Research outputs
Selected research outputs
- Endless Forms: Heredity in American Literature, 1890-1931 (Book - 2026)
- “Heredity, Heredity!”: Recovering Henry James’s <i>The Reprobate</i> in Its Scientific and Theatrical Contexts (Journal article - 2021)
- Ten Minute Book Club: A Deep Dive into Short Reads (Book - 2025)
- ‘Imagining Alternative Arctics: Literature and Science of the Far North from 1900 to the Present.’ (Chapter - 2025)
2026
Endless Forms: Heredity in American Literature, 1890-1931
Abdalla, D. (2026). Endless Forms: Heredity in American Literature, 1890-1931. Palgrave Macmillan.
2025
‘Science'
Abdalla, D., & Shepherd-Barr, K. (2025). ‘Science'. In B. Kent, & D. Kornhaber (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Modernist Theatre. Cambridge UP.
Breaking the ‘Bubble’: Writing Neo-Darwinian Heredity for the Modernist Stage
Abdalla, D. (n.d.). Breaking the ‘Bubble’: Writing Neo-Darwinian Heredity for the Modernist Stage. In L. Campos, S. Bouttier, S. Montin, & F. -J. Lapointe (Eds.), Microscopic Life in 20th- and 21st-Century Literature and Performance. Open Book.
Ten Minute Book Club: A Deep Dive into Short Reads
Abdalla, D., Shepherd-Barr, K., & Paddock, A. (n.d.). Ten Minute Book Club: A Deep Dive into Short Reads. Bodleian Libraries Publishing.
‘Imagining Alternative Arctics: Literature and Science of the Far North from 1900 to the Present.’
Abdalla, D. (n.d.). ‘Imagining Alternative Arctics: Literature and Science of the Far North from 1900 to the Present.’. In A. DeWitt (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Literature and Science. Oxford UP.
‘Imbrications of Blindness, Heredity, and Performance in Plays by Ibsen, Herne, Bernstein, and Torrence'
Abdalla, D., & Shepherd-Barr, K. (n.d.). ‘Imbrications of Blindness, Heredity, and Performance in Plays by Ibsen, Herne, Bernstein, and Torrence'. In N. Wyants, & E. Andersen (Eds.), Performing Science, Mediating Knowledge. Brepols.
2024
Unpleasant Plays: Shavian Reforms in Harlem Renaissance Theatre
Abdalla, D. (2024). Unpleasant Plays: Shavian Reforms in Harlem Renaissance Theatre. The Shavian.
Elizabeth Robins
Shepherd-Barr, K., & Paddock, A. (2019). Elizabeth Robins. doi:10.1093/obo/9780199799558-0154
2021
“Heredity, Heredity!”: Recovering Henry James’s <i>The Reprobate</i> in Its Scientific and Theatrical Contexts
Abdalla, D. I. (2021). “Heredity, Heredity!”: Recovering Henry James’s <i>The Reprobate</i> in Its Scientific and Theatrical Contexts. Modern Drama, 64(1), 67-87. doi:10.3138/md.64.1.1122