Jeffrey N. Cox
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Jeffrey N. Cox is a Professor of English literature
and the Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs at the University of Colorado at Boulder
. Cox specializes in English and European Romantic literature
, cultural theory, and cultural studies
. He is a leading scholar of late eighteenth- to early nineteenth- century theater and drama and of the Cockney School
of poets, which included, among others, John Keats
, Percy Shelley, and Leigh Hunt.
from Wesleyan University
in 1975 and his Ph.D.
from the University of Virginia
in 1981.
until his appointment in 1998 as the Director of the Center for the Humanities and the Arts (CHA) at the University of Colorado at Boulder
. In 2005, Cox left the position of CHA Director to become the University's Associate Vice Chancellor of Faculty Affairs. He is currently at work on two book projects provisionally entitled Communal Romanticism: History, Theory, Method and Romantic Border Raids: Radical Poetry in a World at War.
) at the University of Toronto
. Cox received the Keats-Shelley Association Distinguished Scholar Award in 2009 for his work on the Keats-Shelley circle, and the 2011 meeting of NASSR
at Brigham Young University
has acknowledged his book In the Shadows of Romance: Romantic Tragic Drama in Germany, England, and France for its "significant impact on the field" of Romanticism.
Other honors and awards include the following:
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
and the Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs at the University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
. Cox specializes in English and European Romantic literature
Romanticism
Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
, cultural theory, and cultural studies
Cultural studies
Cultural studies is an academic field grounded in critical theory and literary criticism. It generally concerns the political nature of contemporary culture, as well as its historical foundations, conflicts, and defining traits. It is, to this extent, largely distinguished from cultural...
. He is a leading scholar of late eighteenth- to early nineteenth- century theater and drama and of the Cockney School
Cockney School
The "Cockney School" refers to group of cockney poets writing in England in the second and third decade of the 19th century. The term came in the form of hostile reviews in Blackwood's Magazine in 1817. Its primary target was Leigh Hunt but included John Keats and William Hazlitt...
of poets, which included, among others, John Keats
John Keats
John Keats was an English Romantic poet. Along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, he was one of the key figures in the second generation of the Romantic movement, despite the fact that his work had been in publication for only four years before his death.Although his poems were not...
, Percy Shelley, and Leigh Hunt.
Education
Cox received his BABachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
from Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
in 1975 and his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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from the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
in 1981.
Scholarship
Cox taught at Texas A&M UniversityTexas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
until his appointment in 1998 as the Director of the Center for the Humanities and the Arts (CHA) at the University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
. In 2005, Cox left the position of CHA Director to become the University's Associate Vice Chancellor of Faculty Affairs. He is currently at work on two book projects provisionally entitled Communal Romanticism: History, Theory, Method and Romantic Border Raids: Radical Poetry in a World at War.
Selected Honors and Awards
In 2008, Cox was selected to give a plenary address at the annual meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSRNassr
NASSR is an acronym for North American Society for the Study of Romanticism. These scholars hold conferences, host a listserv, and publish a quarterly scholarly journal: The European Romantic Review . The organization began at the University of Western Ontario in 1991...
) at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
. Cox received the Keats-Shelley Association Distinguished Scholar Award in 2009 for his work on the Keats-Shelley circle, and the 2011 meeting of NASSR
Nassr
NASSR is an acronym for North American Society for the Study of Romanticism. These scholars hold conferences, host a listserv, and publish a quarterly scholarly journal: The European Romantic Review . The organization began at the University of Western Ontario in 1991...
at Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
has acknowledged his book In the Shadows of Romance: Romantic Tragic Drama in Germany, England, and France for its "significant impact on the field" of Romanticism.
Other honors and awards include the following:
- Faculty Fellowship, CU Boulder, 2004-2005.
- Scholarly and Creative Work Enhancement Grant, Texas A&M University, 1995.
- Research Fellow, Interdisciplinary Group for Historical Literary Study, Texas A&M University, 1994-1995.
- Association of Former Students Distinguished Teaching Award, Texas A&M University, 1990.
- Huntington-Exxon Research Award, Henry E. Huntington Library, 1986.
Books Authored and Edited
- Keats's Poetry and Prose. Norton Critical Edition. Norton, 2008.
- Collected Works of Leigh Hunt. Vols. 1 and 2: Periodical Essays: 1805-1821. Co-Edited with Greg Kucich. Pickering & Chatto, 2003.
- The Broadview Anthology of Romantic Drama. Co-Edited with Michael Gamer. Broadview Press, 2003.
- Slavery, Abolition, and Emancipation in the British Romantic Period. Vol. 5: The Drama. London: Pickering and Chatto: 1999.
- Poetry and Politics in the Cockney School: Shelley, Keats, Hunt, and Their Circle. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- New Historical Literary Study. Co-Edited with Larry Reynolds. Princeton University Press, 1993.
- Seven Gothic Dramas, 1789-1825. Ohio University Press, 1992. Paperback edition, 1993.
- In the Shadows of Romance: Romantic Tragic Drama in Germany, England, and France. Ohio University Press, 1987.