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Lucy’s research focuses on surveillance, gender, and disability in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature. She explores how scrutiny – both state and social – shaped cultural attitudes, particularly in the Romantic period. Her book, Gender, Surveillance, and Literature in the Romantic Period (Routledge, 2022), examines how surveillance became embedded in literary culture between 1780 and 1830.
Her recent work engages with Critical Disability Studies, considering how literature reflects and shapes perceptions of impairment and care. Her chapter on disability, caregiving, and surveillance in William Godwin’s Mandeville appears in Care and Disability: Relational Representations (Routledge, 2025). She has also developed A Guide to Surveillance Terminology, a resource supporting students and researchers in surveillance studies.
Her PhD students work on Gothic literature, fin de siècle fiction, periodical culture, disability studies, and representations of non-human figures in literature.
She welcomes PhD applications on surveillance, disability, gender, and self-regulation in Romantic and nineteenth-century fiction, as well as interdisciplinary projects engaging with medical humanities and cultural history.
PGT Lead, School of Languages and Literature
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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article Review
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
18 Nov 2023
1 Media contribution
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16 Nov 2023
1 Media contribution
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10 Nov 2023
1 Media contribution
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10 Nov 2023
1 Media contribution
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09 Nov 2023
1 Media contribution
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08 Nov 2023
1 Media contribution
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08 Nov 2023
1 Media contribution
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20 Jan 2022
1 item of Media coverage
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Thompson, L. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Thompson, L. (Chair)
Activity: Membership › Membership of peer-review college/ panel
Thompson, L. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Thompson, L. (Recipient), 17 Apr 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)