GWEN HYMAN
Assistant Professor (Proportional)
(212) 353-4399
hyman@cooper.edu

Gwen Hyman writes on gender and the body in 19th- and 20th-century English and American texts. Her dissertation, Making a Man: Gentlemanly Appetites in the 19th-Century Novel, is currently under review for publication, as is her essay, "A Cold Thrill: Appetites for Addiction in Dracula and The Woman in White." She has published on 19th-century foodways and on contemporary culinaria. Her current project is focused on addiction in 19th-century novels. She has taught at Columbia, N.Y.U. and F.I.T. and is the Director of the Center for Writing and Language Arts at the Cooper Union.

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