Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Zemka, Sue Professor

Positions

Professor, English
Chair, English

Research Areas

Research

keywords

nineteenth-century british literature and culture; contemporary critical theory; history and theory of embodiment.

Publications

selected publications

book
- Time and the Moment in Victorian Literature and Society 2011
- Victorian Testaments The Bible, Christology, and Literary Authority in Early-nineteenth-century British Culture 1997
chapter
- "The Body". 188-199. 2015
- The Death of Nancy 'Sikes', 1838-1912. 397-425. 2012
- Victorian Testaments 1997
- The Holy Books of Empire: Translations of the British and Foreign Bible Society. 102-137. 1991
journal article
- The Racial Hand in the Victorian Imagination. Nineteenth-Century Contexts. 73-74. 2017
- “1822, 1845, 1869, 1893, and 1917: Artificial Hands” 2016
- INTRODUCTION TO ELN 50.2, "SCRIPTURAL MARGINS". English Language Notes. 1-8. 2012
- Response to Kent Puckett, "Celia Johnson's Face". English Language Notes. 87-92. 2012
- Scriptural Margins: On the Boundaries of Sacred Texts: Special Issue. English Language Notes. 1-153. 2012
- The Death of Nancy "Sikes," 1838-1912. Representations. 29-57. 2010
- Samuel Butler: Victorian Against the Grain. Victorian Studies. 378-380. 2009
- BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: STREET SCENES IN GASKELL'S MANCHESTER. ELH: English Literary History. 793-819. 2009
- "Stop-loss": Extending time in the arts. English Language Notes. 1-5. 2008
- An interview with Philip Solomon. English Language Notes. 199-207. 2008
- Time and the Arts. English Language Notes. 1-213. 2008
- Chronometrics of Love and Money in Great Expectations. Dickens Studies Annual. 133-156. 2005
- 'Erewhon' and the end of Utopian humanism. ELH: English Literary History. 439-472. 2002
- Word crimes: Blasphemy, culture, and literature in nineteenth-century England. Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 213-216. 2002
- Spiritual authority and the life of Thomas Arnold. Victorian Studies. 429-462. 1995
- FROM THE PUNCHMEN TO PUGIN GOTHIC + DICKINS,CHARLES - THE BROAD ROAD TO A SENTIMENTAL DEATH IN THE 'OLD CURIOSITY SHOP'. Nineteenth-Century Literature. 291-309. 1993
- From the Punchmen to Pugin's Gothics: The Broad Road to a Sentimental Death in The Old Curiosity Shop. Nineteenth-Century Literature. 291-309. 1993

Background

education and training

Ph.D., Stanford University 1989
B.A., Saint Louis University Central office 1980

awards and honors

Kayden Book Award (College of Arts and Sciences), conferred by College of Arts and Sciences, 2013
Donald Gray Prize (North American Victorian Studies Association), conferred by North American Victorian Studies Association, 2010
Sabbatical Fellowships (American Philosophical Society), conferred by American Philosophical Society, 2003

International Activities

global connections related to teaching and scholarly work (in recent years)

Europe Continent
Italy Country
United Kingdom Country