Patrick Fessenbecker is an Assistant Professor in the Program for Cultures, Civilizations, and Ideas at Bilkent University. He is the author of Reading Ideas in Victorian Literature: Literary Content as Artistic Experience (Edinburgh University Press, 2020). His research has appeared in such journals as New Literary History, ELH, The British Journal for the History of Philosophy, and Victorian Studies, and he has written public scholarship for venues like the Stanford Arcade, The Victorian Web, and most recently Aesthetics for Birds.
