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Author IDs
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7384-9943
Scopus Author ID: 55360223000
Google Scholar Profile: zMlMWUoAAAAJ
Impact
Biography
Eric Sandberg completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh, and is currently an Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong. He also holds a Docentship at the University of Oulu, Finland. His research interests range from modernism to the contemporary novel, with a particular interest in the borderlands between literary and popular fiction. His monograph on Virginia Woolf appeared in 2014, and he published a companion to the work of Dorothy L. Sayers in 2021. He co-edited Adaptation, Awards Culture, and the Value of Prestige in 2017, and edited 100 Greatest Literary Detectives in 2018. He has published essays in numerous edited collections, and in journals including Ariel, The Cambridge Quarterly, the Journal of Modern Literature, Critique, and Neohelicon.
Research Interests/Areas
English Literature, World Literatures, Genre fiction, Crime fiction, the novel
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations from the last five years
Research output
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"It is but it isn't": Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another and Thomas Pynchon's Vineland
Sandberg, E., Mar 2026, In: Adaptation. 19, 1, 4 p., apaf043.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 62 - Review of books or of software (or similar publications/items) › peer-review
Open AccessFile6 Downloads (CityUHK Scholars) -
Adapting Noir: Media, Culture, Identity
Sandberg, E., 4 Jun 2025, (Presented) p. 83.Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 33 - Other conference paper
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Adapting the Holocaust: Martin Amis’ and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest
Sandberg, E., Mar 2025, In: Adaptation. 18, 1, 19 p., apae019.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Crime Fiction and the Holocaust
Sandberg, E., 2025, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 174 p. (Crime Files)Research output: Scholarly Books, Monographs, Reports and Case Studies › RGC 11 - Research book or monograph (Author) › peer-review
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K. Ludwig Pfeiffer, Sociability and Society: Literature and the Symposium. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2023
Sandberg, E., Jan 2025, In: Partial Answers. 23, 1, p. 179-182 4 p.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 62 - Review of books or of software (or similar publications/items) › peer-review
Open AccessFile13 Downloads (CityUHK Scholars)
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GRF: Crime Fiction, Crime Fiction Tropes, and the Representation of Second World War-Era Atrocities
SANDBERG, E. P. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/10/22 → …
Project: Research
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TDG(CityU): Extending the Literature Classroom: Creating Space for Student Discovery
SANDBERG, E. P. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/06/19 → 30/11/20
Project: Research
Press/Media
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The problem with today's YA fiction and why you need to explore beyond this genre
3/05/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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New publication explores the value of prestige
20/04/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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“Life, Simple and Heroic”: H. Rider Haggard’s Unfulfilled Nordic Vision.
SANDBERG, E. P. (Speaker)
6 Dec 2019Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Presentation
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Nostalgia in Contemporary Culture
SANDBERG, E. P. (Participant)
4 Jun 2018 → 5 Jun 2018Activity: Organizing or Participating in a conference / an event › Conference / Symposium
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Routledge (Publisher)
SANDBERG, E. P. (Editor-in-Chief)
Jun 2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work (RGC: 61) › Publication peer-review
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Principle speaker on the topic of Dark Fantasy at the Academic Dialogue of the English Society of Hong Kong University
SANDBERG, E. P. (Speaker)
27 Mar 2018Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture
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Thomas Pynchon and the Hardboiled Turn
SANDBERG, E. P. (Speaker)
26 Mar 2018Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture