Dr. Will Thompson

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Biography

Thompson received his Bachelor of Arts in English in 2012 from the University of Mary Washington and his Master of Arts in English in 2017 from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is particularly interested in conceptual affective categories of everydayness and ordinariness, especially in tracing how these categories develop in the novel form during the long eighteenth century and the Romantic era. His research interests include Romanticism, Eighteenth-Century British Scottish Literature, Novel studies, Everyday Ordinary affect, Historiography, and Scottish Enlightenment.

Research Interests

Courses

ENGL 10144 Jane Austen Literary Style ENGL 10158 Modern Horror

Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:104
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
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Specialization Notes

Department of Philosophy