Professor Emeritus Margaret Harris
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Professor Emeritus Margaret Harris

BA (Hons I) MA (Hons I and University Medal) (Sydney) PhD (London)
Discipline of English and Writing
Address
A20 - John Woolley Building
The University of Sydney
Professor Emeritus Margaret Harris

Selected publications

Publications

Books

  • Harris, M. (2005). Dearest Munx: the letters of Christina Stead and William J. Blake. Carlton, Vic.: The Miegunyah Press.

Edited Books

  • Harris, M., Sussman, M. (2023). Antipodean George Eliot. London: Routledge.
  • Harris, M. (2013). George Eliot in Context. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]

Book Chapters

  • Harris, M., Sussman, M. (2023). Introduction. In Margaret Harris and Matthew Sussman (Eds.), Antipodean George Eliot, (pp. 1-6). London: Routledge. [More Information]
  • Harris, M. (2020). A Decade of Experiment: George Eliot in the 1860s. In Adrienne Gavin, Carolyn W. de la L. Oulton (Eds.), British Women's Writing from Bronte to Bloomsbury, Volume 2: 1860s and 1870s, (pp. 27-41). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
  • Harris, M. (2019). George Eliot's Reputation. In George Levine, Nancy Henry (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to George Eliot, (pp. 236-258). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]

Journals

  • Harris, M. (2020). Charles Lewes's Career. George Eliot - George Henry Lewes Studies, 72(1), 1-19. [More Information]
  • Harris, M. (2020). Loving George Eliot: Her Life in Biofiction [Review]. George Eliot Review, 51, 132-138. [More Information]
  • Harris, M. (2019). George Eliot's Heirs: The Lewes Line. George Eliot Review, 50, 17-25.

Edited Journals

  • Harris, M. (2003). Christina Stead at 100. Guest editor of JASAL: Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 2 (2003), a special issue focussing on Christina Stead on the occasion of the centenary of her birth. JASAL, 2, 5-12.

Conferences

  • Harris, M. (2001). Hobart and 'Home' in Tasma and Mrs Humphry Ward. Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, Australia: UNSW Australian Defence Force Academy.

Magazine / Newspaper Articles

  • Harris, M. (2016). Guide to the classics: Christina Stead's The Beauties and Furies. The Conversation. [More Information]

Reference Works

  • Harris, M. (2000). 60 entries for The Oxford Companion to George Eliot. In John Rignall (Eds.), The Oxford Companion to George Eliot. USA: Oxford University Press.

Other

  • Harris, M. (2005), "Favourite classics", in Jane Gleeson-White, Classics.

2023

  • Harris, M., Sussman, M. (2023). Antipodean George Eliot. London: Routledge.
  • Harris, M., Sussman, M. (2023). Introduction. In Margaret Harris and Matthew Sussman (Eds.), Antipodean George Eliot, (pp. 1-6). London: Routledge. [More Information]

2020

  • Harris, M. (2020). A Decade of Experiment: George Eliot in the 1860s. In Adrienne Gavin, Carolyn W. de la L. Oulton (Eds.), British Women's Writing from Bronte to Bloomsbury, Volume 2: 1860s and 1870s, (pp. 27-41). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
  • Harris, M. (2020). Charles Lewes's Career. George Eliot - George Henry Lewes Studies, 72(1), 1-19. [More Information]
  • Harris, M. (2020). Loving George Eliot: Her Life in Biofiction [Review]. George Eliot Review, 51, 132-138. [More Information]

2019

  • Harris, M. (2019). George Eliot's Heirs: The Lewes Line. George Eliot Review, 50, 17-25.
  • Harris, M. (2019). George Eliot's Reputation. In George Levine, Nancy Henry (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to George Eliot, (pp. 236-258). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
  • Harris, M. (2019). Meredith Now, and Again. Yearbook of English Studies, 49(173), 194. [More Information]

2018

  • Harris, M. (2018). The Genealogy of Wanting. In Robert Dixon (Eds.), Richard Flanagan: Critical Essays, (pp. 135-153). Sydney: Sydney University Press. [More Information]

2017

  • Harris, M. (2017). Major Authors: Christina Stead, Patrick White, David Malouf. In Coral Ann Howells, Paul Sharrad, Gerry Turcotte (Eds.), The Oxford History of the Novel in English, Volume 12: The Novel in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South Pacific Since 1950, (pp. 253-268). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [More Information]

2016

  • Harris, M. (2016). Barbara Hardy: Recollections. George Eliot Review, 47, 85-88.
  • Harris, M. (2016). Christina Stead's Earliest Publications. Australian Literary Studies, 31(6), 1-10. [More Information]
  • Stead, C., Harris, M. (2016). Christina Stead's Student Publications. Australian Literary Studies, 31(6). [More Information]

2015

  • Harris, M., Webby, E. (2015). The Evidence of the Archive. In Ian Henderson, Anouk Lang (Eds.), Patrick White Beyond the Grave: New Critical Perspectives, (pp. 17-34). London: Anthem Press. [More Information]

2014

  • Harris, M. (2014). In Memoriam: Andrew Brown (1950-2014). George Eliot Review, 45, 88-89.
  • Webby, E., Harris, M. (2014). Patrick White's Children: Juvenile Portraits in Happy Valley and The Hanging Garden. In Cynthia vanden Driesen, Bill Ashcroft (Eds.), Patrick White Centenary: The Legacy of a Prodigal Son, (pp. 269-279). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. [More Information]

2013

  • Harris, M. (2013). Afterlife. In Margaret Harris (Eds.), George Eliot in Context, (pp. 52-61). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
  • Harris, M. (2013). George Eliot in Context. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
  • Webby, E., Harris, M. (2013). Patrick White and Film. JASAL, 13(2), 1-10.

2011

  • Harris, M. (2011). Preface. In Margaret Harris (Eds.), George Eliot in Context, (pp. xvii-xviii). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]

2009

  • Harris, M. (2009). JW Cross defends GH Lewes. George Eliot Review, 40, 28-37.

2008

  • Harris, M. (2008). The travels of George Eliot. Studies in Travel Writing, 12, 291-299.

2007

  • Harris, M. (2007). Professing Australian Literature: The Webby Way. Southerly, 67, 8-13.
  • Harris, M. (2007). The George Eliot Centenary of 1919. George Eliot Review, 38, 32-48.

2006

  • Harris, M. (2006). A Journal Abroad November 18: Autumn in the Hills by Christina Stead. In Michael Wilding and David Myers (Eds.), Confessions and Memoirs, (pp. 227-233). Rockhampton, Qld: Central Queensland University Press.
  • Harris, M. (2006). Australia's Victorian Vestiges. Victorian Literature and Culture, 34, 342-346.
  • Harris, M. (2006). George Eliot's Conversation with Currer Bell. George Eliot - George Henry Lewes Studies, 50-51, 130-142.

2005

  • Harris, M. (2005), "Favourite classics", in Jane Gleeson-White, Classics.
  • Harris, M. (2005). Dearest Munx: the letters of Christina Stead and William J. Blake. Carlton, Vic.: The Miegunyah Press.
  • Harris, M. (2005). Mr Crowfoot. In Michael Wilding & David Myers (Eds.), Travellers' Tales (Best Stories under the Sun, vol. 2), (pp. 28-34). Australia: Central Queensland University Press.

2004

  • Harris, M. (2004). 'Atkinson, (Caroline) Louisa Waring'. In H. C. G. Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [ODNB], (pp. 837-838). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
  • Harris, M. (2004). 'Couvreur, Jessie Catherine'. In H. C. G. Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [ODNB], (pp. 725-726). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
  • Harris, M. (2004). 'Meredith, George'. In H. C. G. Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [ODNB], (pp. 861-870). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

2003

  • Harris, M., Stray, C. (2003). Charles Waldstein waits upon George Eliot. George Eliot - George Henry Lewes Studies, 44-45, 12-25.
  • Harris, M. (2003). Christina Stead at 100. JASAL, 2, 5-12.
  • Harris, M. (2003). Christina Stead at 100. Guest editor of JASAL: Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 2 (2003), a special issue focussing on Christina Stead on the occasion of the centenary of her birth. JASAL, 2, 5-12.

2002

  • Harris, M. (2002). George Eliot on Stage and Screen. Arts: the Proceedings of the Sydney University Arts Association, 24, 27-49.
  • Harris, M. (2002). George Meredith at the Crossways. In William Baker, Kenneth Womack (Eds.), A Companion to the Victorian Novel, (pp. 341-352). USA: Greenwood.

2001

  • Harris, M. (2001). Hobart and 'Home' in Tasma and Mrs Humphry Ward. Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, Australia: UNSW Australian Defence Force Academy.

2000

  • Harris, M. (2000). 60 entries for The Oxford Companion to George Eliot. In John Rignall (Eds.), The Oxford Companion to George Eliot. USA: Oxford University Press.

Selected Grants

2007

  • Patrick White in the twenty-first Century, Harris M, Webby E, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2005

  • Linkage 2005 Round ONE funding commencing 1-7-05 LP No: 0560980From Thesis to Book: issues in comme, Abbott K, Couch R, Harris M, Modjeska D, Pan Macmillan Publishers/Project Support