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Dr. Denae Dyck

  • Assistant Professor - English
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Biography and education

Dr. Denae Dyck holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Victoria, an M.A from Dalhousie University, and a B.A. from Ambrose University. Her publications include articles in Victorian Poetry, Victorian Review, Victorian Popular Fictions Journal, Volupte: Interdisciplinary Journal of Decadence Studies, Religions, and European Romantic Review. She is the author of Biblical Wisdom and the Victorian Literary Imagination (Bloomsbury Academic, 2024). This book traces the creative refashioning of wisdom literature as a genre that took on new significance during the nineteenth century. Her ongoing research focuses on nineteenth-century women writers, religious transformations, and periodical press networks.

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Chapman, Alison (Principal), Percent Contribution: %60, Holmes, Martin (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15, Dyck, Denae (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %10, Dean, Heather (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Fukushima, Kailey (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Huculak, Matt (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5. Scaling Up: Victorian Periodical Poets, Poetry, and Periodicals, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Federal, $313242. (Submitted: October 1, 2022, Funded: September 1, 2023 - May 2028). Grant.
  • Dyck, Denae. Forming Wisdom: Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 'A Drama of Exile', Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria, Institutional (Higher Ed), $5500. (Submitted: November 2017, Funded: September 2018 - August 2019). Grant.
  • Dyck, Denae. Archival Research on Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Visiting Scholars Research Program, Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $1000. (Submitted: November 2017, Funded: March 2018 - April 2018). Grant.
  • Dyck, Denae. Refiguring the Sage: The Pluralist Visions of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and George Eliot, Joseph-Armand Bombardier Scholarship (Doctoral), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Federal, $105000. (Funded: September 2015 - August 2018). Grant.
  • Dyck, D. (2025). “The Flood Narrative in Feminist and Queer Perspectives.” In The Hebrew Bible in Contemporary Fiction and Poetry (edited by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer) (pp. 11–25). London, United Kingdom: Routledge. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.4324/9781003280347-3
  • Dyck, D. (2025). “Surprised by Hope: Possibilities of Spiritual Experience in Victorian Lyric Poetry.” Religions, 16. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16020255
  • Dyck, D. (2024). “New Woman Poetics and Revisionist Mythmaking in Fin-de-Siècle Periodicals.” Volupte: Interdisciplinary Journal of Decadence Studies, 7(2), 111–132. https://doi.org/10.25602/GOLD.v.v7i2.1864.g1971
  • Dyck, D. (2024). Biblical Wisdom and the Victorian Literary Imagination. London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic. Retrieved from https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/biblical-wisdom-and-the-victorian-literary-imagination-9781350335370/
  • Dyck, D. (2023). “Spiritual Authority for a (Post)Secular Age: Olive Schreiner’s Dreams as Literary Theology.” Victorian Popular Fictions Journal, 5(2), 73–88. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.46911/QBRM1938
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Governor General's Gold Medal, University of Victoria. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Founders' Circle Award, Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada. May 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Izaak Walton Killam Predoctoral Scholarship (Honorary), Dalhousie University. September 2014 - April 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. August 22, 2025
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities, Council of Graduate Schools. April 25, 2025
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  1. Member

    Board of Directors, Victorian Interdisciplinary Studies Association of the Western United States

  2. Member

    Policy Committee

  3. Member

    MA Literature Administrative Support Committee

  4. Member

    Advanced Studies Curriculum Committee

  5. Member

    Advisory Board, North American Victorian Studies Association

  6. Member

    Executive Council, Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada

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