Brecht de Groote is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of English in the Faculty of Arts & Philosophy of the University of Ghent. He previously held (post)doctoral positions at the Universities of Edinburgh and Leuven. His research focuses on the literature and culture of the Romantic period, extending into the eighteenth century and Victorian period; he is particularly interested in late-Romantic culture (1820s through 1840s). Combining methods at the intersection of literary theory, media theory and cultural theory, he investigates the ways in which British culture is shaped by practices and ideas of mediation. He has a monograph with Edinburgh University Press, Thomas De Quincey: Romanticism in Translation, and he is currently working on a new book project provisionally titled Pseudo-Romanticism: Pseudotextuality from 1790 to 1830.

Contact: brecht.degroote@ugent.be