Ellis Hanson

Professor

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250 Goldwin Smith Hall
ellis.hanson@cornell.edu
607/255-6801

Departments and programs

  • Comparative Literature
  • Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies Program
  • Literatures in English

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Keywords

queer theory; Victorian studies; film

Overview

Ellis Hanson joined the English department in 1995. He teaches courses on Victorian and Modernist literature, visual studies, critical theory, and gender and sexuality studies. He is currently working on two books, one on Aestheticism and the erotics of style and the other on the visual representation of child sexuality in contemporary American culture.

Research Focus

  • Victorian and Modernist literature
  • Decadence and aestheticism
  • Lesbian and gay studies
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Film
  • Aestheticism
  • Cinema Studies
  • Literary Theory
  • Queer Theory
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies
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