Jane de Gay is a British academic and lecturer who has earned an international reputation as an expert on the life and works of

Virginia Woolf Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Woolf was born i ...

. de Gay's works on Woolf include a series of articles and a 2006 book, ''Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past'', published by Edinburgh University Press. Her work has been recognised by the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain.Virginia Woolf's Birthday Honours for Jane
She has co-edited four books on gender and theatre, including ''Languages of Theatre Shaped by Women'' (with Lizbeth Goodman).Profile: Rev Dr Jane de Gay
de Gay is also an Anglican priest serving as Assistant Curate at St Martin's Church,

Potternewton Potternewton (until recently also Potter Newton) is a suburb and parish between Chapeltown and Chapel Allerton in north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the Chapel Allerton ward of Leeds City Council. Potternewton is bounded by ...

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...

Academia

She is Reader in English Literature and Programme Leader for the MA in Victorian Studies at

Leeds Trinity University Leeds Trinity University is a public university in Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Originally established to provide qualified teachers to Catholic schools, it gradually expanded and now offers foundation, undergraduate, and postg ...

Quotes

*“The invitation is a great honour, and I will be following in the footsteps of distinguished Woolf scholars Dame Gillian Beer and the late Professor Julia Briggs. I continue to work on Woolf, and the Virginia Woolf Birthday Lecture will draw on my new research into Woolf and Spirituality.”

Publications

*''Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past'' (2006) ; Paperback (2007)

References

External links

*de Gay, Jane (2000)
"An Unfinished Story: The Freshwater Drafts of 'The Searchlight'"
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