Nowell Marshall specializes in critical theory, Romantic and Gothic literature, and the history of gender, sexuality, and emotion. His book Romanticism, Gender, and Violence: Blake to George Sodini (Bucknell University Press, 2013) theorizes the social and psychological causes of depression and violence in people who over invest in gender norms.  He is currently writing another book titled “Gothic Whiteness,” which theorizes the relationship between excessive whiteness and monstrosity, spanning from late 18th-century British literature through contemporary American Gothic authors such as Anne Rice.

He teaches the gateway theory survey for English majors, courses through the American Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies programs, occasional upper-division literature courses, core courses for non-majors, and courses in the composition sequence.

Courses

• AMS 214 American Gothic
• ENG 352 20th-Century American Literature
• ENG 356 The Literary History of Sexuality
• ENG 220 Literature, Society, and Escapism
• GND 400 The Literature of AIDS
• ENG 240 Methods of Literary Analysis
• ENG 214 Monsters in Literature: Romantic Monstrosity and Its Legacy
• ENG 345 Romantic Literature
• CMP 125 Research Writing
• CMP 120 Expository Writing