Areas of Research/Interest: reader theory; biography; sexuality and literature; cultural studies; Victorian literature; modern literature

Select Publications:
Victorian Literature and Culture, co-ed. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1990-.
Browning Re-Viewed: Review Essays 1980-1995. New York: Peter Lang. 1998.
Victorian Discourses on Sexuality and Religion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1993.
Charlotte Bronte and Sexuality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1984.
Browning's Youth. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1976.

Affiliations: Series Editor, Sexuality and Literature (New York: Peter Lang); Northeast Victorian Studies Association; PEN; Browning Institute; Modern Language Association.

Fellowships/Honors: National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Research Grant; Guggenheim Fellowship; Thomas J. Wilson Prize.