Dr. Rachel Bryan

Biography

Rachel Bryan is a College Assistant Professor and Director of Studies in English at St John's College, University of Cambridge. She earned her BA, MPhil, and AHRC-funded PhD from Jesus College, Cambridge, after attending Durham Johnston Comprehensive School. Prior to joining St John's, she spent five years as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in English Literature at Souls College, Oxford. Bryan is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research primarily focuses on Twentieth-Century Literature, specifically examining the aftermath of war and the roles that counterfactual narratives play in individual and national responses to mass violence. Her upcoming monographs include 'Twentieth-Century Literature Aftermath War' and 'Post-war Guilt Literary Imagination.' She co-edits the Cambridge Complete Fiction of Henry James. Her scholarly interests also include various aspects of literary and cultural history, encompassing work by authors such as Henry James, Hannah Arendt, and Kazuo Ishiguro, among others. Bryan welcomes graduate supervision inquiries related to her research areas.

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