Thora Brylowe

Thora Brylowe is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Colorado. Her research focuses on British Romanticism, media/print history, and interdisciplinary cultural studies. She is affiliated with the Multigraph Collective and authored Romantic Art in Practice: Cultural Work and the Sister Arts, 1760-1820, analyzing collaborative artistic and literary practices in London. She is currently writing a book on paper’s material and cultural roles in 18th-19th century Britain. Her work spans media ecologies, literary history, and the intersection of art/literary forms.

Her recent scholarship includes studies on William Blake’s artistic contexts, medieval media concepts, and economic impacts of paper scarcity under the Bank Restriction Act. Brylowe’s interdisciplinary approach bridges literary studies with art history, book history, and cultural theory. She has contributed to pedagogical discussions about teaching Romanticism in contemporary contexts.

Her key research areas include 18th/19th century print culture, Romantic-era art-literary intersections, and materialist approaches to media history. Current projects explore paper’s socio-economic dimensions and pre-modern media systems. Brylowe’s publications reflect rigorous archival work combined with theoretical frameworks from cultural materialism and media ecology studies.