Esta autora se especializa en la literatura victoriana, explorando las intrincadas relaciones entre historia, leyenda, lugar e identidad. Su obra profundiza en la literatura y la cultura del largo siglo XIX. Imparte cursos sobre escritura femenina y literatura infantil británica, lo que refleja su amplio interés en la historia literaria. Su investigación examina cómo el pasado se incorpora a la percepción y narrativa contemporáneas.
In the nineteenth century, Alfred the Great was a figure who rivalled King Arthur in the popular imagination. This book asks why Alfred was so important in Victorian Britain, examines the ways in which he was rewritten by authors and artists of the time, and investigates how Alfred is no longer a national icon. -- .
From investigations of caves and megaliths to canals and airspace, Joanne Parker reveals a country with countless competing centres and ceaselessly shifting borders - a land where one person's sleepy, unexceptional province will always be the busy heart of another's map.