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 Hours
FALL 2009
- TUTH 11:00-12:30
Teaching Schedule
FALL 2009
- 2410 - TUTH - 9:30
- 4931 - TUTH - 8:00
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.
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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.
English Department
