Robert Morrison has taught nineteenth-century British literature and culture at Acadia University, Queen鈥檚 University, and Bath Spa University.
British Romanticism, the Regency, the periodical press, the literature of addiction, scholarly editing, crime and gothic fiction, Jane Austen, Thomas De Quincey, the Blackwood鈥檚 Magazine circle
21st-Century Oxford Authors: Thomas De Quincey
Works in progress
- The Letters of Thomas De Quincey, 2 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
- The Oxford Handbook of British Romantic Prose (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
Thomas De Quincey, Jane Austen, Algernon Swinburne.
British Academy Global Professor and Queen鈥檚 National Scholar
Morrison鈥檚 book The Regency Years: During which Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights, Byron Makes Love and Britain Becomes Modern was reviewed in the following publications: Rolling Stone, The Economist, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Sunday Times.
Morrison has written several blogs that have been picked up in newspapers and magazines in Canada, France, England, India, the United States, Australia, and elsewhere:
- 鈥淣etflix鈥檚 Bridgerton: A Romanticized Portrayal of Britain at the Dawn of Modernity鈥 in The Conversation, January 2021:
- 鈥淩oyal Baby! (Why is America So Obsessed with the British Monarchy?)鈥 in The Literary Hub, May 2019:
- 鈥淪ex and Sexability: On Writing Desire in the Regency Years鈥 in The Literary Hub, April 2019:
- 鈥淧erverse passions that will not die: The modern vampire first walked among us two centuries ago鈥 in The Conversation, March 2019:
- 鈥淕et Back: The Beatles Rocked the Rooftop 50 Years Ago鈥 in The Conversation, January 2019:
- 鈥淚n Jane Austen, Fairy Tales Meet Biting Feminist Critiques鈥 in The Conversation, October 2018:
- 鈥淭he 19th-Century Book That Spawned the Opioid Crisis鈥 in The Conversation, May 2018:
- 鈥淚f I Can Dream: The Elvis Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr鈥 in The Conversation, March 2018:
- 鈥淩emembering Gord Downie Through his Lyrics鈥 in The Conversation, October 2017:
- 鈥淲hy Rod Stewart鈥檚 Gay Ballad 鈥楪eorgie鈥 was Ahead of its Time鈥 in The Conversation, September 2017:
- 鈥淟ord Byron鈥檚 Passion鈥 on Oxford University Press Blog, June 2016:
- 鈥淕imme Shelter: De Quincey on Drugs鈥 in Oxford University Press Blog, April 2013: .
- 鈥淎nnotating Austen鈥 in Harvard University Press Blog, October 2011: .
