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Cecilia Feilla
Associate Professor of English
email
646-393-4122

Degrees
B.A., University of Michigan
M.A., New York University
Ph.D., New York University


Cecilia Feilla, Associate Professor of English, has a Ph.D. from New York University. Her teaching and research interests include Restoration and 18th century literature, the early history of the novel, urban studies, and women's literature. Her current research focuses on the sentimental tableau in 18th century literature and visual culture.


2009-2010
Achievements in Scholarship and Service



Articles
“From Periphery to Center: The Global Contexts of Prud’hon’s Illustrations for La Tribu indienne, ou Edouard et Stellina (1799).” Book Illustration in the Long Eighteenth Century: Reconfiguring the Visual Periphery of the Text. Edited by Christina Ionescu. Cambridge Scholars Press. 2010.
“Sympathy Pains:  Filicide and the Spectacle of Heroic Male Suffering in Eighteenth-Century Theatre” in Staging Pain: Violence and Trauma in British Theatre, 1500-1800. James Allard and Mathew Martin, eds. Ashgate Publishers, 2009.

Conference papers
Co-chair, panel on “William Hogarth: Interpretation and Influence” at Northeast Modern Language Association Annual Convention; Montreal, Quebec. April 2010.
“Mediating Bodies: The Preceptor in Eighteenth-Century Fiction and Culture,” panel on “Professions,” Modern Language Association, Philadelphia. Dec. 2009.
“‘Daughters of Eve’: Science, Seduction, and Biblical Narrative in the Eighteenth-Century Gendering of Knowledge,” panel on “Enlightenment Science and Religion,” Modern Language Association, Philadelphia. Dec. 2009.
“From Periphery to Center: Prud’hon’s Illustrations for La Tribu indienne, ou Edouard et Stellina (1799).”Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Ottawa, Canada. Nov. 2009.

Fellowships
Summer Research Fellowship, Northeast Modern Language Association.2010.
AWARDS:


2007:
Sokol Award, Marymount Manhattan College





2007-2008 Achievements in Scholarships and Service

2009-2010 Achievements in Scholarships and Service