Research Interests

  • R. L. Stevenson
  • Empirical study of metaphor
  • The history and theory of comedy
  • Narrative theory
  • Literary leitmotif


Work in Progress

  • A critical edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s New Arabian Nights, to be published as a volume in The New Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson.
  • Tenor and Vehicle, Target and Source? Against Dualism in Metaphor Theory. Research Article.
  • Eine Interpretation von Alice Oswalds „The Glass House“ (in German). A contribution to the lecture “Lieblingsgedichte” in the summer semester of 2025 at Ruhr University Bochum; the contributions will be collected in a published volume.
  • Unreliable Narration in E. M. Forster’s “The Story of a Panic”. Research article.
  • “Comedy and its Borders: An Introduction”. Talk to be given at the workshop “Comedy and its Borders”, which will be held at Ruhr University Bochum on July 30, 2025.
  • “Stevenson’s ‘The Sire de Malétroit’s Door’ and Its Intertexts”. Article to be submitted to Connotations as a contribution to the themed section, “Intertextual Stevenson”.