Suzanne Trill

Suzanne’s early research focused on Tudor and Jacobean English women’s devotional poetry, specifically Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke and Aemilia Lanyer. After finding a manuscript by Anna Walker in the British Library which was presented to Anna of Denmark (in a form which follows the generic conventions of a sermon), she was inspired to apply for a Leverhulme research fellowship in order to establish a preliminary checklist of manuscripts by women (c. 1500-1700) currently deposited at the National Library of Scotland. This also enabled her to commence her work on Anne, Lady Halkett (Ashgate, 2007). Her editorial work is complimented by her interest in theories of early modern women’s self-writing in both England and Scotland. Her publications pay particular attention to Protestant devotional literature and archival resources. While these are her primary fields of research, her work also engages with the theory and history of sexuality.