Dr Anne DeWitt
Dr Anne DeWitt is a scholar of Victorian literature, the history of science, and the history of reading. She is currently working on a monograph that seeks to understand the popularity of theological novels. Published in the 1880s, and identified by readers as a genre, these novels took up debates in theology and issues in Biblical criticism, becoming widely known and debated. Anne is also editing the Oxford Handbook of Literature and Science, 1800s–present, whose publication is expected next year.
At Clare Hall, Anne is joined by her husband, Andrew Goldstone, who is also a Visiting Fellow.
Select publications
- Moral Authority, Men of Science, and the Victorian Novel. Cambridge University Press, 2013; paperback 2016.
- Co-editor, with Kathleen Sheppard. The Correspondence of John Tyndall, 1871–72, volume 12. Series edited by James Elwick, Roland Jackson, Bernard Lightman, and Michael Reidy. Pittsburgh University Press. May 2023.
- “What Kind of Revolutionary Was Charles Darwin?” In “Revolution(s), Evolution(s), Circulation(s),” edited by Françoise Baillet and Andrea Stewart. Special Issue of Victorian Periodicals Review 56 (2023): 158–181.
- “ ‘The Air is Blue with Robert Elsmere’: Theological Novels as Public Discourse.” Victorian Literature and Culture 50 (2022): 355–384.
