Edward Cahill Books In Order

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Edward Cahill is a published author.

In addition to writing, he also is a Professor of English. He teaches students at Fordham University, where he has been teaching since 2005.

Edward attended Rutgers University, where he obtained his Ph.D. He has also published widely on topics in early American literature as well as culture. His first book to come out was his monograph in 2012. Published by the University of Pennsylvania Press, it was titled Liberty of the Imagination: Aesthetic Theory, Literary Form, and Politics in the Early United States.

Edward’s debut novel is titled Disorderly Men. It was published by Empire State Editions for Fordham University Press in 2023. The book has also been translated into different languages, including Portuguese.

Today, the author resides in Manhattan on the Upper West Side.

Liberty of the Imagination: Aesthetic Theory, Literary Form, and Politics in the Early United States is a 2012 book by Edward Cahill. If you are interested in nonfiction and like books like this, you’re going to want to check out Liberty and see what you think!

Inside of this book, the author does a lot of work to get to the bottom of the impact of 18th century theories of the imagination. These include various philosophical ideas that revolve around aesthetic pleasure and more, and discover their impact on American writing from the Revolutionary era all the way to the early 19th century.

American writers were not too busy with topics such as commerce or politics or too concerned about pleasure’s morality. They would consistently turn themselves to the ideas of the imagination so that they could more deeply comprehend natural and artistic objects, political institutions, and social formations.

Cahill puts forth the argument that conceptual tensions inside of aesthetic theory rendered it to be an evocative language when it comes to being able to describe that challenges of American political liberty while also taking on the different contradictions offered up by nation formation. The analyses that he has done show the central nature of aesthetics when it comes to key different political debates that took place during various stages of U.S. history.

The book also looks into the relevance of aesthetic ideas and extends to a range of different literary genres. These include novels, poetry, political writing, natural history writing, and literary criticism. The author makes connections between the intellectual and political history and the (often idiosyncratic) formal tendencies of early national texts. This helps show the richness of a literary tradition that is underappreciated as well as a unique account of the connection between Revolutionary writing and 19th century literary romanticism.

This is a great book if you have been feeling that you want to learn more about a certain topic or just be more informed in general! Cahill does a great job of taking something that could be complicated and bringing it to the reader in terms and ways that they can understand, making American history more accessible for everyone. Pair with your favorite hot cup of coffee or tea, find a comfortable place, and see what this book has to offer!

Disorderly Men is a 2023 novel by Edward Cahill. This book has gotten a lot of attention and has won a lot of awards. It was the winner at the Ippy Book Awards in the category of LGBTQ+ fiction. It was also the winner of the 2023 Best Indie Book Award at LGBTQ2 Fiction and made the short list for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, and on the Lambda Literary Review’s ‘September Most Anticipated’ List. The book was one of the Best Pride Reads by Queer Forty for Summer 2023.

Three men who are gay living in New York City prior to Stonewall end up discovering that their destinies may be tied together when it comes to the police raid of a Village bar.

One of the main characters is Roger Moorhouse. He’s a banker on Wall Street and prides himself on being a Westchester family man. But he also has a secret that he keeps all to himself. Once the shouting starts and the flashlights start shining in his face, he is about to discover that the life he has worked to build up over the years is in jeopardy.

Roger spent years making a life for himself that seemed manicured and perfect on the outside. He has a wife, children, a home located in Beechmont Woods, and a new office that looks over lower Broadway. But little does he know that in the process of living his double life that the events of one night may mean that it all comes crashing down.

Then there is Julian Prince. He is a literature professor at Columbia and lives a life that is not at all in the closet. But he ends up finding that the first committed relationship that he ever had has been tested to its very limit. He wonders how he would be able to explain to the young artist Gus that he would not be able to stay with him on the weekend he wanted because the woman that he was still technically engaged to would be visiting.

It’s a really tough problem that Julian does not quite know how to navigate. When Gus ends up being struck by a police baton and is unconscious, Julian cannot sit aside. He comes out of his place of hiding in order to protect him. He is risking everything and putting it on the line, even though it could mean that he loses everything.

Then there’s Danny Duffy. He’s an Irish kid who comes from the Bronx. He not only has a sassy mouth but his personality has made him a lot of friends and he has a diverse group of people that he knows. For him, the raid is a Spartacus moment and he sees it as totally galvanizing. Danny doesn’t have all that much left that he can lose, however.

He’s been disowned by his family and does not have that much to protect. But he does have other things, and they start to be affected by this. His name is featured in the newspaper and so he gets let go from his job. There he had become an assistant manager of produce but it’s all gone just like that. When the tree man are in a police wagon together, each must face their own lives and what they feel they must do. What will happen? Read this book to find out!