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Why I Teach

As Shelley says, 'the great secret of morals is Love; or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exists in thought, action, or person, not our own'; that we can make our path through beauty to freedom; and that art is a realm of free play where we can rejoice in existence.

— Blair Hoxby, Associate Professor of English

Category: British Literature

John Bender

Professor

Office:

460-341

Office Hours:

Tues. & Thurs. 3:30-5:00pm

Phone:

(650) 723-3817

Email:

bender@stanford.edu

British Literature

Restoration/18th-century

Comparative Literature

Literary Criticism/Theory

Literature and Art

Literature and Science

Cultural studies

Eavan Boland

Professor

Office:

460-223C

Office Hours:

Tues. & Wed. 3:30-5:00pm

Phone:

(650) 725-1207

Email:

boland@stanford.edu

British Literature

British Literature - Poetry

Creative Writing

Creative Writing - Poetry

Terry Castle

Professor

Office:

460-313

Office Hours:

T. & Th. 12:15-1:15, 3:30-4:30 & by appt.

Phone:

(650) 725-1217

Email:

castle@stanford.edu

British Literature

Restoration/18th-century

British Literature - Modernism

British Literature - 20th Century

Comparative Literature

Modern and Postmodern literature

Literary Criticism/Theory

Literature and Art

Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality

Cultural studies

Gay/lesbian Studies/ LGBT

Margaret Cohen

Professor

Office:

260-211

Office Hours:

Wed. 2:30-4pm & by appointment

Phone:

(650) 724-0106

Email:

macohen@stanford.edu

British Literature

British Literature - 19th-century

Comparative Literature

Literary Criticism/Theory

Narrative Theory

Denise Gigante

Professor

Office:

460-327

Office Hours:

Tues. & Thurs. 3:00-4:30pm

Phone:

(650) 725-7080

Email:

dgigante@stanford.edu

American Renaissance/antebellum

British Literature

British Literature - 17th-century

Restoration/18th-century

British Literature - 19th-century

British Literature - Poetry

British Literature - Prose

Literary Criticism/Theory

Literature and Philosophy

History of the Book

Cultural studies

Franco Moretti

Professor

Office:

460-416

Office Hours:

On leave autumn '15

Phone:

(650) 723-4590

Email:

moretti@stanford.edu

British Literature

British Literature - 19th-century

Comparative Literature

Literary Criticism/Theory

History of the Book

Digital Humanities

Stephen Orgel

Professor

Office:

460-304

Office Hours:

Wed. 10:00am-12:00pm, Thurs. 1:00-2:00pm

Phone:

(650) 723-4597

Email:

orgel@stanford.edu

British Literature

Renaissance/Shakespeare/Milton

British Literature - 17th-century

Literature and Art

History of the Book

Patricia Parker

Professor

Office:

460-338

Office Hours:

Tues. & Thurs. 5:00-6:00pm & by appointment

Phone:

(650) 723-1818

Email:

parker@stanford.edu

British Literature

Renaissance/Shakespeare/Milton

Comparative Literature

Literary Criticism/Theory

Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality

Elizabeth Tallent

Professor

Office:

460-214

Office Hours:

Wed. 1:00-3:00pm & by appointment

Phone:

(650) 723-0031

Email:

tallent@stanford.edu

American Literature

American Literature - 20th Century

American Literature - Contemporary

British Literature

British Literature - 20th Century

British Literature - Contemporary

Creative Writing

The Short Story

Modern and Postmodern literature

Literary Criticism/Theory

Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality

Gay/lesbian Studies/ LGBT

Elaine Treharne

Professor

Office:

460-340

Office Hours:

Tues. & Thurs. 12:45-1:45pm, preferably & by appointment Mon. to Thurs.

Phone:

(650) 723-4609

Email:

treharne@stanford.edu

British Literature

Old and Middle English

British Literature - Poetry

British Literature - Prose

Comparative Literature

Literature and Art

Literature and History

Literature and Religion

History of the Book

Cultural studies

Digital Humanities

Blakey Vermeule

Professor

Office:

460-413

Office Hours:

Mon. 1:30-4:30pm & by appointment

Phone:

(650) 723-2905

Email:

vermeule@stanford.edu

American Literature

American Literature - Early (before 1830)

British Literature

Restoration/18th-century

Postcolonial/Third World

Literary Criticism/Theory

Literature and Philosophy

Literature and Psychology/Cognitive Science

Literature and Religion

Alex Woloch

Professor

Office:

460-201C

Office Hours:

Mon. 10-12 & Wed. 12-1

Phone:

(650) 723-1560

Email:

woloch@stanford.edu

British Literature

British Literature - 19th-century

British Literature - 20th Century

Literary Criticism/Theory

Narrative Theory

Blair Hoxby

Associate Professor

Office:

460-414

Office Hours:

Tues. 3-4 & Thurs. 11-12

Phone:

(650) 723-9493

Email:

bhoxby@stanford.edu

British Literature

Renaissance/Shakespeare/Milton

British Literature - 17th-century

Restoration/18th-century

British Literature - Poetry

British Literature - Prose

British Literature - Drama/Theater

Comparative Literature

Literature and Art

Literature and History

Literature and Performance

Literature and Philosophy

Performance Studies

Nicholas Jenkins

Associate Professor

Office:

460-423

Office Hours:

Thurs. 1:30-3:00pm, Fri. 3:30-5:00pm

Phone:

(650) 723-2725

Email:

njenkins@stanford.edu

American Literature

American Literature - 20th Century

American Literature - Contemporary

American Literature - Poetry

British Literature

British Literature - 20th Century

British Literature - Poetry

British Literature - Contemporary

Literature and Art

Digital Humanities

Michelle Karnes

Associate Professor

Office:

460-318

Office Hours:

Thurs. 3:00-5:00pm & by appointment

Phone:

(650) 725-6485

Email:

karnes@stanford.edu

British Literature

Old and Middle English

Literature and Philosophy

Literature and Psychology/Cognitive Science

Literature and Religion

Mark Algee-Hewitt

Assistant Professor

Office:

460-311

Office Hours:

Mon. & Wed. 12:00-1:30pm & by appointment

Phone:

(650) 796-4196

Email:

malgeehe@stanford.edu

British Literature

Restoration/18th-century

British Literature - 19th-century

Comparative Literature

Digital Humanities

Claire Jarvis

Assistant Professor

Office:

460-309

Office Hours:

Tues. & Thurs. 3:30-4:30 & by appointment

Phone:

(650) 723-0050

Email:

cjarvis@stanford.edu

British Literature

British Literature - 19th-century

British Literature - 20th Century

British Literature - Poetry

British Literature - Prose

Literary Criticism/Theory

Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality

Gay/lesbian Studies/ LGBT

Ivan Lupić

Assistant Professor

Office:

460-305

Office Hours:

Mon. & Wed. 10:00-11:30

Phone:

(650) 723-4616

Email:

ilupic@stanford.edu

British Literature

Renaissance/Shakespeare/Milton

Comparative Literature

Transnational Studies

Literary Criticism/Theory

Literature and Philosophy

Performance Studies

History of the Book

Gay/lesbian Studies/ LGBT

Saikat Majumdar

Assistant Professor

Office:

460-415

Office Hours:

Mon. & Wed. 11:30-1:00

Email:

majumdar@stanford.edu

British Literature

British Literature - Modernism

Comparative Literature

Postcolonial/Third World

Modern and Postmodern literature

Literary Criticism/Theory

Literature and Philosophy

Cultural studies

Alice Staveley

Lecturer

Office:

460-328

Office Hours:

Thurs. 1:00-4:00pm & by appointment

Phone:

(650) 723-0131

Email:

staveley@stanford.edu

British Literature

British Literature - Modernism

British Literature - 20th Century

British Literature - Prose

British Literature - Contemporary

Canadian Literature

Modern and Postmodern literature

Women's Studies/Gender and Sexuality

Cultural studies

Greg Wrenn

Lecturer

Office:

460-320

Office Hours:

Tues. & Thurs. 5:00-6:30pm

Email:

gjwrenn@stanford.edu

American Literature

British Literature

Creative Writing

Creative Writing - Poetry

Literature and Art

Literature and Religion

Gay/lesbian Studies/ LGBT

Kathryn Starkey

By Courtesy

Office:

Pigott Hall 107

Phone:

650-724-3622

Email:

starkey@stanford.edu

British Literature

Old and Middle English

Literature and History

Tobias Wolff

Emeriti Faculty

Office:

460-218

Phone:

(650) 723-0504

Email:

twolff@stanford.edu

American Literature

American Literature - 20th Century

American Literature - Contemporary

British Literature

British Literature - 20th Century

British Literature - Contemporary

Creative Writing

The Short Story