Jane de Gay is a British academic and lecturer who has earned an international reputation as an expert on the life and works of

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. de Gay's works on Woolf include a series of articles and a 2006 book, ''Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past'', published by

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. Her work has been recognised by the

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.Virginia Woolf's Birthday Honours for Jane
She has co-edited four books on gender and theatre, including ''Languages of Theatre Shaped by Women'' (with

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De Gay is also an

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priest and in 2023 was appointed honorary Associate Priest and Lecturer at

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Academia

She is Professor of English Literature and co-director of the Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies at

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Quotes

*“The invitation is a great honour, and I will be following in the footsteps of distinguished Woolf scholars Dame

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and the late Professor

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. I continue to work on Woolf, and the Virginia Woolf Birthday Lecture will draw on my new research into Woolf and Spirituality.”

Publications

*''Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past'' (2006) ; Paperback (2007)

References

External links

*de Gay, Jane (2000)
"An Unfinished Story: The Freshwater Drafts of 'The Searchlight'"
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