Jane Kubiesa

Qualifications:

MA English: Literature, Politics and Identity, University of Worcester (2009)

Thesis: The Anthropomorphic Dilemma: Representations of the Abhuman in Fin-de-Siècle Gothic Fiction

Extended Study: The Role of the Fallen Woman in Victorian Literature

BA (hons) English Language and Literature, University of Wolverhampton (2000)

Thesis: Aristotelian Tragic Theory in Shakespeare

Jane Kubiesa is currently researching the physical transmutability of the literary vampire. She has a background in researching Victorian and Gothic literature and aims to use this knowledge to investigate the body in transformation in contemporary multi-volume vampire fiction. She has been a journalist for more than ten years and is using this experience to add a multi-disciplinary viewpoint to her studies in terms of contemporary media.