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Dr. Mark Frost is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, affiliated with the School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature, and the Department of English Literature. He leads the Centre for Studies in Literature and the Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures. His research focuses on environment and literature in the long-nineteenth century, particularly pastoral modes, environmental justice, and late-Victorian disaster narratives. He is the creator of the Portsmouth Literary Map, a faculty-funded KEF project.
His academic work includes a monograph on John Ruskin’s Guild of St George, a four-volume Routledge collection on Victorian environments, and scholarly editions of works like Richard Jefferies’ *After London*. Frost teaches modules on dystopian literature, the short story, and interdisciplinary Victorian Gothic studies. He supervises five doctoral students and coordinates postgraduate research in ecocritical topics.
Research interests span pastoral literature, environmental violence, and social justice in Victorian contexts. He explores how 19th-century works address industrialization’s ecological impacts and modern resonances. Recent projects include analyzing 1920s environmental fiction and editing primary sources for Routledge. Frost actively engages in media commentary and public scholarship about his work.
His publications bridge literary analysis with ecological theory, emphasizing intersections between culture and environment. Awards and grants include funding for the Portsmouth Literary Map, a collaboration with Dr. Maggie Bowers.
