Sarah Leggott

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Sarah Janet Leggott
Born1970
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Scientific career
FieldsSpanish literature, autobiography
InstitutionsVictoria University of Wellington
Thesis

Sarah Janet Leggott (born 1970) is a New Zealand literature academic. She is currently a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.[1]

Academic career[]

After a 1999 PhD titled 'Reinscribing the female historical subject : auto/biographical voices of contemporary Spanish women writers' at the University of Auckland, she moved to the Victoria University of Wellington, rising to full professor.[1]

Selected works[]

  • Leggott, Sarah. History and autobiography in contemporary Spanish women's testimonial writings. Vol. 8. Edwin Mellen Press, 2001.
  • Leggott, Sarah. "Memory, Postmemory, Trauma: The Spanish Civil War in Recent Novels by Women." (2009).
  • Leggott, Sarah. Memory, War, and Dictatorship in Recent Spanish Fiction by Women. Bucknell University Press, 2015.[2]
  • Leggott, Sarah. The Workings of Memory: Life-Writing by Women in Early Twentieth-Century Spain. Associated University Presse, 2008.[3]
  • Leggott, Sarah. "Re-membering Self and Nation: Memory and Life-Writing in Works by Josefina Aldecoa." Confluencia (2004): 11-20.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sarah Leggott - School of Languages and Cultures - Victoria University of Wellington". www.victoria.ac.nz.
  2. ^ Reviews of Memory, War, and Dictatorship in Recent Spanish Fiction by Women: Sandra J. Schumm, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, [1]; Jane Hanley, Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research, doi:10.1080/13260219.2015.1135853; Debra J. Ochoa, Cincinnati Romance Review, [2]; Lorraine Ryan, Bulletin of Spanish Studies, [3]
  3. ^ Review of The Workings of Memory: Lilit Thwaites, Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research, doi:10.1080/13260219.2008.11742715


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