Clare Brant
Clare Brant is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture at King’s College London, where she co-directs the Centre for Life-Writing Research. She is a general editor of the Palgrave series Studies in Life Writing, and an editor on the European Journal of Life Writing.
Her last book was Balloon Madness: Flights of Imagination in Britain, 1783–1786 (Boydell 2017). Her book Eighteenth-Century Letters and British Culture (Palgrave 2006) won the ESSE Book Award for 2008. She has also edited John Gay’s "Trivia" (1716).
She has published on a wide range of subjects in literary, visual, and material culture, with special attention to genre and gender; she has also co-edited numerous essay collections, including most recently "Cher Philippe: A Festschrift for Philippe Lejeune" (European Journal of Life Writing Vol. 7, 2018) and, with Rob Gallagher, "Digital Media: Life-Changing Online" (European Journal of Life Writing Vol. 8, 2019).
In her other imaginative life, she is a poet (with four collections published by Shoestring Press), scuba diver, and photographer. Her next project is about underwater lives.
See the King’s College, London website for her Ego Media Project strand: Diaries 2.0 (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/diaries-2.0).
Sections
Imaginative Agency > Balloons as Imaginative Agents
Balloons as Imaginative Agents
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Imaginative Agency > Cyberbodies: Imaginative Agency in Digital Futures
Cyberbodies: Imaginative Agency in Digital Futures
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Imaginative Agency > Emojis
Emojis
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Imaginative Agency > Google Doodle
Google Doodle
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Imaginative Agency > Imaginative Agency: New Possibilities
Imaginative Agency: New Possibilities
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Imaginative Agency > Introduction
Introduction
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Imaginative Agency > Nether Worlds: Imagination, Agents, and Dark Acts
Nether Worlds: Imagination, Agents, and Dark Acts
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Reflections: On Making This Publication > Reflection 2: About This “Book”
Reflection 2: About This “Book”
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Imaginative Agency > Symmetrical Breakfasts
Symmetrical Breakfasts
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Imaginative Agency > The Original Log
The Original Log
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