Dr Elizabeth Scott-Baumann
Reader in Early Modern Literature
- Pro-Vice Dean (Research Impact & Knowledge Exchange)
Research interests
- Literature
Biography
I joined King’s in 2013 after studying at Oxford University, and teaching at Oxford, Oxford Brookes University and the University of Leicester.
I was a James M Osborn Visiting Fellow in English Literature and History at Yale University’s Beinecke Library in 2010, a Visiting Fellow at Chawton House Library in 2011, an International Visiting Research Fellow at Massey University, New Zealand, in 2012 and a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow 2013-15.
I write regularly for the Times Literary Supplement.
Research Interests
- Early modern women’s writing
- Poetic form
- Early modern literary criticism
- Sonnets: early modern and contemporary
I am interested in the intersections between literary form, history, and gender. My first monograph, Forms of Engagement: Women, Poetry, and Culture 1640-1680 (OUP, 2013) explored how 17th century women poets’ uses of different poetic forms drew from the culture around them.
My current book project, The Sex of Style: Literary Criticism and Gender in Early Modern England, examines how key concepts of poetic style such as originality, regularity and smoothness are gendered.
I am supervising PhD projects on Cowley, Donne, sonnets, and early modern rhetorical theory and would welcome PhD applications in any of my areas of research: early modern women’s writing, poetic form, early modern literary theory, early modern and contemporary sonnets.
For more details, please see my full research profile.
Teaching
I teach undergraduate modules on political poetry, sonnets and poetic movements from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. My teaching often incorporates critical creative writing assessments, museum visits and – at MA level – working with manuscript and early printed texts.
Expertise and Public Engagement
Marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, I commissioned and co-edited (with Hannah Crawforth) On Shakespeare’s Sonnets: A Poets’ Celebration, a collection of 30 new poems responding to Shakespeare. Several of the poems were recorded by the Poetry Archive, or featured in Poems on the Underground. The collection was covered in the UK’s major newspapers, broadcasters, literary festivals and in the media from the UK to Asia.
Research
Shakespeare Centre London
Devoted to research, learning and teaching in Shakespeare and early modern literature and drama - in partnership with Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
News
Shakespeare's poems take centre stage in new yearbook by King's academics
Dr Hannah Crawforth and Dr Elizabeth Scott-Baumann, Readers in Early Modern Literature in the Department of English, guest edit Shakespeare Survey 77, and...
King's students address marginalisation in six countries through community-based projects
Eight students developed activist research initiatives in their local communities to tackle issues of diversity and discrimination.
English student profile: Jonathan Andrews
Jonathan Andrews tells us about his time at King's - why he chose to study English, the highlights of his course and the exciting things he's been involved in...
Research
Shakespeare Centre London
Devoted to research, learning and teaching in Shakespeare and early modern literature and drama - in partnership with Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
News
Shakespeare's poems take centre stage in new yearbook by King's academics
Dr Hannah Crawforth and Dr Elizabeth Scott-Baumann, Readers in Early Modern Literature in the Department of English, guest edit Shakespeare Survey 77, and...
King's students address marginalisation in six countries through community-based projects
Eight students developed activist research initiatives in their local communities to tackle issues of diversity and discrimination.
English student profile: Jonathan Andrews
Jonathan Andrews tells us about his time at King's - why he chose to study English, the highlights of his course and the exciting things he's been involved in...