Department · vaiu-hum-lit-*
Literatures in English from the medieval period to the contemporary and global anglophone, together with the craft of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction writing.
Research areas
Faculty directory
Department chair
Literary Theory & the Novel
History of the novel, literary theory & criticism, and narrative studies.
Professor
Medieval & Early Modern Literature
Chaucer & medieval literature, Shakespeare & Renaissance drama, and Milton & the 17th century.
Professor
18th Century to Modernist Literature
Romanticism, Victorian literature, and modernism.
Professor
American & Global Anglophone Literature
American literature, postcolonial & global anglophone writing, and contemporary fiction.
Professor
Fiction & Nonfiction
Fiction workshop, creative nonfiction & the essay, and editing & narrative craft.
Professor
Poetry & Poetics
Poetry workshop, prosody & poetic form, and contemporary poetry & translation.