Joanne Wilkes
| Joanne Claire Wilkes | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1956 Sydney |
| Residence | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | The treatment of the recent past in nineteenth-century fiction, with particular reference to George Eliot (1984) |
Joanne Claire Wilkes is a New Zealand professor of English literature.
Academic career
Wilkes did an undergraduate at University of Sydney and a PhD at University of Oxford, before teaching at Monash University in Melbourne and then the University of Auckland.[1] She became a professor in 2013.[2] She specialises in women writers whose recognition has faded.[3]
Selected Works
- Lord Byron and Madame de Staël born for opposition
- Women reviewing women in nineteenth-century Britain the critical reception of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë and George Eliot
- The works of Elizabeth Gaskell
References
- ↑ http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/ourstaff-3/meet-our-staff/professor-joanne-wilkes.html
- ↑ "Inaugural Lecture: The politics of Lord Byron and Alfred de Musset". University of Auckland.
- ↑ "U of A professor thrives on new ideas". East and Bays Courier. 22 February 2013.
External links
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