Having just published The Novel Stage: Narrative Form from the Restoration to Jane Austen (Bucknell UP, 2020), I have two projects that flow from thinking about the relations between the theatre and the novel in 18th-century England, neither of which focus exclusively on 18th-century materials.
As Principle Investigator on a SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2020-22), I am working with a team to develop for narrative theory the concept of "situation," which has long theatrical roots and broad vernacular applicability across a range disciplinary contexts and in various media. We are looking at its explicit appearance in drama theory, screenwriting, literary and social theory of the 20th century, radio and television serial production (sit com), and the art world, and its implicit appearance in novels and films.
I am working on a project about autofiction and autotheory in the context of the long history of the novel tentatively entitled "Me, Myself, and I."
Education
BA Double Major in English and Philosophy, Barnard College 1982
PhD in English, The Johns Hopkins University 1991
Research and teaching interests
Restoration and Eighteenth-century British literature and culture
Gender and sexuality
Post-1945 American literature and media (esp. film and television)
