MATTHEW POTOLSKY portrait
  • Professor, English
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Research Summary

My research focuses on nineteenth-century British and French literature, particularly late-century movements like Decadence and Aestheticism. I also have a longstanding interest in the history of literary theory and in representations of secrets and secret keeping.

Education

  • BA, Comparative Literature and Philosophy, University of California, Davis
  • MA, Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine
  • PhD, Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine