Dr. Anna Linton

Biography

Born in London, Anna studied German at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating in 1997. She undertook a research year at Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, and returned to Oxford to pursue a Master of Studies and later a DPhil on early modern consolation poetry at Exeter and Jesus College. From 2002 to 2004, Anna held a position as a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church, Oxford, before returning to London to take up a post as Lecturer in German at King’s College London. Between 2005 and 2008, she was on the steering committee of an AHRC-funded project focusing on the representations of women and death in German literature, art, and media from 1500 onward. Anna currently serves as Co-Director of the Centre for Early Modern Studies. Her research primarily focuses on the early modern period, spanning from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Her monograph, "Poetry of Parental Bereavement in Early Modern Lutheran Germany," examines poetry crafted to console bereaved parents during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, engaging with debates on the sociology of death and Lutheran teachings concerning mourning. Additionally, Anna has published works on German poets from Stuart Britain and is working on a project related to these authors. Anna's teaching encompasses German language and literature, including various modules on topics such as modern German literature and the Lutheran Reformation.

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