Jane de Gay
British academic
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Jane de Gay is a British academic, lecturer, Virginia Woolf scholar and current Director of Ministry at Swansea & Brecon Diocese. De Gay's works on Woolf include a series of articles and a 2006 book, Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past, published by Edinburgh University Press. Her work has been recognised by the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain.[1] She has co-edited four books on gender and theatre, including Languages of Theatre Shaped by Women (with Lizbeth Goodman).[2]
De Gay is also an Anglican priest. In 2023 she was appointed as honorary Associate Priest and Lecturer at Leeds Minster.[3]
Academia
She is Professor of English Literature and co-director of the Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies at Leeds Trinity University.[4][5][2]
Quotes
- “The invitation is a great honour, and I will be following in the footsteps of distinguished Woolf scholars Dame Gillian Beer and the late Professor Julia Briggs. I continue to work on Woolf, and the Virginia Woolf Birthday Lecture will draw on my new research into Woolf and Spirituality.”[1]
Publications
- Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past (2006) ISBN 978-0-7486-2349-5; Paperback (2007) ISBN 978-0-7486-3302-9
