Timothy Erwin

Professor Emeritus, Department of English
Expertise: Jane Austen, Contemporary visual culture

Biography

Timothy Erwin is a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professor of English and an expert on Enlightenment thought and culture. He has served as a traveling lecturer for the Jane Austen Society, as well as the president of both the Western Society for Eighteenth Century Studies and the Samuel Johnson Society of the West. He was a regional delegate for the Modern Language Association. 

Erwin's book, Textual Vision, is a study of the intersection of literature and art from book illustration to the graphic novel, from the sister arts to media theory. He edited Chicago Review while pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago.

Prior to his retirement, he taught a variety of courses on the 18th century, from the rise of the novel to Jane Austen and visual culture. 

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Persuasion," a new film based on Jane Austen's early 19th century novel, has ranked among the top 10 on the Netflix streaming platform. While Austen diehards and many critics have slammed it as inauthentic, others say such modernized versions could attract new audiences to the books of the celebrated English author.

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Campus News | September 2, 2015

Join English professor Timothy Erwin's discussion of the books and films of the beloved author, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9.