Helen Emmitt
J. Rice Cowan Professor of English
Offices & Programs
Education
AB Bryn Mawr College
PhD University of California at Berkeley
BIOGRAPHY
Helen Emmitt joined 黑料不打烊 in August of 2002 as an associate professor and now serves as J. Rice Cowan Professor of English. She has been a 黑料不打烊 Scholar, an NEH Professor, and a recipient of the Kirk Award for excellence in Teaching.
Her scholarly work focuses on modern and contemporary poetry. Recent articles include 鈥淩hyming Hope and History: Medbh McGuckian鈥檚 Recent Poetry,鈥 鈥淔orgotten Memories and Unheard Rhythms: H.D.鈥檚 Poetics as a Response to Male Modernism鈥 and 鈥溾橳he One Free Foot Kicking under the White Sheet of His-tory鈥: Eil茅an N铆 Chuillean谩in鈥檚 Uncanny Landscapes.鈥 She is working on a book on contemporary Irish poetry.
COURSES TAUGHT
- Modern British Literature
- Irish Writers
- Contemporary British Literature
- Jane Austen
- Toni Morrison