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- Brent Kinser
Brent Kinser
Biography
Brent Kinser specializes in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, particularly life writing and non-fiction.
Education
- Ph D, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- MA, Illinois State University
- BA, Illinois State University
Teaching Interests
He teaches a variety of graduate, upper-level, and Liberal Studies courses that often seek to combine his expertise in Victorian studies with his work in Digital Humanities. In 2015 he won the College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award, and since 2016, he has served as Department Head. His recent publications include co-edited editions of Carlyle's <i>E</i><i>ssays on Literature</i> (UP of California, 2020), <i>The French Revolution </i>(Oxford UP, 2019), and <i>On Heroes </i>(Yale UP, 2013).
Research Interests
Editor of <i>The Carlyle Letters Online</i> (http://carlyleletters.dukeupress.edu/clo/)<br><br><i>Co-editor of Carlyle Studies Annual </i>(https://www.jstor.org/journal/carlstudannu)<br><br>Founding director of the <i>Victorian Lives and Letters Consortium</i> (http://vllc.cdhsc.org/).<br><br>鈥淐arlyle, Gladstone, and the Neapolitan Candidate,鈥� https://dukeupress.wordpress.com/2017/12/05/thomas-carlyle-and-the-london-library/ (5 Dec. 2017).<br><br>鈥淎 Tale of Two Marriages: The Carlyles and the Brownings,鈥� https://dukeupress.wordpress.com/2016/12/05/a-tale-of-two-marriages-the-carlyles-and-the-brownings/ (5 Dec. 2016).<br><br>鈥溾�楢 kind of epic grandeur鈥�: Thomas Carlyle and London,鈥欌�� https://dukeupress.wordpress.com/2015/12/04/happy-birthday-thomas-carlyle/ (4 Dec. 2015).