Biography
Tim Lustig took his first degree at York. His PhD in Cambridge was supervised by Tony Tanner. Tim is the author of Henry James and the Ghostly (1994) and Knight Prisoner: Thomas Malory Then and Now (2013). He edited the World's Classics edition of 'The Turn of the Screw' and has more recently edited a collection of essays with James Peacock, Diseases and Disorders in Contemporary Fiction: The Syndrome Syndrome (2013). Tim's most recent publication (2019) is a critical edition of The Sacred Fount, which forms part of Cambridge University Press' The Complete Fiction of Henry James.
Tim conducts research on British and American children's writing, c.1850-1950.
Selected Publications
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Critical Edition of The Sacred Fount. Cambridge University Press. link>2019.
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'Mocking the Master: Early Responses to The Sacred Fount'. The Henry James Review, 22-36, vol. 38(1). doi> full text>2017.
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Enid on Enid: Blyton’s Use of Arthurian Narratives in The Knights of the Round Table. Children's Literature in Education: an international quarterly. doi>2013.
- 2008.
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'Twain and modernity'. In A Companion to Mark Twain. Messent P and Budd LJ (Eds.). Blackwell.2005.
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Books
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Critical Edition of The Sacred Fount. Cambridge University Press. link>2019.
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Lustig T and Peacock J (Eds.). 2013. Diseases and Disorders in Contemporary Fiction: The Syndrome Syndrome. Routledge.
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Lustig T and Peacock J (Eds.). 2013. Diseases and Disorders in Contemporary Fiction: The Syndrome Syndrome. Routledge.
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The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories. Oxford Univ Pr.2008.
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Henry James and the ghostly. Cambridge Univ Pr.1994.
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Doubled up, or, My life as the back end of a pantomime horse.1992.
Journal Articles
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'Mocking the Master: Early Responses to The Sacred Fount'. The Henry James Review, 22-36, vol. 38(1). doi> full text>2017.
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Enid on Enid: Blyton’s Use of Arthurian Narratives in The Knights of the Round Table. Children's Literature in Education: an international quarterly. doi>2013.
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A new introduction to American studies. Journal of American Studies, 242-243, vol. 41(1).2007.
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Animal rites: American culture, the discourse of species, and posthumanist theory. MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW, 755, vol. 100. link>2005.
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Missing Intertexts: Hannah Crafts's The Bondwoman's Narrative and African American Literary History. Journal of American Studies, 207-237, vol. 39(2). doi>2005.
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'"Which way home?" Tim O'Brien and the question of reference'. Textual Practice, 395-414, vol. 18(3). doi>2004.
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Trying it out in America: Literary and other performances. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN STUDIES, 152-153, vol. 36. link>2002.
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'"Moments of punctuation": metonymy and ellipsis in Tim O'Brien'. Yearbook of English Studies, 74-92, vol. 31. doi>2001.
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Henry James and sexuality. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN STUDIES, 538-539, vol. 34. link>2000.
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American culture studies: An introduction to American culture. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN STUDIES, 323-324, vol. 34. link>2000.
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American culture studies: An introduction to American culture. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN STUDIES, 582-583, vol. 33. link>1999.
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Henry James: The contemporary reviews. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN STUDIES, 133-134, vol. 32. link>1998.
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Humor and revelation in American literature: The Puritan connection. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN STUDIES, 168-169, vol. 32. link>1998.
Chapters
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Jamesian Ghosts: Romance and History. In The Routledge Handbook to the Ghost Story. Routledge. link>2017.
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'Twain and modernity'. In A Companion to Mark Twain. Messent P and Budd LJ (Eds.). Blackwell.2005.