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Research Interests / Recherches

Lic. phil. Rahel Orgis holds a degree in English and American Literature, French Literature and French Linguistics from the University of Berne, as well as a grammar school teacher's certificate in English and French. She taught English at the grammar school and the commercial school Thun-Schadau for five years before working as an assistant at the English Institute of the University of Neuchâtel. She is currently completing her doctoral thesis on Lady Mary Wroth's Urania at the University of Neuchâtel under the supervision of Professor Margaret Tudeau-Clayton. Her research interests include: Early Modern English Literature, especially poetry and romance, and Lady Mary Wroth.

Ph.D. Thesis Project / PROJET DE THÈSE DOCTORAL:

Structured Proliferation: Readers and Narrative Strategies in Lady Mary Wroth’s Urania (working title).

Publications:

“‘[A] story very well woorth readinge’: Why Early Modern Readers Valued Lady Mary Wroth’s Urania.” Forthcoming in Sidney Journal, 2013.

“Telling Tales: the Artistry of Lady Mary Wroth's Urania.” Narrative Developments from Chaucer to Defoe. Eds. Gerd Bayer and Ebbe Klitgård. London: Routledge, 2011.

“Wroth, Lady Mary.” Forthcoming in Dictionnaire des femmes créatrices. Eds. Antoinette Fouque, Mireille Calle-Gruber and Béatrice Didier. Paris: Des femmes.

Conferences / CONFéRENCES:

‘[A] story very well woorth readinge’: Why Early Modern Readers Enjoyed Lady Mary Wroth’s Urania. South-Central Renaissance Conference: Exploring the Renaissance 2011. St. Louis. 3-5 March 2011.

Telling Tales: the Artistry of Lady Mary Wroth's Urania. Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the RSA. Venice. 8-10 April 2010.

Lascivious tales and amorous toyes: Structure and Meaning in Lady Mary Wroth's Urania. ESSE 9 Conference. University of Aarhus. 22-26 August 2008.

Appropriating Literary Legacies: Imitation and Rewriting in Wroth's Urania. Legacies Conference. University of Zurich. 28 September 2007.

Principles of Narrative Composition and Cohesion in Lady Mary Wroth's Urania. 3e Cycle Conférence: Medieval and Early Modern English Texts and Contexts. University of Geneva. 18-20 May 2006.

Research Scholarships / bourses de recherche:

August 2010 – January 2011: Fonds National Suisse (FNS) Bourse de recherche pour chercheuses et chercheurs débutants, PhD research under the supervision of Professor Helen Hackett at University College London.