Joint PhD in Literary Studies / Theatre Studies in English

Graduate Faculty

 University of Guelph
Wilfrid Laurier University

Ann Wilson, BA, MA, PhD (York).

Associate Professor (1991).

E-mail: annwilso@uoguelph.ca

Research Interests

The relation of social identities, particularly gender, sexuality, class and race; national identity; contemporary American, British, and Canadian drama.
Currently, Professor Wilson is working on the construction of codes of middle class masculinity and femininity in Edwardian England.

Books

  • Ed. Howard Brenton. New York: Garland Press, 1992.

Selected recent articles

  • "The Politics of Sexual Ambiguity in Sweet Bird of Youth." Tennessee Williams: A Casebook. Ed. Robert Gross. New York: Routledge, 2002. 79-90.

  • "Beatrice Chancey: Sacrifice and the Female Body." Siting the Other. Ed. Mark Maufort. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2001. 267-278.

  • "Reaching Out: Soulpepper, Youth and the 'Classics'." Canadian Theatre Review 106 (Spring 2001): 29-34.

  • "Hauntings: Anxiety, Technology, and Gender in Peter Pan." Modern Drama XLIII.4 (Winter 2000): 595-610.

  • "The Death of Princess Diana: Mourning 'The Very English Girl.'" Pop Can.: Popular Culture in Canada. Ed. Priscilla Walton and Lynne van Luven. Toronto: Prentice-Hall. 159-166.