Profiles in "British Literature" Expertise Area

  • Bivona has published three books on 19th and 20th century British literature and culture as well as a co-edited collection and a number of essays.
  • Newhauser has a doctorate in English, with an emphasis on Medieval studies. His areas of research interest include the moral tradition in intellectual history and sensory studies (sensology).
  • Ryner studies and teaches classes on Shakespeare and early English drama, history of economic thought, drama as a genre, knowledge production, and questions of ontology and agency in early English texts and society.
  • Maring explores the way that early English poems draw upon oral, literary, and ritual forms of signification for their meaning.
  • Baldini's research interests are concentrated on British and European 19th century literature and culture.
  • Lussier specializes in European Romanticism, and his research has explored the relation of literature and art with religion and science. Recent work focuses on medical humanities.
  • Sturges' teaching and research interests include medieval literature (especially Chaucer), the Bible as literature, critical theory, gender studies, lesbian/gay/queer studies, and opera.
  • Bjork specializes in Old English language and literature as well as Old Norse, modern Swedish, and modern medical writing. He was educated at Pomona College and UCLA.
  • Fox's current work focuses on the histories of positive emotions and well-being, as well as the role of fictional and cultural narratives in shaping emotion.
  • Broglio's research focuses on how philosophy and aesthetics can help us rethink the relationship between humans and the environment.