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Terry Castle
Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities
Terry Castle, Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities, specializes in the history of the novel, especially the works of Defoe, Richardson and Fielding, and in the study of 18th century popular culture. She has taught courses on Gothic fiction, women in 18th century literature, opera, psychoanalytic theory, the literature of the First World War, and lesbian writing.
She has written a multitude of books the latest being a collection of essays entitled The Professor and Other Writings. She is perhaps best known for her work as the editor of The Literature of Lesbianism: A Historical Anthology from Ariosto to Stonewall (2003). She writes regularly for the London Review of Books, The New Republic and other magazines and journals.
Once described by Susan Sontag as “the most enlightening literary critic at large today,” Castle has taught 18th century English literature at Stanford since 1983.
Academic History
BA, summa cum laude, English, University of Puget Sound, 1975
MA, English, University of Minnesota, 1978
PhD, English, University of Minnesota, 1980Accolades
William Riley Parker Prize for essay "The Carnivalization of Eighteenth-Century English Narrative,” Modern Language Association, 1985
Crompton-Noll Prize of the Lesbian and Gay Caucus of the Modern Language Association for essay "Marie Antoinette Obsession," 1993
Runner-up for the PEN Spielvogel-Diamondstein Award for the Art of the Essay for her book The Female Thermometer, 1995
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