Sos Eltis is an English author. She is a

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and tutor in English at

Brasenose College, Oxford Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The l ...

. She is a nineteenth- and twentieth-century specialist, with a special interest in theatre. she is also Vice-Principal of the College. Eltis is the author of ''Revising Wilde: Society and Subversion in the Plays of Oscar Wilde'', which has been described as "a radical re-examination of the plays of

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwright ...

", and of ''Acts of Desire: Women and Sex on Stage 1800–1930''. Eltis is married to the English novelist

Mark Haddon Mark Haddon (born 26 September 1962) is an English novelist, best known for ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' (2003). He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, the Guardian Prize, and a Commonweal ...

, author of ''

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' is a 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon. Haddon and ''The Curious Incident'' won the Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year, the Commonwealth Writers' Pri ...

'', which is dedicated to her.

References

External links

Dr Sos Eltis: Interviewed

Faculty webpage

College webpage
Living people Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford Year of birth missing (living people) British non-fiction writers British women writers Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Alumni of St John's College, Oxford {{UK-academic-bio-stub