Jenny Davidson
American scholar of 18th-century literature at Columbia; also a novelist.
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- Jenny Davidson is an American scholar and writer on 18th-century literature, etiquette and culture.
- She is a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University.
- Besides criticism she has written novels, among them Heredity (2003) and The Explosionist (2008).
Key facts
- Born
- 19711
- Education
- Radcliffe College; PhD, Yale University (1999)1
- Non-fiction
- Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness; Breeding (2008); Reading Style (2014); Reading Jane Austen (2017)1
- Novels
- Heredity (2003); The Explosionist (2008); Invisible Things (2010); The Magic Circle (2010)1
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellow (2005 to 2006); Mark Van Doren Award (2010)1
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