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Specialties: 18th C British, Digital Humanities, Early American, Restoration

My written work has focused on the relationship between literary and other social forms in the long eighteenth century in Britain. In my book Harlequin Britain, I explore the relationship between pantomime entertainments--the most popular form of theatrical performance in the period--and the public sphere. 

Featured Project: Literature in Context: An Open Anthology of Literature in English

A project in collaboration with Marymount University and the University of Virginia Library to develop an open-access anthology of eighteenth and nineteenth literature in English. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.