Member Profile
Name:
Emma Probett
Institution:
Academic status:
Student
Main discipline:
Literary Studies
Additional disciplines:
Cultural Studies
History
History
Other societies:
Research interests:
Currently researching: the novels of Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell through the lens of the novel of manners genre.
Writers of interest:
- The novels of Frances Burney & Maria Edgeworth (and their reception)
- The Brontë sisters (especially Anne)
- Beyond the Victorian period, but with connections to it: Patrick Hamilton, Elizabeth Bowen, and Mervyn Peake.
Topics of interest:
- National reading habits in Britain & library listings
- Bodily damage in the Victorian novel
- Extended literary heritage: C18th-C20th
- Psychological effects of confinement in the silver spoon novels
Writers of interest:
- The novels of Frances Burney & Maria Edgeworth (and their reception)
- The Brontë sisters (especially Anne)
- Beyond the Victorian period, but with connections to it: Patrick Hamilton, Elizabeth Bowen, and Mervyn Peake.
Topics of interest:
- National reading habits in Britain & library listings
- Bodily damage in the Victorian novel
- Extended literary heritage: C18th-C20th
- Psychological effects of confinement in the silver spoon novels