Dr. Werner Senn

Biography

Prof. em. Dr. Werner Senn is a Professor emeritus specializing in Modern English Literature. He retired in June 2007 after holding a position since 1984, where he taught courses on modern English postcolonial literatures with a particular focus on Australian literature. His academic publications include works on Elizabethan drama and Joseph Conrad, alongside articles covering a wide range of topics in English, American, and Australian literature, such as Robert Greene, Herman Melville, and Australian poets like Rosemary Dobson and Les Murray. Senn has also explored the labyrinths of narrative texts and the relationship between visual and verbal art in his writing, highlighting the representation of Britain's commercial expansion through English poetry. He has edited and co-edited collections of essays on English and Australian literature and culture, including "Making Pluralist Australia, 1950-1990" and "Families." His recent research has delved into the concept of paradise in John Milton's "Paradise Lost" and rituals in Shakespeare's works. Currently, he is working on the topic of island fiction in English literature.

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