{"id":35972,"date":"2019-02-13T16:15:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T21:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=35972"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:59:04","slug":"natalie-mcknight","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/profile\/natalie-mcknight\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie McKnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Teaching Interests<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Survey literature and art courses, Victorian studies, creative writing and\u00a0ethical philosophy<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Research I<\/strong><strong>nterests<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Victorian studies, gender studies and general education<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Selected Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><b>Books<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><i>Culture and Context<\/i>. Co-editor. Vols. I &amp; II. Cognella Academic Publishing, 2014.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dickens Studies Annual<\/em>. Co-editor. Vols. 41 to the present. AMS Press, 2010 to the present.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fathers in Victorian Fiction<\/em>. Co-author and editor. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2011.<\/p>\n<p><em>Idiots, Madmen and Other Prisoners in Dickens<\/em>. St. Martin\u2019s Press, 1993.<\/p>\n<p><em>Suffering Mothers in Mid-Victorian Novels<\/em>. St. Martin\u2019s Press, 1997.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Interviews<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cScholars: Dickens classic may have Lowellian links.\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><i>Lowell Sun<\/i>. December 16, 2013.<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowellsun.com\/news\/ci_24731925\/scholars-dickens-classic-may-have-lowellian-links\">http:\/\/www.lowellsun.com\/news\/ci_24731925\/scholars-dickens-classic-may-have-lowellian-links<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Was Dickens\u2019s Christmas Carol borrowed from Lowell\u2019s mill girls?\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><i>Boston Globe.<\/i><span>\u00a0<\/span>December 15, 2013.<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/ideas\/2013\/12\/15\/dickens\/vFjBRRSBUtzHVH9DXiCSSL\/story.html?s_campaign=email_BG_TodaysHeadline\">http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/ideas\/2013\/12\/15\/dickens\/vFjBRRSBUtzHVH9DXiCSSL\/story.html?s_campaign=email_BG_TodaysHeadline<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Other Professional Activity and\/or Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>President of the Dickens Society.<\/p>\n<p>Co-editor,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Dickens Studies Annual<\/em>,\u00a02010 to the present.<\/p>\n<p>Scholar\/Teacher of the Year Award, Boston University, 1998-99.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/files\/2009\/05\/culture-and-context-vol-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" title=\"culture-and-context-vol-2\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-25702\" alt=\"culture-and-context-vol-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/files\/2009\/05\/culture-and-context-vol-2.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/files\/2009\/05\/culture-and-context-vol-2.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/files\/2009\/05\/dickens-studies-annual1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" title=\"dickens studies annual\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22455\" alt=\"dickens studies annual\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/files\/2009\/05\/dickens-studies-annual1.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/files\/2009\/05\/dickens-studies-annual.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/files\/2009\/05\/fathers-in-victorian-fiction1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"198\" height=\"298\" title=\"fathers in victorian fiction\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22456\" alt=\"fathers in victorian fiction\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/files\/2009\/05\/fathers-in-victorian-fiction1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"author":13125,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35973,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35972\/revisions\/35973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}