Dr. Kate Mitchell

Biography

Kate Mitchell is the Director of the Research School of Humanities and the Arts and a Professor of Literary Studies at the Australian National University. Her research focuses on 19th and 20th-century literary cultural history, with particular interests in neo-Victorian fiction, film, and contemporary historical recollection. She examines the role of fictional narratives in creating public memory and how 'memory' travels through time and space, particularly in novels, film, and television. Kate explores the ethics and creative possibilities involved in fictionalizing past lives and events. Her major project investigates the use of art and the figure of the artist in contemporary fiction about the Victorian period, with a focus on the representation of Pre-Raphaelites and Impressionists. She is the author of "History, Cultural Memory and Neo-Victorian Fiction: Victorian Afterimages" and co-editor of "Reading Historical Fiction: Revenant Remembering the Past." Her work has been published in journals including "Neo-Victorian Studies," "Australian Literary Studies," "Victoriographies," and "College Literature."

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