Lisa Zunshine
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Lisa Zunshine is a scholar of 18th-century British literature, whose interests include cultural historicism, narrative theory, and cognitive approaches to literary and cultural studies (with a particular emphasis on Theory of mind
Theory of mind
Theory of mind is the ability to attribute mental states—beliefs, intents, desires, pretending, knowledge, etc.—to oneself and others and to understand that others have beliefs, desires and intentions that are different from one's own...

 and fiction). She is a Bush-Holbrook professor of English http://www.as.uky.edu/ACADEMICS/DEPARTMENTS_PROGRAMS/ENGLISH/ENGLISH/FACULTY/FACULTY/LISAZUNSHINE/Pages/default.aspx at the University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...

, Lexington. In 2007-2008 she was a visiting scholar in the Mind and Development Lab http://www.yale.edu/langcoglab/personnel.htm#affiliates of the Department of Psychology at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

. Her forthcoming books include Getting Inside Your Head: Culture and the Theory of Mind and, co-edited with Jayne Lewis, Approaches to Teaching the Works of John Dryden. She has won fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died April 26, 1922...

 and the National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...

.

Books


  • Bastards and Foundlings: Illegitimacy in Eighteenth-Century England. 2005 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0814209955/ Foundling Hospital
    Foundling Hospital
    The Foundling Hospital in London, England was founded in 1741 by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram. It was a children's home established for the "education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children." The word "hospital" was used in a more general sense than it is today, simply...








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