Devoney Looser
American Jane Austen scholar; Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University.
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- Devoney Looser is an American literary critic and Jane Austen scholar.
- She is Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University, which she joined in 2013, working on women's writing and the history of the novel.
- Her books include The Making of Jane Austen, Sister Novelists (2022) and Wild for Austen (2025).
Key facts
- Born
- 11 April 1967, Saint Paul, Minnesota1
- Education
- BA in English, Augsburg College (1989); PhD in English, Stony Brook University1
- Books
- British Women Writers and the Writing of History, 1670-1820; Women Writers and Old Age in Great Britain, 1750-1850 (2008); The Making of Jane Austen; Sister Novelists (2022); Wild for Austen (2025)1
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship and NEH Public Scholar award (2018)1
- Writes
- Counterpoise (newsletter)1
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