Biography
Biography:
Dr. Westover joined the BYU English Department in 2008. He is the author of Necromanticism: Traveling to Meet the Dead, 1760-1850 (Palgrave, 2012), co-editor of Transatlantic Literature and Author-Love in the Nineteenth Century (Palgrave, 2016), and co-editor of two Romantic Circles electronic editions: William Wordsworth's Guide to the Lakes (2015, 2020) and Dorothy Wordsworth's Lake District (2023). He has published various articles and chapters on British Romantic literature, literary tourism, and related subjects in cultural history.
Research Interests
-British literary tourism, especially in the nineteenth century-Transatlantic literary heritage
-Dorothy and William Wordsworth
-Literary geography
-Reception studies
-Memory studies
Teaching Interests
-British Romantic literature-Transatlantic literary heritage
-William and Dorothy Wordsworth
-C. S. Lewis
Education
- Ph.D., British Literature , Indiana University (2008)
- MA, British Literature , Brigham Young University (2002)
- BA, English , Brigham Young University (1998)
Honors and Awards
- Faculty Citizenship Award, 2019, Department of English (2019 - 2019)
Memberships
- Wordsworth Conference Foundation (2021 - Present)
- Wordsworth-Coleridge Association (2012 - Present)
- Modern Language Association (2003 - Present)
- North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (2003 - Present)
Professional Citizenship
- Editor, Associate Editor, Journal of British Studies (2013 - 2019)
- Conference-Related Role, North American Association for the Study of Romanticism (2009 - 2011)