Join us for a talk by Professor Alison Shell, combining her interests in the literature and imaginative representation of Anglicanism, especially Anglican women’s writing, and the poetry of John Donne - cleric, poet, scholar, and Dean of St Paul's from 1621 until his death in 1631.

About the speaker

Professor Alison Shell is Professor of Early Modern Studies at University College London, and has special interests within the following fields: Shakespeare and Renaissance drama; Tudor and Stuart poetry, especially the work of John Donne and Robert Southwell; the English and neo-Latin writing of post-Reformation British Catholics; early modern religious prose, especially the work of Thomas Traherne; early modern polemic and anti-Catholicism; the literature and imaginative representation of Anglicanism from the 16th century to the present day (especially Anglican women’s writing and the work of Anglican novelists); folklore and superstition in early modern Britain; early modern book history and manuscript studies; the literature of antiquarianism; intersections of literature and architecture.

This talk is free, but please book a ticket to be sure of a place.

In association with the Barbara Pym Society.