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Ellen Crowell is an Associate Professor of English at Saint Louis University, where she specializes in modernist writing, queer theory, and the cultural history of Aestheticism and Decadence. Her research links late-Victorian intellectual movements to early modernism, with particular focus on Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, and Elizabeth Bowen. She is the author of *Aristocratic Drag: The Dandy in Irish and American Southern Fiction* (2007) and currently works on *Oscar Wilde’s Body*, exploring queer self-fashioning and mourning in early modernism. Her articles analyze Wilde’s posthumous legacy, including his tomb’s sculptural politics and intersections between queer memory and modernist aesthetics. Crowell’s interdisciplinary work bridges literary studies, film, and cultural history, interrogating how marginalized histories shape modernist narratives.
- Education: M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas (1998, 2004)
- Key Projects: Book-length studies on Wilde’s cultural afterlife, dandyism, and queer memorial practices
Her research emphasizes transformative intersections between aesthetic movements and socio-political change, particularly through lenses of sexuality and identity. Notable publications include analyses of Wilde’s funerary monument, modernist cinema, and queer readings of contemporary adaptations like *V for Vendetta*.
