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Benjamin A. Saltzman is associate professor of English at the University of Chicago and author of Turning Away: The Poetics of an Ancient Gesture. Saltzman coedits the journal Modern Philology.

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	Bonds of Secrecy: Law, Spirituality, and the Literature of Concealment in Early Medieval England (The Middle Ages Series) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thinking of the Medieval: Midcentury Intellectuals and the Middle Ages by Benjamin A. Saltzman (Goodreads Author) (editor), R D Perry (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turning Away: The Poetics of an Ancient Gesture it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Benjamin Saltzman and 2 other people liked Jordan's review of Cruel Optimism: "Marking this down as one of the most difficulty-written things I’ve ever read, but not without really insightful ideas. The central themes of optimistic (cruel) attachment and crisis ordinariness within the context of precarity, neoliberalism, and co" Read more of this review »
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