Publications

Book Chapters

John Keats and the Early Nineteenth-Century Patient

Published in The Palgrave Handbook of Tuberculosis and Consumption in Literature and Culture, 2027

This chapter explores the lived experiences of the poet John Keats and how he has become synonymous with the consumptive patient in the early nineteenth century. Forthcoming.

Recommended citation: Brook, Laura. (2027). "John Keats and the Early Nineteenth-Century Patient." The Palgrave Handbook of Tuberculosis and Consumption in Literature and Culture. Edited by Clark Lawlor and Katherine Byrne.

Journal Articles

Scalpels and Sonnets: John Keats, Thomas Wakley, and Corruption in Early Nineteenth-Century London Medical Schools

Published in Essays in Romanticism 34.1, 2027

This paper explores a network of corruption in the London medical schools within the early nineteenth century and how this contributed to the poet John Keats’s decision to leave the medical profession.

Recommended citation: Brook, Laura. (2027). "Scalpels and Sonnets: John Keats, Thomas Wakley, and Corruption in Early Nineteenth-Century London Medical Schools." Essays in Romanticism. 34(1).

Breaking the Rules: Autistic-Led Pedagogy in Literary Studies

Published in The Polyphony, 2024

This paper explores the academic potential and benefits to autistic academics from adopting an autistic-led pedagogical model within literary studies, particularly within close reading.

Recommended citation: Brook, Laura. (2024). "Breaking the Rules: Autistic-Led Pedagogy in Literary Studies." The Polyphony. https://thepolyphony.org/2024/07/26/autistic-led-pedagogy-literary-studies/.
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