Eve Houghton

I am a Research Fellow in English at St John’s College, Cambridge. I completed my PhD in English from Yale in 2024. Before that, I received an MPhil from Cambridge and a BA from Yale. My research has been supported by the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Bibliographical Society of America. I have taught courses on early modern English literature, Shakespeare, and the history of the novel. 

My research focuses on early modern English literature, particularly narrative theory, theater history, gender and sexuality studies, and book history.  My essays have appeared in Critical Inquiry, ELH, and PBSA. I am working on a book about free indirect style and narrative technique before the novel, and another book about awkwardness on the early modern stage. I am co-editing, with Dennis Duncan, a volume on the history of the book index. I am also co-editing, with Colton Valentine, a special issue of the journal Narrative on free indirect style in languages other than English.