Brylowe, Thora

Research

research overview

Thora Brylowe is a scholar of British Romanticism and print history. Her monograph examines a group of professional printers, authors, editors, painters and engravers, who worked in and around London during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. She is interested in the labor that went into making and mediating Romantic-era literature and visual art. Print circulation led to debates about what representations belonged in the national canon. Brylowe is working on a book project that examines the shift from rag to wood pulp paper and the trade and labor ramifications of that shift. The book will use paper's recyclability as a means to theorize a relationship between media ecology and earth's ecology.

keywords

british romanticism, british 18th century studies, history of the book, print culture studies, visual studies, word image theory, institutional histories, labor history, history of paper, working class studies

Publications

selected publications

book
chapter
- ANGELICA KAUFFMAN AND THE SISTER ARTS. 391-407. 2023
- “Plate XVII Commentary” and “Plate XVII Commentary” 2021
- Reading Marxism and Literature Now: Book History and the Politics of Work and World. 24-paragraphs. 2020
- Crossing the Line Engraving, John Landseer, and the Aftermath of the Shakspeare Gallery. 143-172. 2019
- Literary Galleries and the Media Ecology Painting for Print in the Age of Anthologies. 86-116. 2019
journal article
- William Blake, Visionary. Journal of British Studies. 996-997. 2022
- The Connected Condition: Romanticism and the Dream of Communication. Keats Shelley Journal. 176-178. 2021
- A History of British Working Class Literature. Eighteenth-Century Fiction. 280-283. 2020
- "Marxism and Literature Now: Book History and the Politics of Work and World" 2020
- Hard Lessons 2020

Teaching

courses taught

ATLS 2036 - Introduction to Media Studies in the Humanities
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018
Serves as an introduction to media studies specifically from a humanities perspective. Studies both histories and theories of media from the 20th and 21st centuries. Touches on methodologies for undertaking media studies (including distant ready and media archaeology). Objects of study may include such topics as film, radio, social media platforms and games, as well as digital art and literature. Same as ENGL 2036.
ENGL 1110 - Grammar Bootcamp
Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
Students will learn the basics of English grammar by practicing sentence analysis. The class will reinforce the words associated with parts of speech and parts of the sentence, tense, mood, and modification. Students will learn to use sentence diagrams as an analytical tool. By the end of the class, successful students will be to able wield the vocabulary of English grammar to analyze and explain the composition of complex English sentences.
ENGL 1120 - Editing Bootcamp
Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
Students will learn the basics of editing English. The class will reinforce the rules of punctuation. By the end of the class, successful students will be to edit a 750-word document with 95% accuracy.
ENGL 1130 - Citation Bootcamp
Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
Students will learn the basics of MLA Citation. By the end of the class, successful students will be able to responsibly cite paraphrases, partial quotations, full quotations and block quotations with 95% accuracy.
ENGL 1280 - Plague and Pandemic
Primary Instructor - Spring 2023
Explores how literature has depicted the experience of plague across different historical periods and geographical areas (for instance, the Black Death in medieval times, smallpox in colonial America, the 1918 Spanish influenza, the HIV epidemic). Investigates how pandemics raise philosophical questions about what constitutes human communities and borders between insiders and outsiders, health and illness, self and other.

ENGL 1420 - Poetry
Primary Instructor - Spring 2020
Introduces students to how to read a poem by examining the great variety of poems written and composed in English from the very beginning of the English language until recently.

ENGL 1800 - American Ethnic Literatures
Primary Instructor - Summer 2019
Students will learn how writings by African American, Native American and Indigenous, Chicana/o/x, Latina/o/x, Asian American, and/or Arab American authors are central to the US literary tradition. The class explores the significance of ethnic US literatures and cultures through short stories, novels, plays, films, and more.

ENGL 2036 - Introduction to Media Studies in the Humanities
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Fall 2022
Serves as an introduction to media studies specifically from a humanities perspective. Studies both histories and theories of media from the 20th and 21st centuries. Touches on methodologies for undertaking media studies (including distant ready and media archaeology). Objects of study may include such topics as film, radio, social media platforms and games, as well as digital art and literature. Same as ATLS 2036 and AHUM 2036.

ENGL 2102 - Literary Analysis
Primary Instructor - Fall 2023
Students will build skills in careful, detailed reading and critical writing. Focusing on poetry, prose, and plays, the course cultivates an understanding of literary forms and genres and introduces techniques and vocabulary essential for the study of literature.

ENGL 2212 - Science Fiction
Primary Instructor - Fall 2023
This course examines science fiction novels, short stories, and movies, paying close attention to what they teach us about our world. How do these works speculate about the future and alternative realms, and how do they portray our hopes and fears for the promises and limits of technology? Science fiction thinks about ways in which bodies, individuals, and societies might be different, and imagines ways of being and living other than our present.

ENGL 3026 - Syntax, Citation, Analysis: Writing About Literature
Primary Instructor - Summer 2020 / Spring 2021 / Summer 2021 / Spring 2022 / Summer 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023
Students hone their writing skills by closely analyzing the language in literary texts. The course will focus on the nuances of sentence structure and grammar, in order to help students become better writers and readers. Students will learn how to perform research in literary criticism and will write and revise a research paper, as well as a number of other short papers for different audiences. Students will learn and use citation methods within the discipline and will discuss the reasoning behind citational practice. Recommended prerequisite: completion of lower-division writing requirement.

ENGL 3164 - History and Literature of Georgian Britain
Primary Instructor - Summer 2018
The Georgian era (1714-1811) was a period of staggering political, social, economic, intellectual, and artistic transformations. This course studies how literary and artistic works have shaped and responded to the tumultuous history of the eighteenth century, a period both modern and strange. Students learn how writers embraced politeness and Enlightenment values while relying on crude satires to make sense of disease outbreaks, financial bubbles and crashes, changes to marriage, industrialization, slavery, and the French Revolution.

ENGL 3564 - Romantic Literature and its Revolutions
Primary Instructor - Spring 2020
Filled with revolutions and reforms, the Romantic period (1770-1830) saw writing and thinking that shifted the world toward contemporary configurations we recognize. The American, Haitian and French Revolutions changed conceptions of liberty. Poetry and the novel transformed, and women writers gained critical attention. As plantations and factories expanded, writers considered the individual�s place in society and the natural world, changing gender expectations, and what it meant to be complicit in networks that included human bondage.

ENGL 3856 - Topics in Genre Studies
Primary Instructor - Fall 2022
Studies special topics in genre studies; specially designed for English majors. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours for different topics.

ENGL 4039 - Capstone in Literary Studies
Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Spring 2021
Topic varies by section, but all sections include small seminar discussions and focus on an individualized research project related to the topic. This course will draw on skills from previous courses in critical reading, thinking, and writing and will culminate in high-level discussions and in the final project. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.

ENGL 4116 - Advanced Topics in Media Studies
Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Fall 2020
This course explores specific topics in the history, theory, and practice of mediation. Past topics have included history of the book, theories of digital media, and the theory and practice of multimedia forms. Topics vary each semester. Check department description for details.

ENGL 4524 - Advanced Topics: Romanticism
Primary Instructor - Fall 2018
Covers advanced topics in British Romanticism. Formerly ENGL 4574.

ENGL 4830 - Honors Thesis
Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
Students accepted to English Departmental Honors are enrolled in this course.

ENGL 5029 - British Literature and Culture Before 1800
Primary Instructor - Fall 2021
Introduces graduate level study of medieval and early modern writing through the long eighteenth century. Emphasizes a wide range of genres, forms, historical background, and secondary criticism. Cultivates research skills necessary for advanced graduate study. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

ENGL 5529 - Studies in Special Topics 1
Primary Instructor - Fall 2019
Studies special topics that focus on a theme, genre, or theoretical issue not limited to a specific period or national tradition. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.

ENGL 5549 - Studies in Special Topics 2
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018
Studies special topics that focus on a theme, genre, or theoretical issue not limited to a specific period or national tradition. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.

ENGL 5559 - Studies in Special Topics 3
Primary Instructor - Spring 2024
Studies special topics that focus on a theme, genre, or theoretical issue not limited to a specific period or national tradition. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.

FYSM 1000 - First Year Seminar
Primary Instructor - Fall 2020
Provide first year students with an immersive experience in an interdisciplinary topic that addresses current issues including social, technical and global topics. Taught by faculty from across campus, the course provides students with an opportunity to interact in small classes, have project based learning experiences and gain valuable communication skills. Seminar style classes focused on discussion and projects.

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Background

education and training

Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University 2009

awards and honors

Faculty Fellowship, conferred by Center for Humanities and the Arts, 2024
Stephen Botein Fellowships, conferred by American Antiquarian Society, 2017
Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr., Research Grants, conferred by Keats-Shelley Association of America, 2012

International Activities

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Canada Country
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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5860-5227

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