Dr. Ann Caesar

Biography

Professor Ann Hallamore Caesar is a distinguished scholar in the field of Italian Studies, with particular expertise in nineteenth- and twentieth-century narrative and literary modernism. She earned her PhD from the University of London and taught at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages between 1984 and 1999, where she was also a Fellow at Corpus Christi College. Since joining the University of Warwick's Department of Italian Studies as a Professor in 1999, she has focused her research on numerous aspects of Italian literature, especially the development of the novel post-1945, the cultural history surrounding the novel in Italy, and the dynamics of female readership during the formation of the Italian nation-state. Professor Caesar explores the emergence of the Italian novel in late-eighteenth-century Venice, emphasizing the influences of French and English sources. As a researcher, her work extends to women’s journals and autobiographical writings, underlining their significance in shaping literary narratives. Currently, she is involved in various projects, including studies on female writers and the domestic realism of the nineteenth century, as well as the interplay between literature and journalism.

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