Abby Barton
Preferred Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Burrowes Building 004, Cubicle F
Burrowes Building 004, Cubicle F
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Office Hours
T 4:00-5:00; MW 12:00-1:00Education
BA in English and Philosophy, St. Lawrence University
Professional Bio
Abby Barton is a graduate student in the MA/PhD program. She studies British literature of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries, focusing on feminist and gender studies. Abby is particularly interested how women and queer writers of the period interacted with the literature and ideas of Classical Antiquity.
Abby is also an instructor of composition and rhetoric through PWR at Penn State.
Areas of Specialization
British Literatures in English, 18th to 20th Centuries
Late Victorian poetry, Michael Field, Thomas Hardy, Victorian marriage, classical reception in the nineteenth century