Dr. Jennifer Batt

Biography

Jennifer Batt is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol specializing in Early Modern Studies. Her research interests focus on eighteenth-century literature, book history, reception history, the practice of printing, and digital humanities. She particularly explores the publication and reception history of eighteenth-century poetry, engaging with media such as periodicals, magazines, miscellanies, and pamphlets. A current project investigates poetry published in eighteenth-century newspapers and magazines and includes collaborations with the British Library Labs and the Jean Golding Institute at the University of Bristol. She is also editing a Cambridge University Press edition of 'Lycidus' from the works of Aphra Behn and has a long-standing interest in labouring-class writing. Jennifer authored the monograph 'Class, Patronage and Poetry in Hanoverian England,' published in 2020. In 2021, she co-founded the Bristol Common Press, a letterpress printing studio located within the Faculty of Arts, which is part of a UKRI-funded project to enhance research opportunities in this field. Jennifer's teaching includes undergraduate courses on Literature from 1550 to 1900 and she welcomes research supervision applications focusing on the long eighteenth century, particularly related to poetry, women’s writing, and book history.

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