Ruth Robbins
1965
17 works on record
Biography
Ruth Robbins is Professor of English Literature and head of the School of Cultural Studies and Humanities. Her work has focused on the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century, on autobiography, on literary theory and on particular writers such as Oscar Wilde and Arnold Bennett. Ruth's research interests centre on the late-Victorian period in English literature, especially the literature of Decadence. She also has research interests in literary theory.
Works
Key concepts in literary theory
2001
Oscar Wilde
As if I were dead
As if I were dead
The French connections of Jacques Derrida
Applying
Victorian identities
The Continuum encyclopedia of modern criticism and theory
York Notes on Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest"
The Franklin's prologue and tale, Geoffrey Chaucer
The Franklin's prologue and tale, Geoffrey Chaucer
Victorian Gothic
Pater to Forster, 1873-1924
Literary feminisms
The impact of gender myth on artistic production and its philosophy in the works of Yeats and Lawrence
The impact of gender myth on artistic production and its philosophy in the works of Yeats and Lawrence
York Notes Advanced on "Villette" by Charlotte Bronte
York Notes Advanced on "Villette" by Charlotte Bronte
Subjectivity
Ishi, the Last of His Tribe
Medical Advice for Women, 18301915 (History of Feminism)
Medical Advice for Women, 18301915 (History of Feminism)