Tim Carens

Tim Carens is a Professor at the College of Charleston, where he has taught since 1998. His expertise centers on British literature and culture of the nineteenth century, with courses covering Gothic literature, Oscar Wilde, imperial rhetoric, Jane Austen in novel and film, and classic children’s literature. He also mentors independent studies on authors like Dickens, Hardy, and the Brontës.

• Ph.D., English, New York University
• M.A., English, New York University
• A.B., History and Literature, Harvard College

His research explores intersections of Victorian literature and British imperialism, the construction of middle-class masculinity, and the portrayal of academics in contemporary media. Recent projects include analyses of idolatrous desire in marriage plots and Charles Kingsley’s contributions to the Condition-of-England novel.