Dr Adam James Smith

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Dr Adam James Smith

Email address:

a.smith3@yorksj.ac.uk

Department:

School of Humanities, Religion and Philosophy

Organisation:

York St John University

Address:

York St John University Lord Mayor's Walk York YO31 7EX

Country:

United Kingdom

Homepage URL:

https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/schools/humanities-religion--philosophy/staff-profiles/english-literature/adam-james-smith.html

Biography

Expertise:

Eighteenth-Century Literature, Satire, Eighteenth-Century Print Culture, Eighteenth-Century Political Culture, Newspaper Networks, Non-Fiction Prose

Job title:

Lecturer in Literature

Biography:

Dr Adam James Smith is a Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Literature at York St John University. Adam’s work explores the relationships between politics, news and literature, typically within the context of eighteenth-century print culture. His doctoral research examined eighteenth-century periodicals covertly sponsored by political parties. Subsequently, in 2016 he co-edited Poetry, Radicalism and Conspiracy in Sheffield, a volume of late eighteenth-century protest poetry.He is now developing his first monograph on Whig politics, politeness and satire for Boydell and Brewer and, alongside Dr Jo Waugh, co-directing the ongoing project 'Satire: Deaths, Births, Legacies'.

Qualifications:

PhD in English Literature, University of Sheffield (2010-2014). Thesis: 'A Certain Design': The Partisan Strategy of Joseph Addison's The Free-Holder (1715-1716) MA, Eighteenth-Century Studies [English Literature and History], University of Sheffield (2009-2010) BA (Hons), English Literature, University of Sheffield (2006-2009)

My Latest

Smith, Adam James (2019) Deceive, Inveigle, Obfuscate: Post-Structuralism and the Staggered Retirement of Fox Mulder. In: Szanter, Ashley, (ed.) At the Mercy of Monsters: Essays on the Supernatural Procedural Drama. McFarland (Submitted)
Smith, Adam James (2018) ‘How Proudly Shines the Crazy Clock’: Temporal Displacement and the Miasma of York in the Urban Topographic Poetry of James Montgomery. In: Evans, Anne-Marie and Kramer, Kaley, (eds.) Time and the City. Literary Urban Studies . Palgrave (Submitted)
Smith, Adam James (2018) Brexit Britain is Easy Fodder for Satirists: But They Should Learn from Eighteenth-Century Masters How to do it Properly. The Conversation.
Smith, Adam James and Waugh, Jo (2019) Titania McGrath: Twitter parody of ‘wokeness’ owes a lot to satirists of the 18th century. The Conversation.
Smith, Adam James (2017) Property, Patriotism and Independence: The Figure of the Freeholder in Eighteenth-Century Partisan Print. Journal for Eighteenth Century Studies, 40 (3). pp. 345-362.

My Most Viewed

	Item title	Views
1	Property, Patriotism and Independence: The Figure of the Freeholder in Eighteenth-Century Partisan Print	338
2	Titania McGrath: Twitter parody of ‘wokeness’ owes a lot to satirists of the 18th century	88
3	Brexit Britain is Easy Fodder for Satirists: But They Should Learn from Eighteenth-Century Masters How to do it Properly.	15
4	‘How Proudly Shines the Crazy Clock’: Temporal Displacement and the Miasma of York in the Urban Topographic Poetry of James Montgomery	11
5	Deceive, Inveigle, Obfuscate: Post-Structuralism and the Staggered Retirement of Fox Mulder	10