Professor Deborah Wynne
Professor
Biography
Deborah Wynne is Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of Chester. She teaches on the BA and MA English Literature programmes, specialising in courses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature and women's writing. Deborah's publications include many books and articles on Victorian literature.
Teaching and Supervision
Professor Wynne is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and teaches nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She has supervised seven PhD students and three MRes students to successful completion, and has examined fourteen PhD theses. She currently supervises two doctoral students. Among the modules that Deborah teaches are: Women's Writing: Journeys from Home, 1840-1970; Fictional Worlds; Victorian Literature; and Twentieth-Century Literature.
Research and Knowledge Exchange
Professor Deborah Wynne (SFHEA) has published widely on a broad range of topics relating to the literature and culture of the long nineteenth century. Her recent research interests focus on Victorian material culture, recycling practices, the role of literary societies, and the art and writings of the Brontë family. Previously, she has published books on the 1860s sensation novel and women and property in Victorian literature and culture, co-edited volumes on the Brontës, on Victorian afterlives and Victorian material culture, along with many articles and book chapters.