. His other interests include narrative comedy, the politics of elegy, public sphere theory, and the role of literature in the criminal justice system.