Charles LaPorte
Biography
Charles LaPorte is a scholar of poetry who specializes in the intersection of literature and religion. With Lori Peterson Branch, he co-edits the new Elements in Literature and Religion since 1500 Series for Cambridge University Press. His monographs The Victorian Cult of Shakespeare (Cambridge, 2021) and Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible (Virginia, 2011) show how secular modernity changes the meaning of poetry. He has also recently co-edited several special issues on the place of religion in modern literature for the journals Nineteenth-Century Literature (73.2 and 73.3), Victorian Review (46.2), and Modern Language Quarterly (83:4).