Sarah Dunnigan

Sarah's (she/her) main research interests lie in medieval and Renaissance literature, especially Scottish, and in particular with the literature and culture of Mary, Queen of Scots' reign; in fairy tales, traditional literature, and ballads; Scottish women's writing; and the history of Scottish children's literature. She co-edited, with Shu-Fang Lai, The Land of Story Books. Scottish Children's Literature in the Long Nineteenth Century (ASLS, 2019); with Suzanne Gilbert, The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Traditional Literatures (2013); edited Violet Jacob’s 1904 collection of children's fairy tales, The Golden Heart and other stories (2011); and written essays on childhood and youth; young masculinities; and women's affect and devotion, in early modern Scottish literature; on J.M. Barrie, children, and the Gothic; the history of Scottish children's fantasy; ghosts, revenants, and female enchanters in Scottish ballad and fairytale traditions; and Scottish c19th neomedievalism.

Key Research interests include:

• History of Scottish women's literature, especially late medieval & early modern
• Gender and emotion studies
• Gender and traditional literature, including fairy tale
• Gender and children's literature.

Current and notable research interests:

• Co-editor of Scots sections in the Leverhulme-funded project, Women's Poetry in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales 1400-1800, to be published with OUP 2024.