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Biography
Dr Daniel Cook works on 18th- and 19th-century literature, book history, authorship and appropriation studies, the gothic and the fantastical, the history of the novel, poetic genres, and Scottish and Irish writing more broadly. Authors of specific interest include Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, and Walter Scott.
Before joining Dundee he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as a Donald and Mary Hyde Fellow at Harvard. He held a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellowship at the University of Bristol and, before that, an AHRC Research Fellowship on the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift. Daniel completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge.
Daniel serves on the editorial boards of Authorship, The Scriblerian, and The Literary Encyclopedia, and on the executive committees of the Universities Committee for Scottish Literature and the British Association for Romantic Studies. He is the Associate Director of Dundee's Centre for Scottish Culture and head of the Dundee Gothic Group.
Research interests
- English, Scottish and Irish literature before 1900;
- Genres in fiction (gothic, fantastical, and historical);
- Authorship, reception, adaptation and appropriation;
- Autobiography, biography, and literary afterlives.
Teaching
Undergraduate:
- Introduction to Literary Study (EN11001 Level 1)
- Human Futures (HU11001 Level 1)
- Early Modern Literature, 1564-1740 (EN11006 Level 1)
- Romantic to Victorian Literature (EN22002 Level 2)
- Renaissance to Restoration Theatre (EN31024 Level 3)
- The English Novel (pre-1900) (EN32022 Level 3)
- Scottish and Irish Fiction (pre-1900) (EN41027 Level 4)
- The Poison Pen (BS11006 - co-taught with Life Sciences)
Postgraduate:
- Scottish Literature, 1740-1830 (EN51031 Level 5)
- Jonathan Swift's Major Works (EN51033 Level 5)
- The Gothic Tradition (EN51034 Level 5)
- British and Irish Poetry, 1680-1830 (EN51022 Level 5)
- Special Author: directed reading (EN52039 Level 5)
- Approaches to Literary and Visual Culture (HU51001 Level 5)
Daniel won the Creative Teaching: Recognising Innovative Practice Award at the College Teaching and Good Practice Awards, University of Dundee.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Award Date: 1 Jan 2008
External positions
Editorial Board, The Scriblerian
2018 → …Advisory Board, Authorship, Ghent University
Jan 2016 → …Executive Board
Dec 2015 → …External Examiner, University of Edinburgh
Nov 2014 → Nov 2018Executive Board
Sep 2013 → …Reviews Editor for Media and New Media, BSECS Criticks
2011 → …Executive Board
Jul 2007 → …Executive Board, British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Jan 2007 → …Keywords
- PR English literature
- eighteenth-century literature, Romanticism, biography, autobiography, history of the book, Jonathan Swift
- poetry
- fiction
- Scotland
- Ireland
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Projects
Research Output
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Reading Swift's Poetry
Cook, D., Aug 2020, Cambridge University Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Swift after Horace
Cook, D., 11 Mar 2019, Reading Swift: Papers from the Seventh Münster Symposium on Jonathan Swift. Bischof, J., Juhas, K. & Real, H. J. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 223- 250 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Copyright and Literary Property: The Invention of Secondary Authorship
Cook, D., Jun 2019, The Cambridge Handbook of Literary Authorship. Berensmeyer, I., Buelens, G. & Demoor, M. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 384-400 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: The Dundee Edition
Shelley, M., Cook, D. (ed.), Morris, J., Kay, B., Murray, C. & Vaughan, P., 2018, UniVerse. 208 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Mary Shelley's Gothic Scotland
Cook, D., 2019, Creatures of Fancy: Mary Shelley in Dundee. Jarron, M. (ed.). Dundee: Abertay Historical Society, Vol. 60. p. 107-124Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Prizes
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Stephen Fry Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement with Research
Cook, Daniel (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Honorary Graduates’ Award for Inclusive Practice
Cook, Daniel (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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SGSAH ARC fully funded PhD student studentship with Stirling University and Innerpeffray Library
Cook, Daniel (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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CASS Creative and Innovative Teaching Award (winner)
Cook, Daniel (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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University of Oxford
Daniel Cook (Visiting researcher)
2020 → 2021Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Byron and Scottish Poetry
Daniel Cook (Speaker)
13 Feb 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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The Aquatic City
Daniel Cook (Member)
Nov 2019 → …Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - festival/exhibition
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British Association for Victorian Studies
Daniel Cook (Organiser)
Aug 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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International Societies for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Daniel Cook (Member of programme committee)
Jul 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Press / Media
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Highlighting Dundee’s part in creation of Frankenstein
6/06/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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New lease of life for Frankenstein’s Monster in Dundee
6/06/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other