Katherine (Kate) Beck

MA Candidate
katherine.beck@mail.utoronto.ca

Fields of Study

  • African American Literature
  • American Literature
  • Book History
  • Canadian Literature
  • Literary and Critical Theory
  • Poetry and Poetics
  • The Novel
  • Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Literature

Areas of Interest

  • Comedy
  • Periodicals
  • Popular Literature

Biography

I received my Honours BA in English from the University of Calgary, where I also completed an honours project on Dorothy Parker's satirical poetry and periodical book reviews. I interested in women's comedy and modernist literature, specifically focusing on comedy as a form of resistance for women and marginalised communities. I am also interested in print history and critical theory, especially psychoanalytic theories of comedy.

Cohort

  • 2025-2026