The Workers Speak

In 1845, the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote “I look everywhere for grandmothers and see none”. Working-class women poets of the eighteenth-century have been ignored by scholars for over 200 years. My project aims to reconnect these poets with their ‘granddaughters’ of today. I will be working in an interdisciplinary way, contributing across multiple platforms in the Concordia English department, particularly working with Dr Danielle Bobker, associate professor of English. Dr Bobker’s expertise exactly corresponds to my own doctoral research on space in eighteenth-century literature. Under her supervision, I will be drafting an article for publication on two women poets. I will also be assisting Dr Bobker with the organisation of the Canadian Eighteenth Century Studies 2023 conference. I will deliver creative and scholarly engagement across multiple platforms, including the creative writing faculty. Just one example is creating a recording for the Spoken Web project with Jason Camlot. I aim to bring fresh scholarship and leave a lasting legacy at Concordia.

Faculty Supervisor:

Danielle Bobker

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Partner:

University of Manchester

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Concordia University

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