Contact Information

Office: 4113 JFSB

Phone: 422-5289

Email: frank_christianson@byu.edu

Commonly Taught Courses 293 History of American Lit.
362 Late 19th-C. Am. Lit
375 Victorian Lit.

Semester Schedule: Winter 2013:

ENGL 293
MW 12:05-1:20
B105 JFSB

ENGL 623R
MW 1:35-2:50
4116 JKB


Student Consultations:
MW 3:00-4:00

Biography:

Frank Christianson teaches courses in nineteenth-century American and British literatures. He specializes in literary realism, transatlanticism, and the novel. Professor Christianson began teaching at BYU in 2002. He received his Ph.D. in English from Brown University and his MA and BA degrees from BYU. His book, Philanthropy in British & American Fiction, was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2007. It explores the relationship between philanthropy, economics, and class relations in American and British realism. He is currently editing the 1879 autobiography of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and researching the role of Cody's Wild West show in nineteenth-century globalization.

Degrees: PhD, Brown U, 2004

Interests:

Late 19C, Transatlanticism