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Leah Knight is a professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Brock University, specializing in early modern English poetry and prose. Her research interests include literary and cultural history, with a focus on the intersections of the green world and textual culture in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Knight is the author of several award-winning monographs including 'Books Botany Early Modern England: Sixteenth-Century Plants and Print Culture' and 'Reading Green Early Modern England'. Her recent research, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, involves a historical investigation into the reading experiences of women in early modern England, particularly through the lens of Anne Clifford. She has co-edited a collection of essays titled 'Women’s Bookscapes Early Modern Britain' and is presently involved in 'The Pulter Project', which highlights the poetry of Hester Pulter. An active contributor to the academic community, Knight is passionate about discussing supervision with both undergraduate and graduate students regarding early modern English literature and textual culture.
Brock University • St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Teaching and researching in the field of early modern English literature.
This entry applies to the general Graduate Studies standard for departments such as English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, and Sociology.