Law & Literature
Character evidence, courtroom anecdote, criminality, personhood, legal narrative, and the relation between legal institutions and literary form.
Research
Research
My research centers on evidence and character across literature, law, and history, with particular emphasis on British and Scottish writing of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Scottish & Romantic Literature
Walter Scott, John Galt, historical fiction, Scottish legal culture, antiquarianism, and Romantic-era literary history.
Evidence Across Disciplines
The forms and uses of evidence in literary criticism, legal history, historical writing, archives, manuscripts, and material books.