Steven Stryer

Steven Stryer is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Dallas. His research focuses on intersections between political ideology, historical thought, and literary style in eighteenth-century literature. He holds an A.B. from Harvard University and a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford.

Education:

• A.B., Harvard University
• D. Phil., University of Oxford

Research interests emphasize 18th-century British literature, particularly how political and historical contexts shape literary forms and vice versa. His work examines authors like Alexander Pope, Edmund Burke, and William Wordsworth, exploring themes like satire, historical narrative structures, and ideological rhetoric.

Recent publications analyze prose patterning in historiography, Burke's rhetorical strategies, and nostalgia in literary criticism. He has also contributed to Studies in Philology and Essays in Criticism.

Teaching includes courses on literary traditions from early modern to Romantic periods, focusing on Augustan literature and the French Revolution's cultural impact. His book project derives from his Oxford dissertation on historical topos in 18th-century texts.