Amy Pawl

Amy Pawl is a Teaching Professor in the Department of English at Washington University in St. Louis and serves as Director of Children’s Studies. She specializes in Eighteenth-century literature, Jane Austen, and the history of children's literature. Her teaching focuses on topics such as Gothic literature, the Golden Age of Children's Literature, and Enlightenment-era texts. Contact details include ajpawl@wustl.edu and office Duncker 115.

Research interests include the intersection of literary history and cultural studies, particularly in examining how children’s literature reflects societal values and Enlightenment thought. Courses taught highlight critical analysis of texts like Frankenstein and Jane Austen’s works, emphasizing their historical and thematic contexts.

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