Staff Profile

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Research Interests

Eighteenth-century and Romantic literature ∙ Shelley and his circle ∙ John Clare ∙ Utopian poetry ∙ Daydreaming and wishful thinking ∙ Romanticism and the future ∙ the role of the poet ∙ speculative science fiction ∙ utopian or dystopian literature of any period ∙ video game utopianism

Stage One:

SEL1034: Beginnings

SEL1035: Revolutions

SEL1023: Transformations

Stage Two:

SEL2203: Revolutionary Britain, 1789-1832

SEL2202: Writing New Worlds, 1660-1800

SEL2210: Independent Research Project

Stage Three:

SEL3362: Dissertation in English Literature

SEL3432: Unbinding Utopia, 1700-1850

SEL3456: Utopian Dreams, Dystopian Nightmares: The Forms of Science Fiction

PGT and PGR - MA Dissertations & I supervise MLitt students.

I lead Northern Bridge PhD Residential Summer Schools in Rome--based at the British School at Rome.

• Article

  • Quayle JAD. ‘Directing the ‘Unfinished Scene’: Utopia and the Role of the Poet in Shelley’s Hellas’. Romanticism 2020, 26(3).