Joint PhD in Literary Studies / Theatre Studies in English

Graduate Faculty

 University of Guelph
Wilfrid Laurier University

Jennifer Schacker, PhD (Indiana).

Assistant Professor (2002).

E-mail: jschack@uoguelph.ca

Research Interests

Folklore; Nineteenth-century studies; Children's literature.
Current research: Images of Motherhood in Victorian Children's Literature; The Fairy Tale on Stage, Pantomime and Burlesque; Witches and Witchcraft in Adolescent Girls' Fiction.

Selected publications

  • National Dreams: The Remaking of Fairy Tales in 19th-Century England. U of Pennsylvania P, 2003.