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James Lilley is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY). He holds a PhD in English from Princeton University and a BA (Hons.) in Philosophy and Religious Studies from Stanford. At UAlbany, he directs graduate studies and teaches courses in American and British literature and culture, with specialized graduate seminars on aesthetics and intellectual history intersections.
- Education: PhD in English (Princeton University), BA in Philosophy and Religious Studies (Stanford)
His research focuses on transatlantic literary movements, examining how 18th-19th century writers like Walpole, Poe, and Melville established aesthetic frameworks for understanding community, race, and sentimentality. Recent work explores gestural poetics in American literature through Jonathan Edwards, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe, with chapters excerpted in major anthologies.
Recent publications include Common Things: Romance and the Aesthetics of Belonging in Atlantic Modernity (2014), which analyzes how literary forms shaped communal identity through genre, property, and race. His articles span topics from Cormac McCarthy's environmental vision to Henry Mackenzie's racialized sentimentalism.
- Scientific Recognition:
- Named vital reference in McCarthy studies
- Book Common Things recognized as important in transatlantic scholarship
