O'Shaughnessy, Dr David

Job Title: Junior Research Fellow- Linacre & College Lecturer- St Hugh's
College: Linacre & St Hugh's
Period/ Subject: Romantic

Email address: david.oshaughnessy@linacre.ox.ac.uk

Research Interests:

William Godwin and his circle, theatre of the 1790s; I am currently co-editing William Godwin’s diary (1788-1836) with Dr Mark Philp (Oxford University) and Professor Victoria Myers (Pepperdine University). This project is funded by the Leverhulme Trust.

Teaching Areas:

Paper 6, 7, and 8. I am also a College Lecturer at St Hugh's.

Recent Publications:

The Plays of William Godwin (Pickering & Chatto, forthcoming 2010)
‘‘The Vehicle he has Chosen’: Pointing out the Theatricality of Caleb Williams’. History of European Ideas, 33:1 (March 2007) 54-71.
‘St Dunstan and De Occulta Philosophia: An Inspiration for Godwin’s St Leon’. Notes & Queries, 53:3 (September 2006) 314-315.
‘Kotzebue and Thompson’s The Stranger: A New Source for Godwin’s St Leon’. Notes & Queries, 52:4 (December 2005) 452-456.
‘A Cursory Consideration of William Godwin’. Literature Compass, 2:1 (January 2005) **-**.
‘The Hegemony of the Paratext: An tOiléanach and The Islandman’ in New Voices in Irish Criticism 5, (eds) Ruth Connolly and Ann Coughlan (Dublin: Four Courts, 2005).
‘Ambivalence in Castle Rackrent’. The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies 25 (1999) 427-440.
Reviews for Enlightenment & Dissent, Review of English Studies, British Association for Romantic Studies Bulletin, and Notes & Queries.

Other Information:

Linacre College

St Hugh's College

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