Backscheider, Paula R.

Paula R. Backscheider, Philpott-Stevens Eminent Scholar, specializes in Restoration and eighteenth-century literature, feminist criticism, and cultural studies. She is the author of several books including "Daniel Defoe: His Life, " (winner of the British Council Prize), "Spectacular Politics", "Reflections on Biography", and "Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and their Poetry: Inventing Agency, Inventing Genre "(winner of the Modern Language Association Lowell Prize). Two of her books have been selected for the Choice Outstanding Academic Book award. She has published articles in "PMLA", "Theatr...