Professor
Graduate Director
My scholarly
research explores the complex connections between literary works
produced in Britain during the so-called long eighteenth-century,
from the
Restoration to the romantics, and their historical contexts,
with special focus on women's fiction and its relation to the
novels
of Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding.
In recent years, I have
become interested in textual scholarship, editing the new Norton
Critical Editions of Gulliver's Travels and Moll
Flanders.
My current projects include a book tentatively
titled Duplicitous Representations: Samuel Richardson, Henry
Fielding, and the History of Women's Fiction and critical
editions of both parts of Pamela for the Cambridge
University Press edition of Samuel Richardson's works and complete
correspondence.
Teaching Fields
- Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature
- Textual Criticism
- Women's Studies
Office
Location & Contact
Office
Hours
- SPRING 2008
- TUES, WED, THURS. - 11:00-1:00 PM
Teaching
Schedule
SPRING 2008
Research Interests
- Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature
Selected Publications
- Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders. Norton Critical Edition, 2004.
- Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels. Norton Critical Edition, 2002.
- Critical Essays on Henry Fielding. G. K. Hall, 1998.
- Augustan Subjects: Essays in Honor of Martin C. Battestin. University of Delaware Press, 1997.
- New Essays on Samuel Richardson. St. Martin=s Press/Macmillan, UK, 1996.
- The Plays of Henry Fielding: A Critical Study of His Dramatic Career. University Press of Virginia, 1989.
Honors/Awards
- NEH Senior Fellowship for University Teachers
- American Philosophical Society
- Clark Library Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Exxon Education Foundation Fellowship (Newberry Library)
- ACLS Fellowship for Recent Recipients of the Ph.D
