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Angela Esterhammer is a Professor of English Literature at the University of Zurich. She is also an Associate Faculty member at the Centre for Comparative Literature and the Department of German at the University of Toronto, and an Affiliate Faculty member in the Collaborative Specialization in Book History and Print Culture. Her work bridges British, German, and European Romanticism, emphasizing performativity, improvisation, and media experimentation.
- Education: BA (University of Toronto), PhD (Princeton University)
Her research explores Romanticism through interdisciplinary lenses, including verbal performativity, improvisational poetry, and print culture. Notable works include Creating States (1994), The Romantic Performative (2000), and Print and Performance in the 1820s (2020).
Recent publications focus on speculative fiction, identity construction, and transnational literary exchanges in the 1820s. Her The Improvisation of Poetry, 1750-1850 database maps improvisational traditions across Europe.
Scientific Awards & Affiliations:
- Founding Member, North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR)
- Founding Director, Western University’s Comparative Literature Graduate Program
- Past President, Canadian Comparative Literature Association
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
- Polanyi Prize for Literature
- Member, Academia Europaea
- Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
As General Editor of The Works of John Galt, she leads an international 20-volume critical edition. Her work connects Romantic performativity to contemporary media theory, highlighting the interplay between ephemerality and identity in 19th-century texts.
