Jane Stevenson (historian)
British historian and author From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jane Barbara Stevenson (born 12 February 1959) is a British historian, literary scholar, and author.
Education and career
Stevenson was born in London and brought up in London, Beijing and Bonn.[citation needed] She studied Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Newnham College, Cambridge, completing that tripos in the upper second class in 1980.[1]
She went on to lecture in history at Sheffield University, and literature and history at the University of Aberdeen; from 2007 to 2017, she was Regius Professor of Humanity there.[2] Since 2017, she has been Senior Research Fellow at Campion Hall, Oxford.[3]
Selected works
- Stevenson, Jane; Davidson, Peter, eds. (1997). The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digbie, Kt., Opened. London: Prospect Books. ISBN 978-0907325765.
- Stevenson, Jane; Davidson, Peter, eds. (2001). Early Modern Women Poets: An Anthology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198184263.
- Stevenson, Jane (2005). Women Latin Poets: Language, Gender, and Authority, from Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198185024.
- Stevenson, Jane (2007). Edward Burra: Twentieth-Century Eye. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0224078757.
- Stevenson, Jane (2018). Baroque between the Wars. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198808770.
- Stevenson, Jane (2021). The Light of Italy: The Life and Times of Federico Da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino. London: Head of Zeus. ISBN 9781800241978.
- Stevenson, Jane (2022). Women and Latin in the Early Modern Period. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004529755.
Fiction
- Stevenson, Jane (1999). Several Deceptions. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0224059398.
- Stevenson, Jane (2000). London Bridges. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0224059404.
- Stevenson, Jane (2002). The Winter Queen. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0618149124. (original title Astraea London: Jonathan Cape, 2001)
- Stevenson, Jane (2003). The Shadow King. Boston, MA: Clarion Books. ISBN 978-0618149131. (original title The Pretender London: Jonathan Cape, 2002)
- Stevenson, Jane (2003). The Empress Of The Last Days. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0224061421.
- Stevenson, Jane (2005). Good Women. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0224073516.
References
External links
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