Clayton Tarr
Clayton Tarr
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, where I specialize in British literature of the long nineteenth century. I have published on a range of subjects centering on disability. In one essay, I examine the powers afforded to disabled narrators who seem secluded and vulnerable, yet who dictate the trajectory of plots. I have also studied representations of legs during the Victorian period (1837-1901), including analyzing depictions of prostheses and assistive technologies. My most recent work has centered on surgery scenes in Victorian literature. I have researched how surgical procedures (neurosurgery, ophthalmology, cosmetic surgery, vivisection, amputation, and cesarean section) form and remodel characters’ subjectivities.
Research Interests
- Victorian literature, Romantic literature, eighteenth-century literature, American literature, the body, the Gothic, children’s literature, narratology
HHUM Core Course
HHUM Elective