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Molly Murray is an Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. She holds a B.A. from Columbia (1994), M.Phil. in Intellectual History from Cambridge (1996), and Ph.D. in English from Yale (2004). Her research focuses on 16th-17th century English literature, exploring intersections of religion, politics, and poetic form. Key interests include the English Reformation, metaphysical wit, and the reception of St. Augustine. She is author of The Poetics of Conversion in Early Modern Literature (2009) and contributes to journals like English Literary History and Renaissance and Reformation. Current projects examine literature and imprisonment in early modern Britain.
- Education: Columbia, Cambridge, Yale
- Primary Research Areas: Early Modern Poetry/Poetics, Political Theory, Religious History
- Recent Work: Monograph on Donne to Dryden, studies on literary imprisonment
Her scholarship bridges literary analysis with intellectual history, emphasizing how poetic forms mediated religious and political change. Publications address topics like metaphysical wit's role in conversion narratives and Augustinian thought's influence on early modern writers.
