Mary Wilson

faculty

Mary Wilson, PhD

Associate Professor

English & Communication

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Liberal Arts 306

Education

University of Massachusetts, AmherstPhD
University of Massachusetts, AmherstMA
The College of William and MaryBA

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

A survey of literature written by people living in Great Britain, Ireland, and the historical British Empire from the late 18th century through the present day. Students will be introduced to major literary movements of this period, including Romanticism, Victorian realism, sensation fiction, modernism, postcolonial literature, and contemporary literature.

A survey of literature written by people living in Great Britain, Ireland, and the historical British Empire from the late 18th century through the present day. Students will be introduced to major literary movements of this period, including Romanticism, Victorian realism, sensation fiction, modernism, postcolonial literature, and contemporary literature.

A foundation course for all English majors, examining traditions and innovations in literature and in the study of literature in English. Students develop writing and research skills in the discipline and improve their knowledge of literary terms and forms, literary history and conventions, literary influence, and new and emerging forms and approaches. Genres studied include poetry, drama, fiction, and literary (creative) non-fiction. The course also examines key issues in the profession of literary studies, such as the development of departments of literature, canon formation, and the relationship of literary theory to literary practice.

A foundation course for all English majors, examining traditions and innovations in literature and in the study of literature in English. Students develop writing and research skills in the discipline and improve their knowledge of literary terms and forms, literary history and conventions, literary influence, and new and emerging forms and approaches. Genres studied include poetry, drama, fiction, and literary (creative) non-fiction. The course also examines key issues in the profession of literary studies, such as the development of departments of literature, canon formation, and the relationship of literary theory to literary practice.

The particular topic of each seminar is announced immediately before each registration period.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

A foundation course for English majors in the literature concentration. Introduce students to literary criticism, as well as critical thinking and writing in English Studies. Emphasis in on the application of principles and methods of literary study to selected texts, which prepares students to examine and respond to texts from a variety of critical perspectives.

Research

Research interests

  • Modernism
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • 19th and 20th Century British Literature
  • Women’s Studies and Queer Theory

Mary Wilson earned her PhD in English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2009. She taught at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA, for five years before returning to the UMass system in 2014.  Her research focuses on early 20th century British fiction and on representations of domesticity in modernist literature. She is the author of The Labors of Modernism: Domesticity, Servants, and Authorship in Modernist Fiction (Ashgate, 2013), which argues for greater attention to the role of domestic servants in the development of experimental modernist forms.  She also co-edited Rhys Matters: New Critical Perspectives (Palgrave, 2013), a collection of essays on the work of the Anglo-Caribbean modernist writer Jean Rhys.  Dr Wilson teaches courses on British literature after 1798, place and space in literature, and literary theory and criticism.