Shattock : English : University of Leicester

Professor Joanne Shattock

B. A. (New Brunswick), M. A. (Leeds), Phd. (London), Hon. D. Litt (New Brunswick)

Director, Victorian Studies Centre

Contact Details:

Email: ejs4@le.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)116 252 2638

Research Interests || Postgraduate Students || Publications || Teaching & Admin

Research Interests

The nineteenth-century periodical press, nineteenth-century women's writing, book history, life-writing, bibliography.

Current Postgraduate Supervision

Nineteenth-century literature, including women's writing, life-writing, the periodical press, history of the book, Victorian culture.

Recent Publications

The Cambridge Companion to English Literature 1830-1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Includes essay, 'The Culture of Criticism'.

'Elizabeth Gaskell: Journalism and Letters', in The Lure of Illustration in the Nineteenth Century: Picture and Press, ed. Laurel Brake and Marysa Demoor. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2009.

Associate Editor, Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalism, London and Brussels: British Library and Academia Press, 2008.

'Gaskell and Eliot on Women in France', in Victorian Turns, Neo Victorian Returns: Essays on Fiction and Culture, ed. P. Gay, J. Johnston, and C. Waters. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. Pp.59-67.

'Where Next in Victorian Literary Studies? Revising the Canon, Extending Cultural Boundaries, and the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity'. Literature Compass 4, 2007.

The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, general editor, and editor, vol. 1. Journalism, early fiction and personal writings 10 vols. (London: Pickering and Chatto, 2005-6).

Women and Literature in Britain 1800-1900 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001)

The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature 3rd edition vol. 4 The Nineteenth Century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999).

The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 1993, pbk 1994.

'Reviews and monthlies', A History of the Book in Scotland vol. 3 1800-1880 ed Bill Bell, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007).

Co-editor, with Vincent Newey, The Nineteenth Century series, Ashgate Publishing.

Editor in Chief, 19th Century UK Periodicals Online. Cengage Publishing. 2007-.

Associate Editor, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004).

Forthcoming:

The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant, general eds. Elisabeth Jay and Joanne Shattock. London: Pickering & Chatto, 8 vols. 2011-12.

Teaching and Administration

MA in Victorian Studies

Jane Austen and George Eliot; Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing, Approaches to Victorian Literature and Culture (postgraduate); Bibliography and Research Methods (postgraduate)

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Research Interests \|\| Postgraduate Students \|\| Publications \|\| Teaching & Admin

Research Interests The nineteenth-century periodical press, nineteenth-century women's writing, book history, life-writing, bibliography.

Current Postgraduate Supervision Nineteenth-century literature, including women's writing, life-writing, the periodical press, history of the book, Victorian culture.

Recent Publications The Cambridge Companion to English Literature 1830-1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Includes essay, 'The Culture of Criticism'. 'Elizabeth Gaskell: Journalism and Letters', in The Lure of Illustration in the Nineteenth Century: Picture and Press, ed. Laurel Brake and Marysa Demoor. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2009. Associate Editor, Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalism, London and Brussels: British Library and Academia Press, 2008. 'Gaskell and Eliot on Women in France', in Victorian Turns, Neo Victorian Returns: Essays on Fiction and Culture, ed. P. Gay, J. Johnston, and C. Waters. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. Pp.59-67. 'Where Next in Victorian Literary Studies? Revising the Canon, Extending Cultural Boundaries, and the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity'. Literature Compass 4, 2007. The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, general editor, and editor, vol. 1. Journalism, early fiction and personal writings 10 vols. (London: Pickering and Chatto, 2005-6). Women and Literature in Britain 1800-1900 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001) The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature 3rd edition vol. 4 The Nineteenth Century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999). The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 1993, pbk 1994. 'Reviews and monthlies', A History of the Book in Scotland vol. 3 1800-1880 ed Bill Bell, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007). Co-editor, with Vincent Newey, The Nineteenth Century series, Ashgate Publishing. Editor in Chief, 19th Century UK Periodicals Online. Cengage Publishing. 2007-. Associate Editor, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). Forthcoming: The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant, general eds. Elisabeth Jay and Joanne Shattock. London: Pickering & Chatto, 8 vols. 2011-12.

Teaching and Administration MA in Victorian Studies Jane Austen and George Eliot; Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing, Approaches to Victorian Literature and Culture (postgraduate); Bibliography and Research Methods (postgraduate)