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Biography
I studied English at Cambridge for my first degree, and after that I worked for six years at the head offices of Bible Society, in London and Swindon, as an administrator and manager. I then returned to academic study and completed my PhD at the University of Sheffield in 1994. I joined the staff of Leeds Trinity in 1995.
Since 1995 I have taught many different topics within the English programmes at Leeds Trinity, including: Literary Theory; Tragedy and Comedy; Introduction to Drama; Four American Novelists; Reading James Joyce; Nineteenth Century Literature; Classicism and Romanticism; Satire and Subjectivity; Roots of Stories; Film Adaptation; Language in Theory, Language in Context; Linguistic Topics; History of English; How Language Works: Oscar Wilde; The Victorians and Shakespeare.
More recently I was involved in designing, validating and leading the BA English Language and Linguistics programme at Leeds Trinity.
I contribute to the activities of the Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies, and have designed and taught several modules for the MA in Victorian Studies, including modules on the Victorians and Shakespeare; and on Oscar Wilde.
Other administrative roles I have covered in the past include: Chair of Student-Staff Academic Committee; member of Academic Board; member of Faculty Quality and Standards Committee; member of Course Validation Committee; Admissions Tutor for English programmes; Director of English Programmes; Academic Group Lead for English; and Acting Head of Humanities (English, History and Theology); Acting Chair of Faculty Research Ethics and Integrity Committee.
Research interests
I have three main areas of research interest: (1) Hall Caine and T. E. Brown - a Victorian Studies interest I have been developing since 2010; (2) the novels of Walter Besant and James Rice, another Victorian Studies interest; and (3) F. R. Leavis, my original research interest.
I am also interested in some other now-obscure Victorian authors, such as C. M. Ingleby, the Shakespeare scholar, and Alfred Austin, the poet laureate.
I also have a pedagogic research interest in 'Reading Out Poetry', finding ways to make reading aloud a more effective resource for teaching pre-1900 poetry; and in other ways of getting students involved in audio recording as part of their learning and study of English, such as our podcast 'English at Leeds Trinity' https://open.spotify.com/show/232Di3m694geyqYi3ZN6rr which I currently co-ordinate.
Teaching and Administration
BA English Literature (Single Honours) English & Creative Writing (Single Honours) English (Joint Honours) English Language and Linguistics (Single Honours) MA Victorian Studies
ENG 4503 English Skills and Employability
Module tutor and leader
ENG 5613 The History of English 2: From Shakespeare's English to Global Englishes Topics
Module tutor and leader
ENG 5743 Life Writing
Module tutor
ENG 6533 Austen, the Brontes, and Woolf
Module tutor and Leader
ENG 6525 Professional Learning Through Work
Module tutor and leader
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Sheffield
Award Date: 1 Jun 1994
Master of Arts, University of Cambridge
Award Date: 1 Jun 1989
Bachelor of Arts, University of Cambridge
Award Date: 1 Jun 1983
REF 2029 UOA
- UOA27 - English Language and Literature
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Leavisites
Storer, R., 17 Jan 2025, (Submitted) The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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'Eventless' horizons? The future for T. E. Brown and 'minor' Victorian writers
Storer, R., 4 Sept 2024, (Submitted).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Strange case of Montagu Jekyll: Besant and Rice as a source for Stevenson
Storer, R., Mar 2020, In: Notes and Queries. 67, 1, p. 122–125Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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'Another Like Me': The Literary Partnership of Walter Besant and James Rice
Storer, R., 7 Nov 2019, Walter Besant: the Business of Literature and the Pleasures of Reform. Morrison, K. (ed.). Liverpool: Liverpool University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Drink and Dracula - or the other way round?
Storer, R., 4 Aug 2019, In: ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Liverpool University Press (Publisher)
Storer, R. (Peer reviewer)
Jan 2023 → Sept 2023Activity: Publication peer review and editorial work › Publication peer review
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Talk to A-level students on 'The Ancient Mariner'
Storer, R. (Invited speaker)
19 May 2022Activity: Invited talk/public lecture/debate
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Journal of Victorian Culture (Journal)
Storer, R. (Peer reviewer)
2020 → 2021Activity: Publication peer review and editorial work › Publication peer review
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Journal of the History of Ideas (Journal)
Storer, R. (Peer reviewer)
May 2018Activity: Publication peer review and editorial work › Publication peer review
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External Examiner of PhD on topic related to F. R. Leavis and T. S. Eliot
Storer, R. (Examiner)
20 Oct 2017Activity: Examination, supervision and review › External examination (research degrees)