"[3] In this context, new modernist studies refers to what Douglas Mao and Rebecca Walkowitz define as the "temporal, spatial, and vertical" expansion of the field to critique canons, incorporate work by marginalized authors, and extend scholarly inquiry to matters of production, dissemination, and reception.
At the Israeli Science Foundation Workshop "Coming to Attention," Linett presented research from her next project, Making Us New: From Eugenics to Transhumanism in Modernist Culture.
[5] Maeera Schreiber notes that the book is "well-written, lucid, and imaginatively structured," and that its approach was significant because, until that point, scholars of modernism and Jewishness had largely "concentrated on male writers and poets.
"[6] The book features criticism on well-known modernist women writers such as Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, and Djuna Barnes alongside lesser-known authors such as Dorothy Richardson and Sylvia Townsend Warner.
Aviva Briefel also notes the book's impact: "Its innovative readings of the novels, impressive archival work, and often breathtaking connections" make important contributions to the field of Jewish literary studies.
"[7] In addition to analyzing "high-brow" modernists such as Woolf and James Joyce, Linett also considers noncanonical texts such as Florence Barclay's The Rosary, a best-selling romance published in 1909.
"[11] Participating in broader debates about the role of literature within the field of ethics, Linett often engages and complicates the work of contemporary ethicists, including Martha Nussbaum, Peter Singer, Tom Regan, Cora Diamond, and others.