BA (Durham) MA (Leeds) PhD (Cambridge)         

Director of the Victorian Studies Centre

Contact Details:

• E: gm181@leicester.ac.uk 

• T: +44 (0)116 252 2638

Research Interests

My research interests lie in the Victorian period, and particularly in Victorian fiction and theatre, women's writing, the figure of the actress, Shakespeare and the Victorians, and Victorian historiography.  I am currently working on an edited volume on Shakespeare in the Nineteenth Century (Cambridge University Press) and am series editor for Pickering & Chatto's 'Lives of Shakespearian Actors' volumes.

I am writing a monograph on the literature and culture of 1859, which aims to write a micro-history of that year, and to use it as a means of exploring our current understanding of the term 'Victorian', and am working on papers on Dickens and capital punishment, and Victorian actresses as Shakespeare critics.

Projects

Along with colleagues in the Victorian Studies Centre and the Centre for Museum Studies, I am working on a project called 'Curating the Victorians', which aims to investiagte how museums and other heritage sites re-present the Victorians to contemporary audiences.

Postgraduate Supervision

I have supervised several graduate students to completion in Victorian PhDs on a range of topics, and am currently working with doctoral students researching late-Victorian short stories, and boredom in Victorian literature and culture.

I would be very happy to encourage applications for graduate work from students interested in Victorian fiction, women's writing, Victorian theatre, the fin de siecle, or Victorian historiography.

Teaching and Administration

I am Director of the Victorian Studies Centre and course leader of the MA in Victorian Studies.  During 2010-11, I am also acting Director of Graduate Students and Acting Deputy Head of the School of English.

Undergraduate:

I teach third year special subjects on 'The Literature and Culture of the 1890s' and 'George Eliot', and contribute to the following core modules:

• EN1010 Reading English
• EN3020 Romantics to Victorians
• EN3030 Victorian to Modern

Recent Publications

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