Research Output per year
Personal profile
Qualifications
PhD (King's College London), MA (King's College London), PGCE (Institute of Education, University of London), BA (Hons) (University of Cambridge
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Research interests
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periodicals, popular culture and book history
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cultural geography and literary London
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nineteenth-century literature including Charles Dickens and G.W.M. Reynolds
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nineteenth-century print culture and visual culture
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Victorian drama and theatre
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nineteenth-century adventure fiction
Research projects
I was awarded the 2016 Colby Prize for my monograph, 'Dickens, Reynolds and Mayhew on Wellington Street: The Print Culture of a Victorian Street'. I gave the Colby Lecture at the 2016 Research Society for Victorian Periodicals international conference in Kansas City.
Romantic Illustration Network (original facilitator)
Popular Literature and Culture Research Group (co-founder)
I am also working on a children's novel in my spare time.
Professional affiliations
Founding President, international GWM Reynolds Society
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals: Executive Board Member 2017-19
British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS): Executive Committee member 2010-14
North American Victorian Studies Association
British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS)
Consultancy work
Research Consultant to nineteenth-century historical fiction writers:
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Anthony Horowitz, Moriarty (Orion: 2014) and Foyle’s War, Eleventh Hour Films;
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Sam Christer House of Smoke (Sphere: 2015);
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Jess Kidd, Things in Jars (Canongate: 2019)
Teaching
Victorian Literature
Children's Literature
Popular fiction
Print culture
Links
Research Output
'Artists' Street: Thomas Stothard, R.H. Cromek, and literary illustration on London's Newman Street
Shannon, M. L., 26 Apr 2019, Romanticism and Illustration: Placing Pictures 1775-1840. Haywood, I., Matthews, S. & Shannon, M. L. (eds.). CUPResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
‘The multiple lives of Billy Waters: dangerous theatricality and networked illustrations in nineteenth-century popular culture’
Shannon, M. L., 9 Sep 2019, In : Nineteenth-Century Theatre and Film. 37 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Dickens in Byron's Chair: authenticity, author portraits, and nineteenth-century visual culture
Shannon, M., 28 Mar 2018, In : VICTORIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE. 46Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Colonial Networks and the Periodical Marketplace
Shannon, M., Mar 2017, Journalism and the Periodical Press in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Shattock, J. (ed.). Cambridge: CUP, p. 203-223 20 p. 12Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
The Country in the City: Dickens and the Idyllic River
Shannon, M., 13 Nov 2017, Victorian Sustainability in Literature and Culture. Parkins, W. (ed.). Routledge: Taylor & Francis GroupResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open Access
File
Prizes
The Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize
Mary L. Shannon (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
University English Early Career book prize - Shortlisted
Mary L. Shannon (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
Wimbledon BookFest: Judge on children's writing competition
Mary L. Shannon (Reviewer)May 2020
Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Festival/Exhibition
Villages by the Sea, BBC2
Mary L. Shannon (Contributor)5 Mar 2020
Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Media article or participation
Victorian Popular Fictions (Journal)
Mary L. Shannon (Peer reviewer)May 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
Reynolds Re-Evaluated
Mary L. Shannon (Organiser)23 Jul 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
‘Dickens and Wellington Street’
Mary L. Shannon (Keynote speaker)7 Feb 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk