Dr. Heather Klemann

Biography

Heather Klemann is a Senior Lecturer at Yale University, specializing in English literature and performance reading. She received her Ph.D. from Yale in 2013 and completed her A.B. at Princeton University in 2003. Her current book project focuses on authors from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries who anticipate and illustrate the performances of readers. Klemann has published numerous essays exploring the performative aspects of literature, including works on Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft. She serves as the Director of Expository Writing and Co-Director of Writing Seminars, where she influences the development of writing skills critical to English studies. Her research interests include the intersection of literature with performance, particularly how storytelling shapes the act of reading in both historical and contemporary contexts.

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