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PHINEAS DOWLING, PhD

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I earned my PhD in English at Auburn University with a specialization in18th-Century British Literature and Culture. I received my MA in English from George Mason University.

My dissertation project, “After Culloden: Anglo-Scottish Identity in the Wake of the 1745 Jacobite Rising,” examines the ways Anglo-Scottish identity and the Union are negotiated within literary and linguistic discourse during and after the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Using theoretical lenses of nation, racialization, identity, and ideology, I analyze how contemporary popular periodicals, the late works of Henry Fielding, and the early works of Tobias Smollett all participated in the literary and cultural negotiation of Anglo-Scottish national identity through their connection to the Forty-Five. I build out the concept of “Scotophobia” (i.e., anti-Scottish sentiment, discourse, and activity) as a theoretical lens to explore Scottish racialization and its role in the negotiation of a shared British identity within contemporary discourse surrounding the Forty-Five.

My research and teaching interests include Long-18th-Century British Literature, Anglo-Scottish Union and Identity, National Identity, Pedagogy, Literary Theory, Cultural Studies, and Composition and Rhetoric. I also have extensive experience in Writing Center administration, theory, and practice.

© 2019 by Phineas Dowling

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