Professor Dr. Tara Stubbs

Biography

Tara Stubbs is a faculty member in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, with research interests in modernist literature, particularly Irish-American literature and transatlantic exchange. She is a Non-Tutorial Fellow at Kellogg College and has significant expertise in modern and contemporary poetry. Professor Stubbs published her monograph 'American Literature and Irish Culture, 1910–1955' in 2013, reissued in paperback in 2017, where she explores the connections between modernist American writers and Irish culture. She has also written extensively on Marianne Moore and has hosted conferences on the influence of American literature. Her editorial work includes overseeing a chapter on Irish literature for the 'Transnationalism in Irish Literature and Culture' collection, and she acts as Book Reviews Editor for the journal 'International Yeats Studies'. Stubbs is currently engaged as a British Academy Innovation Fellow on a project titled 'Demystifying Poetry', which aims to increase public engagement with poetry. She teaches courses on Irish and American literature and supervises graduate students, focusing on modern Irish-American culture and literature.

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