Recent books include The Siren and the Sage: Knowledge and Wisdom in ancient Greece and China (co-authored with Stephen Durrant) Cassell Publishing, 2000; Plato and Postmodernism andIn Search of the Classic: Reconsidering the Greco-Roman Tradition, Homer to Valéry and Beyond, and an edition of Pope's Iliad. Other publications include " 'Art with Truth Ally'd': Pope's Epistle to a Lady as Pindaric Encomium" and "Poetry and the In-Between: Pindar and Valéry."

Interests include Comparative literature, the classical tradition in English and American literature, the eighteenth century, and the history of literary theory.