Helen Small
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Biography
Helen W. Small was awarded a B.A. in English from Victoria University of WellingtonVictoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a former constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, but offers a broad range of other courses...
and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. She was the recipient of a Leverhulme
Leverhulme Trust
The Leverhulme Trust was established in 1925 under the will of the First Viscount Leverhulme, William Hesketh Lever, with the instruction that its resources should be used to support "scholarships for the purposes of research and education."...
Research Fellowship from 2001 to 2004.
Published works
- Love's Madness: Medicine, the Novel, and Female Insanity, 1800-1865 (Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, 1996) - The Public Intellectual (editor; Blackwell, 2002)
- Literature, Science, Psychoanalysis, 1830-1970: Essays in Honour of Gillian BeerGillian BeerDame Gillian Beer, DBE , King Edward VII Professor of English Literature and President, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, is a British literary critic and academic.-Career:...
(editor, with Trudi Tate; Oxford University Press, 2003) - The Long Life (Oxford University Press, 2007)
Awards
- 2008: Rose Mary Crawshay PrizeRose Mary Crawshay PrizeThe Rose Mary Crawshay Prize is a literary prize for female scholars. It was inaugurated in 1888 and is stated by the British Academy to be the only UK literary prize for female scholars...
, The Long Life - 2008: Truman Capote Award for Literary CriticismTruman Capote Award for Literary CriticismThe Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism is awarded for literary criticism by the University of Iowa on behalf of the Truman Capote Estate. The value of the award is $30,000 , and is said to be the largest annual cash prize for literary criticism in the English language...
, The Long Life