Knellwolf, Christa

Christa Knellwolf King is a literary historian currently positioned as guest professor in the Department of English at the University of Konstanz. She has published widely on early modern literature, the age of Enlightenment, and cultural transformations of scientific thought. Recent publications include The Enlightenment World (Routledge, 2004), Frankenstein's Science: Experimentation and Discovery in Romantic Culture, 1780 1830 (Ashgate, 2008), Faustus and the Promises of the New Science, c.1580 1730 (Ashgate, 2008) and Stories of Empire: Narrative Strategies for the Legitimation of an Imper...