Anna Burton

Anna Burton is a Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Derby's College of Arts, Humanities and Education. Her research focuses on intersections between literature and environmental studies, particularly examining representations of trees and landscapes in 19th-century texts. She has published widely on figures like William Wordsworth, Harriet Martineau, and Thomas Hardy, analyzing ecological themes in their works.

Key research areas include ecocriticism, arboreal materiality in travel writing, and silvicultural traditions in Victorian fiction. Her work bridges literary analysis with environmental humanities, exploring how natural elements reflect cultural values and socio-political contexts.

Recent publications investigate tree-planting narratives in the Lake District, arboreal symbolism in Lakeland guides, and forest imagery in Gaskell and Hardy novels. These studies reveal how literary texts encode ecological knowledge and environmental ethics.

Burton holds an ORCID identifier (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7378-9928) and has produced 6 major outputs since 2016 with significant scholarly engagement (229 total views, 17 downloads).