[ Faculty in this Area ] Elizabeth Chang Nancy West The Illustrated London News

Program Description

MU’s English department offers both a wide range of courses in Victorian Studies and a particular concentration on Victorian visual culture.

Faculty Overview

Nancy West and Elizabeth Chang, the two primary faculty in the area, share a teaching and research interest in the social construction of vision, the intersections between Victorian literature and the visual arts, the histories and theories of photography. At the same time, both faculty members teach a range of courses in the Victorian period, including ones on Dickens, Hardy, periodical literature, the Victorian child, and the Victorian empire. Elisa Glick, whose primary interest is in Gender Studies, also offers courses in the fin-de-siecle.

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