Lucy Brookes

Lucy Brookes is a Fitzjames Research Fellow in Medieval English at the University of Oxford's Faculty of English Language & Literature, affiliated with Merton College. Her research focuses on medieval secular literature, particularly romance and Arthurian traditions, with interdisciplinary approaches to emotion studies and narrative theory.

Education: BA (Worcester College, Oxford) → MSt Medieval Literatures/Languages (University of York) → DPhil English (Worcester College, Oxford). Current projects include a monograph on character subjectivity in romance and a cross-era study of 'truthiness' in medieval fiction. She also explores medieval drama, ballads, and modern media like soap operas.

Recent publications analyze Chaucerian contexts and medieval veracity claims. Her work bridges medieval texts with contemporary cultural phenomena, such as post-truth discourse. No formal grants/advising roles are listed here, though she contributes to academic discourse through multiple scholarly venues.