Sharon Smith
Professor
Biography
Sharon Smith is a professor of English and women, gender and sexuality studies specializing in Restoration, 18th-century and early Romantic British literature, with a particular focus on women's poetry. She is an editor for the journal "The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation."
Education
- B.A. in English | Augsburg College
- M.A. in English literature | University of Georgia
- Ph.D. in English literature with gender and women's studies certificate | University of Illinois at Chicago
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
- British literature and culture of the long 18th century
- 18th-century women's verse satire
- Women, gender and sexuality studies
- Gothic literature and film
- The Western
Committees and Professional Memberships
- Modern Language Association
- American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
- Midwestern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
- British Women Writers Association
Research and Scholarly Work
Awards and Honors
- South Dakota State University Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring, 2020-2021
Publications
- "." ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830, vol. 13, no. 2, 2023.
- "." ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830, vol. 13, no. 1, 2023.
- "The Pleasures of Satire in the Fables of Anne Finch." British Women Satirists in the Long Eighteenth Century, edited by Amanda Hiner and Elizabeth Tasker Davis (Cambridge University Press, 2022), 98-112.
- “Elizabeth Gunning, The Farmer’s Boy,” “Elizabeth Gunning, The War-Office” and “Margaret Minifie or Susannah Gunning, The Union.” The Cambridge Guide to the Eighteenth-Century Novel, 1660-1820, edited by April London (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).
- “Of Partners and Posses: Masculine Camaraderie in the Modern Western/Action Film.” Co-authored with Jason McEntee. The Twenty-First-Century Western: New Riders of the Cinematic Stage, edited by Douglas Brode and Shea T. Brode (Lexington, 2019), 171-184.
- “‘I Cannot Harm Thee Now’: The Ethic of Satire in Anna Barbauld’s Mock-Heroic Poetry.” European Romantic Review 26, no. 5 (2015): 551-573.
- “Defoe’s The Complete English Tradesman and the Prostitute Narrative: Minding the Shop in Mrs. Elizabeth Wisebourn, Sally Salisbury and Roxana.” Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies 15, no. 2 (2015): 27-57.
- “Juba’s ‘Black Face’/Lady Delacour’s ‘Mask’: Plotting Domesticity in Maria Edgeworth’s Belinda.” The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation 54, no. 1 (2013): 71-90.
- “The Good Effects of a Whimsical Study: Romance and Women’s Learning in Charlotte Lennox’s The Female Quixote.” Eighteenth-Century Fiction 18, no. 2 (2006): 203-228.
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