About

Martin Puchner is a professor whose work encompasses literature, theater, and cultural history. His research and contributions include authoring several books, such as 'Culture: The Story of Us,' which has been recognized as a bestseller, awarded the Cabot award, and shortlisted for the Phi Beta Kappa award. His writings have been translated into multiple languages, including Turkish, German, Chinese, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, and Romanian, and have received critical acclaim, including being named the best non-fiction book of the year by Publico and a New York Times Editors' Choice. Puchner's work often explores the intersection of literature, culture, and societal change, and he has been involved in various public discussions, media appearances, and academic events. He has also developed innovative educational tools such as customized GPTs for engaging with historical and literary figures, and he actively participates in literary festivals and conferences worldwide.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Linguistics
• Psychology
• Philosophy

Selected publications

• Frontmatter

  Anglia - Zeitschrift für englische Philologie · 2024-04-01

  articleOpen access
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Erratum

  Theatre Survey · 2023-01-01

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• Frontmatter

  Anglia - Zeitschrift für englische Philologie · 2023-11-28

  articleOpen access
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Form, Genre, History

  2023-11-15

  book-chapterSenior author

  This wide-ranging discussion, conducted via email but based on an ongoing dialogue that spans two decades, Caroline Levine and Martin Puchner examine how new genres are born, why they emerge, and how they travel from one location to another. Defending genre against its detractors, they also compare genres to forms based on Levine's understanding of the term. Levine and Puchner then apply their conclusions to the challenge of climate change by examining the genres we use to tell the story of human agency and the social forms of organization that transform stories into action.

  PublisherDOI

• Frontmatter

  Anglia - Zeitschrift für englische Philologie · 2023-09-01

  articleOpen access
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Frontmatter

  Anglia - Zeitschrift für englische Philologie · 2023

  • Philosophy
  • Linguistics
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Teaching Worldly Literature

  Routledge eBooks · 2022 · 7 citations

  1st authorCorresponding
  • Psychology

  Incompleteness goes back all the way to the origin of the concept of world literature: for Goethe, the age of world literature was always in the making, always in the process of arriving, but never quite here yet: “the epoch of world literature is at hand, and everyone must strive to hasten its approach”. Goethe, Marx, and Engels show that world literature is open temporally, that it never considers itself complete and therefore is oriented towards the future. Literature’s worldly entanglements include conquest and empire, narratives of collective origin and national destiny, but they also include economic matters. The teaching of world literature has followed suit, with many formerly “Western literature” or “Western masterpieces” courses giving way to world literature.

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• Poesia da revolução — Marx, manifestos e as vanguardas

  Mórula Editorial eBooks · 2022-05-22

  book-chapter1st authorCorresponding

  Brochura Revisão: Marília Gonçalves Projeto gráfico: Patrícia Oliveira Capa: arte sobre foto de André Carreira Páginas: 168 Dimensões: 140 x 210 x 9mm ISBN impresso: 978-65-86464-79-5 ISBN e-book: 978-65-86464-79-5

  PublisherDOI

• Frontmatter

  De Gruyter eBooks · 2022

  • Computer Science
  • Computer Science
  DOI

• CHAPTER THREE. The Two Faces of World Literature

  Princeton University Press eBooks · 2022-02-08

  book-chapter1st authorCorresponding
  PublisherDOI

Frequent coauthors

• Elisabeth Bronfen

  66 shared

• Ursula K. Heise

  University of California, Los Angeles

  66 shared

• Martin Middeke

  66 shared

• Philip Durkin

  Walter de Gruyter (Germany)

  66 shared

• Olga Fischer

  University of New Hampshire

  66 shared

• Verena Olejniczak Lobsien

  Advisory Board Company (United States)

  66 shared

• Terttu Nevalainen

  University of Helsinki

  66 shared

• Peter Schneck

  Advisory Board Company (United States)

  65 shared

Labs

• Martin Puchner LabPI

Awards & honors

• FAS awards honor faculty achievements of two of our Professo…