Kathryn Walls
Qualifications
MA(Hons) Victoria
PhD Tor
Current research projects
The influence of the "Scientific Revolution" on the poetry of Alexander Pope; "medieval" Spenser.
Areas of supervision
My research interests are broad. I would enjoy supervising work in any of the areas in which I have published, including: Middle English literature (Chaucer, Langland, the mystery plays), Renaissance allegory, the Reformation and early modern literature, and literature and science.I have an abiding interest in the New Zealand children's writers Margaret Mahy and Maurice Gee.
Selection of publications
Scholarly edition
Ed. with Marguerite Stobo. William Baspoole, The Pilgrime. Tempe, Arizona: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, in conjunction with the Renaissance English Text Society, 2008. Contents: Introduction, pp. 3-174; Text, pp. 175-356; General Commentary, pp. 358-502; Glossary, Works Cited, and Index: pp. 505-558.
Monograph
God's Only Daughter: Spenser's Una as the Invisible Church. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2013. Pp. 1-238.
Professional Links and Responsibilities
Committee Member: Friends of the Dorothy Neale White Collection (National Library)
General Editor: “Manchester Spenser” (Manchester University Press)