Dr Mary O’Connell
School of English, University College Cork.
Research Interests
Romantic literature, particularly the works of Byron; Book History especially the commercialisation of literature in 18th and 19th centuries; the role of the publisher; rise of periodical literature; theories of reputation, fame and literary immortality.
Selected Publications
‘Byron and Albemarle Street’. Byron and London. Ed. Peter Cochran. UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.
‘Byron and Pastry Cooks’. Bulletin de liason de la Sociètè Francaise des Etudes Byroniennes pour l’annèe 2008. Ed. Olivier Feigner. 2009.
Articles on English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, Manfred, The Corsair and John Murray at www.litencyc.com
Funded Projects
-The Making Books, Shaping Readers Project on book history and textual materiality at UCC’s English Department. See http://www.ucc.ie/en/mbsr
Current Teaching
- EN2043: Eighteenth-Century Literature, EN3072, Romantic Literature
- Medieval Romantic; third-year seminar course with Dr Carrie Griffin (see http://medievalromantic.wordpress.com
- Making Books, Shaping Readers Graduate Training Module on Book History and Textual Materiality, UCC. See http://www.ucc.ie/en/mbsr/GraduateTrainingProgramme2009/
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