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The Department of English and Comparative Literature logo The Department of English and Comparative Literature

19th Century British Literature

Affiliated Faculty

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photo of Sharon Marcus
Full-time Faculty

Sharon Marcus

Director of Undergraduate Studies; Orlando Harriman Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Research Interests

19th Century British Literature
Europe
Gender, Sexuality, Queer Theory, Feminism
Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies
Prose Fiction/ History of the Novel
Film, Media, and Visual Studies
Narrative and Rhetorical Theory
Political Theory, Marxism, and Critical Social Theory
Material Culture/ Object Studies
Britain

Affiliated Graduate Students

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Sophia Featherstone

PhD Student

Research Interests

19th Century British Literature
Environmental Humanities
Disability Studies
Gender, Sexuality, Queer Theory, Feminism
Material Culture/ Object Studies
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