Paul Goring
Background and activities
Departmental roles
Professor of British Literature and Culture
Leader of the research project 'Enlightenment News'
Leader of the Division of Literature and Cultural History
Research interests
I work within the field of eighteenth-century British literature and culture and have specialist interests in theatre history, the actor and playwright Charles Macklin, the life and works of Laurence Sterne, and the mediation of news. I am engaged in projects in all of these areas, and am particularly interested in exploring the impact of the digitization of news archives on eighteenth-century scholarship. This has led to the development of the collaborative project 'Enlightenment News: Periodical Publication, Newspapers and the Digital Archive'.
Background
I was born and educated in Britain. I have a BA in English from the University of London, an MA in English and Art History from the University of Wales, Lampeter, and a PhD in English from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. I have worked at NTNU since 1997.
External roles
Member of the editorial board of The Shandean, a journal devoted to the study of Laurence Sterne.
Member of the editorial board of Oxford Bibliographies: British and Irish Literature
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2019) "The Sinking of Charles Macklin's Scholarship". Notes and Queries. vol. 66 (4).
- (2018) Theatrical Gold Diggers: Fortune-Hunting and the Irish on and off the Eighteenth-Century Stage. Review of English Studies. vol. 69 (292).
- (2016) 'Sterne's Subscribers and the Society of Dilettanti'. The Shandean. vol. 27.
- (2016) Theatrical riots and conspiracies in London and Edinburgh: Charles Macklin, James Fennell and the rights of actors and audiences. Review of English Studies. vol. 67 (278).
- (2015) Gulliver’s Travels on the Mid-Eighteenth-Century Stage; Or, What is an Adaptation?. Forum for Modern Language Studies. vol. 51 (2).
- (2015) Musical Catches and the Singing Nuns of Andouillets. The Shandean. vol. 26.
- (2014) Borrowings from Jonathan Swift in Charles Macklin's the true-born irishman. Notes and Queries. vol. 61 (3).
- (2014) Laurence Sterne and Topham Beauclerk: Evidence of an Acquaintanceship. Notes and Queries. vol. 61 (3).
- (2014) 'Scholia'. Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats. vol. 47 (1).
- (2013) A New Identification of the Addressee of a Late Letter by Laurence Sterne. Notes and Queries. vol. 60 (1).
- (2006) Nicolai Wergeland's 'Hendricopoedia': a text, translation and commentary. The Shandean. vol. 17.
- (2006) Review of Thomas Keymer (ed.), Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy: A Casebook (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006). The Shandean. vol. 17.
- (2005) Review of Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings, ed. Ian Jack and Tim Parnell (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003). The Shandean. vol. 16.
- (2003) 'Laurence Sterne: The Florida Edition'. Review. vol. 25.
- (2003) 'Tristram Shandy goes north: a correction'. The Shandean. vol. 14.
- (2003) 'A Sentimental Journey through Germany, Denmark and Sweden: a note on sources for early Scandic translations of Sterne'. The Shandean. vol. 14.
- (2002) "John Bull, pit, box, and gallery, said No!": Charles Macklin and the Limits of Ethnic Resistance on the Eighteenth-Century London Stage. Representations. vol. 79.
- (2002) "Thomas Weales's 'The Christian Orator Delineated' (1778) and the early reception of Sterne's 'Sermons'". The Shandean. vol. 13.
- (2001) 'Anglicanism, Enthusiasm and Quixotism: Preaching and Politeness in Mid-Eighteenth Century Literature'. Literature & Theology. vol. 14 (4).
- (1997) B for Broomstick? : a consideration of Aaron Hill's revolutionary acting theory. Leading notes : journal of the National Early Music Association. vol. 13 (Spring).