Dr. Terry Robinson

Biography

Terry F. Robinson specializes in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century British literature and culture. He is currently finalizing a monograph entitled 'Reading Acting: Body in the Romantic Age: Performance and Truth Effects, 1750-1830', which examines eighteenth-century histrionic theory and its practices influenced by literary, artistic, and cultural innovations of the Romantic period. Robinson's work has appeared in leading journals, including Eighteenth-Century Studies, Eighteenth-Century Life, European Romantic Review, and Studies in Romanticism. He earned his Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Prior to his appointment at the University of Toronto, he taught at various universities and colleges in the UK and served as a Visiting Scholar in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan. Robinson has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (RHS) for 2025 and co-convenes the University of Toronto's speaker series for the Toronto Eighteenth-Century Group (TECG) and Work in Nineteenth-Century Studies (WINCS). His publications include edited volumes and articles addressing themes in Romanticism, with recent works focusing on the intersections of theater, visuality, and the literary landscape of the era.

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