Dr. James Chandler

Biography

James Chandler is the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1978 and has been teaching there since 1976. His research primarily focuses on 18th Century British Literature, Irish Literature, and Romantic Literature, with particular interests in the Romantic movement, lyric poetry, and the intersection of politics and literature. He has contributed significantly to the fields of Cinema Studies and Literary Criticism, exploring the relationships between history, literature, and criticism. Chandler has edited influential volumes on Romantic literature and has published several notable works, including 'An Archaeology of Sympathy: Sentimental Mode Literature and Cinema' and 'The New Cambridge History of English Romantic Literature'. His editorial contributions include special issues of Critical Inquiry and he serves as a general editor for book series at Cambridge University Press and Princeton University Press. He teaches a range of graduate and undergraduate courses that cover different aspects of literary culture and theory.

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