Leisa Rundquist is a Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of North Carolina Asheville, USA.
Following an excellent introduction to Darger scholarship, Rundquist (Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville) adeptly mines intersections of popular visual culture, Darger's obsessively devout Catholicism, and art historical method, extracting compelling insights from a challenging body of images that range from the pastoral to violently horrific. ... Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. --CHOICE [Rundquist's] focused study is an important contribution to Darger scholarship, in part precisely because it privileges social nd material cultural critique. --The Burlington Magazine In this admirably concise volume, Leisa Rundquist works diligently to normalize Henry Darger. ... [T]he power of this book is in her close analysis of Darger's sources and culture, especially the specific strands of influence from his devotion to Roman Catholicism. --The Outsider