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Dr Felicity Maxwell

BA, MA, PhD.

 
researcher
 

Biography

Research Interests

My main area of research is early modern manuscript letters as a textual and material form of interpersonal communication across gender and class divides. When working on servants' and women's letters, I combine approaches from English literature, linguistics (historical pragmatics), social and women's history, and manuscript studies.

Beyond this specialism, my wider research interests include country-house culture and writings, early modern women's devotional and theological  writings, Milton's works, sonnets as a genre, early modern dance and music (including practice-based research and public engagement), and research-based creative writing.

Research Projects

  Project Start Date End Date
Dorothy Moore's Intellectual Correspondence (c. 1640-1661): Language, Gender and Public Vocation in the Protestant Republic of Letters 02-OCT-17 30-SEP-19
RECIRC: The Reception and Circulation of Early Modern Women's Writing, 1550-1700 06-OCT-14 29-SEP-17

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2017) 'Calling for Collaboration: Women and Public Service in Dorothy Moore's Transnational Protestant Correspondence'
Maxwell, Felicity Lyn (2017) 'Calling for Collaboration: Women and Public Service in Dorothy Moore's Transnational Protestant Correspondence'. Literature Compass, 14 (4) [DOI] [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2018) 'Upper Servants’ Letters and Loyalties in the Shrewsbury-Stuart Domestic Politics of the 1580s'
Maxwell, Felicity Lyn (2018) 'Upper Servants’ Letters and Loyalties in the Shrewsbury-Stuart Domestic Politics of the 1580s' In: Bess of Hardwick: New Perspectives. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details]

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2008 University of Leeds Masters Medieval Studies
2008 University of Ottawa Masters English
2006 University of Ottawa Bachelor of Arts English (honours) and Medieval Studies
2014 University of Glasgow PhD English Language

Languages

  Language
Latin
French

Teaching Interests

  • English literature from Anglo-Saxon to Restoration.
  • Medieval and early modern devotional literature.
  • Early modern women's writing.
  • Milton.
  • Latin language.
  • Palaeography and archival research skills.
  • Introductory literature courses; helping first-year and Access students adjust to university.
  • Creative writing.

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
January-May 2018 Milton's Poetry EN278 English

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