BIO: Professor Demeritus, Northampton #University. M.A. (#StAndrews); #PhD (#Leeds). Recent publications: "The state of play: transgressive #caricature & #transnational #Enlightenment" in "#Trans #Gothic in #Literature and Culture"; "Sex and Death in #18thCentury Literature" (Routledge); The Art of Connection: the Social Life of Sentences; 11+ #English (Quibble Academic); critical ed. Bradley's #Shakespeare-an #Tragedy. #history #grotesque #art #drama #monstrous #satire #LGBTQ #culture