Dr. Emma Mason

Biography

Emma Mason is a Professor of English Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. She specializes in poetry, the literature of Christianity, philosophical literature, mysticism, and Catholic theology, ecology, and literature from the long nineteenth century. Mason holds a BA in English Literature, an MA in Critical Cultural Theory from the University of Cardiff, and a PhD in English Comparative Literary Studies from the University of Warwick and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Mason served as the Head of English Comparative Literary Studies at Warwick from 2018 to 2023 and convened the Comparative Religions Literatures group since 2012. Her current research project, 'Mystical Realists', investigates the poetry and philosophy of Catholic women mystics writing during the turn of the nineteenth to twentieth centuries. She is also an editor for the Oxford Handbook of Modern Catholic Women's Writing. Mason’s published works include numerous books and articles focusing on various themes within poetry and religion. Additionally, she teaches undergraduate and postgraduate modules on topics such as poetry, theology, and philosophy.

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