Dr. Rebecca Beasley

Biography

Rebecca Beasley is a Professor of Modernist Studies and a Tutorial Fellow at Queen's College, University of Oxford. Her research primarily focuses on Anglo-American modernist poetry, especially its intersections with visual arts. Beasley is the author of several significant works, including 'Ezra Pound and the Visual Culture of Modernism' (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and 'Russomania: Russian Culture and the Creation of British Modernism, 1881-1922' (Oxford University Press, 2020). She has explored the complex cultural constructions between Britain and Russia during the modernist period, significantly contributing to the scholarship surrounding the works of major literary figures such as Joseph Conrad, T.S. Eliot, and Virginia Woolf. Her editorial work includes contributions to various journals and the organisation of conferences that unite scholars researching the impact of Russian and Soviet culture on British literature. Beasley has received prestigious research fellowships from both the Leverhulme Trust and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Her current projects include the editorial work on collections regarding East End artists and modernist translation. Having supervised a multitude of doctoral projects in the field, she is passionate about guiding the next generation of scholars in understanding the depth of twenty-century literature, particularly through the lens of cultural history and material culture.

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