Rachel Ablow
PhD
Interests
Victorian Literature; theory of gender and sexuality; literary theory; history of the novel
My work addresses the history of literature, particularly as it relates to the body, the emotions and ethics.
Education
- PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2000
Selected Awards
- American Council of Learned Societies (2012-2013)
- Jacob K. Javits Fellowship (1992-1996)
Publications
- "Revenge Tragedy: Harriet Martineau, the Haitian Revolution, and Reparations," Critical Inquiry https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/734120
- Victorian Pain https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691174464/victorian-pain?srsltid=AfmBOoo6boVj3HCHB4n5FUfwUlUrKe-V9bXN9yU5a1gO6iZxGNDVGJ81
- Co-editor, Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. E: The Victorian Period https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324062691
- Co-editor, The Feeling of Reading: Affective Experience and Victorian Literature https://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Reading-Affective-Experience-Literature/dp/0472051075
- The Marriage of Minds: Reading Sympathy in the Victorian Marriage Plot https://www.sup.org/books/literary-studies-and-literature/marriage-minds
Affiliations
President, North American Victorian Studies Association