Claire Nally

Professor Claire Nally

Professor

Department: Humanities

I am a researcher in modern and contemporary literature, specifically Neo-Victorianism and Irish Studies. My first monograph was (2009), followed by a second, co-written book (with John Strachan), entitled (2012).

I have additional research interests in subcultures, the graphic novel, and gender, and this informed my third book, (2019), which is one of the first monographs on this topic in literature. I am also interested in the ways Neo-Victorianism functions as part of the (post)colonial encounter, with especial reference to Ireland.

I was the founding co-editor (with Angela Smith) of the (2011-2024) and I was the Deputy Editor (including Reviews) for the open access journal, 听(2019-2022).

I have published a wide range of articles and book chapters on material as diverse as contemporary Irish writing, heritage, Goth and burlesque. My latest research听 involves contemporary culture's engagement with memory, grief and mourning, and my fourth book, Death Memoirs in Contemporary Culture, is under contract with Bloomsbury.

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Campus Address

Office: Lipman 422

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Key Publications

Steampunk: Gender, Subculture and the Neo-Victorian, Nally, C. 27 Jun 2019
Advertising, literature and print culture in Ireland, 1891-1922, Strachan, J., Nally, C. 31 Aug 2012
Envisioning Ireland: W. B. Yeats's Occult Nationalism, Nally, C. Nov 2009
Rites and Rhymes, Nally, C. 21 Jun 2023, The Oxford Handbook of W. B. Yeats, Oxford, Oxford University Press
The 鈥榮tyle terrorism鈥� of Siouxsie Sioux: femininity, early goth aesthetics and BDSM fashion, Nally, C. 2023, 'Let's Spend the Night Together', Manchester, Manchester University Press
The death positive library, Pitsillides, S., Nally, C., Luby, A., Brooks, R., Hill, F., Ghee, J., Ingham, K., Robinson, J. 26 Jul 2023, The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Heritage, and Death, London, Taylor & Francis
Goth 'zines: Writing from the dark underground, 1976-92, Nally, C. Jul 2018, Ripped, torn and cut, Manchester University Press
Cross Bones Graveyard: Excavating the Prostitute in Neo-Victorian Popular Culture, Nally, C. 27 Apr 2018, In: Journal of Victorian Culture
Goth Beauty, Style and Sexuality: Neo-Traditional Femininity in Twenty-First Century Subcultural Magazines, Nally, C. 1 Nov 2018, In: Gothic Studies
The political occult: revisiting fascism, Yeats and 'A Vision', Nally, C. 2012, W. B. Yeats's A Vision: Explications and Contexts, Clemson, SC, Clemson University Press

PGR Supervision

Emma Catan Cross-Dressing and 鈥楾ransgression鈥� in the Neo-Victorian city Start Date: 01/10/2019

Further Information

I am the module leader for 鈥楴eo-Victorianism: Contemporary Literature and Culture鈥�. I have co-led the MA English Literature module, 鈥楧ark Tourism: Urban Underworlds and Modern City Spaces鈥� and contribute to 鈥楲iterature and Adaptation鈥� and 'Gothic Stories.'

In previous years, I was the module leader for 鈥楥oncepts in Criticism and Culture鈥�, and I offered lectures and seminars on 鈥楾extual Studies (Modernism and Modernity)鈥�. I also led the third-year module on 鈥楯ames Joyce's Ulysses鈥�.

I welcome PhD students in Neo-Victorianism, modern and contemporary fiction, Irish studies, and subcultures.