Dr Jennifer Clement
Senior Lecturer-English Literature
School of Communication and Arts
Affiliate of Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
+61 7 336 51413
Researcher biography
I grew up on a tiny farm in rural New Hampshire, but have travelled a lot since then, living in London, Los Angeles, Nashville, and most recently Christchurch, New Zealand. I earned my B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of New Hampshire, and my Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, and I have worked previously at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
Research
My research covers several areas including early modern literature and religion, adaptation studies, and the history of print culture. My first book, Reading Humility in Early Modern England (Ashgate 2015) argues for the importance of humility in sixteenth and seventeenth century English culture, and explores a range of texts from the period that engage with humility as a virtue, a trope, or a problem. My current book project focuses on early modern English sermons and emotions, and this project has also produced my most recent published articles.
I have published articles on Elizabeth I's writing and on her afterlife in eighteenth century drama, on Shakespeare and adaptation, and on book history. Other areas of interest include the history of emotions, adaptation studies, especially film adaptation of Shakespeare, and the history of the book.
Publications
Book
Clement, Jennifer (2015). Reading humility in early modern England. Farnham, England: Ashgate.
Book Chapters
Clement, Jennifer (2021). Loving and giving: realism, emotional hypocrisy and generosity in a civil contract. Georgette Heyer, history and historical fiction. (pp. 88-104) edited by Samantha J. Rayner and Kim Wilkins. London, United Kingdom: UCL Press. doi: 10.14324/111.9781787357600
Clement, Jennifer (2020). Hamlet 2, Shakespeare, and cruel optimism. Playfulness in Shakespearean adaptations. (pp. 203-214) edited by Marina Gerzic and Aidan Norrie. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429288807-15
Clement, Jennifer (2013). Admitting to adaptation in the Shakespeare classroom. Teaching Shakespeare beyond the centre: Australasian perspectives. (pp. 51-62) edited by Kate Flaherty, Penny Gay and L. E. Semler. Houndmills, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave MacMillan.
Clement, Jennifer, Rice, G., Matthews, B., Sitzia, E. and Palmer, J. (2011). Telling stories. Treasures of the University of Canterbury. (pp. 47-64) edited by Chris Jones, Bronwyn Matthews and Jennifer Clement. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press.
Clement, Jennifer, Jones, C., Morrison, G., Tau, T.M., Hawes, J., Boister, N. and Buckingham, J. (2011). Remembering the Past. Treasures of the University of Canterbury Library. (pp. 83-108) edited by Chris Jones, Bronwyn Matthews and Jennifer Clement. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press.
Clement, Jennifer, Matthews, B., Pritchard, B., Palmer, J., Round, D., Jones, C., Armstrong, P. and Mason, E. (2011). The British world. Treasures of the University of Canterbury Library. (pp. 129-149) edited by Chris Jones, Bronwyn Matthews and Jennifer Clement. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press.
Clement, Jennifer (2011). Introduction. Treasures of the University Canterbury Library. (pp. 9-28) edited by Chris Jones, Bronwyn Matthews and Jennifer Clement. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press.
Clement, Jennifer, Jones, C., Milne, A., Pritchard, G. and Carrell, P. (2011). Faith and Belief. Treasures of the University of Canterbury Library. (pp. 65-82) edited by Chris Jones, Bronwyn Matthews and Jennifer Clement. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press.
Clement, Jennifer (2011). Afterword: Digital Pasts, Print Futures. Treasures of the University of Canterbury Library. (pp. 218-221) edited by Chris Jones, Bronwyn Matthews and Jennifer Clement. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press.
Journal Articles
Clement, Jennifer (2019). Bowels, emotion, and metaphor in early modern English sermons. The Seventeenth Century, 35 (4), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/0268117x.2019.1605305
Cryle, Peter, Donaghy, Paige, Stephens, Elizabeth and Clement, Jennifer (2019). Disciplinary perspectives on ‘Thinking with’ sex. Australian Feminist Studies, 34 (99), 120-127. doi: 10.1080/08164649.2019.1605493
Kilner, Kerry, Collie, Natalie and Clement, Jennifer (2019). Using innovative teaching practices to inspire critically engaged reading and writing in a neoliberal university environment. Higher Education Research and Development, 38 (1), 110-123. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2018.1537258
Clement, Jennifer (2018). He being dead, yet speaketh: the preacher's voice in early seventeenth-century posthumous sermon collections. Renaissance Studies, 32 (5), 738-754. doi: 10.1111/rest.12362
Clement, Jennifer (2018). Book review of Tropologies: Ethics and Invention in England, c. 1350-1600. Parergon, 35 (2), 225-226. doi: 10.1353/pgn.2018.0094
Clement, Jennifer (2017). The Art of Feeling in Seventeenth-Century English Sermons. English Studies, 98 (7), 675-688. doi: 10.1080/0013838X.2017.1339989
Clement, Jennifer (2017). Introduction: Rhetoric, Emotion and the Early Modern English Sermon. English Studies, 98 (7), 655-660. doi: 10.1080/0013838X.2017.1339990
Clement, Jennifer and Long, Christian (2017). Authenticity and adaptation in two Shakespeare films: the case of Macbeth (2015) and Cymbeline (2015). Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance, 10 (2), 93-109. doi: 10.1386/jafp.10.2.93_1
Clement, Jennifer (2016). Dearly beloved: love, rhetoric and the seventeenth-century English sermon. English Studies, 97 (7), 725-745. doi: 10.1080/0013838X.2016.1198118
Clement, Jennifer (2016). Guibbory, Achsah, Returning to John Donne, Farnham, Ashgate, 2015; hardback; pp. 278; R.R.P. £65.00; ISBN 9781409468783.. Parergon, 33 (3), 236-236. doi: 10.1353/pgn.2016.0158
Clement, Jennifer (2015). Introduction to “special issue on adaptation and early modern culture: Shakespeare and beyond”. Shakespeare, 11 (1), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/17450918.2015.1012549
Clement, Jennifer (2014). Passions and subjectivity in early modern culture. Parergon, 31 (2), 159-160. doi: 10.1353/pgn.2014.0101
Clement, Jennifer (2013). Beyond Shakespeare: early modern adaptation studies and its potential. Literature Compass, 10 (9), 677-687. doi: 10.1111/lic3.12080
Clement, Jennifer, Corner, Keith and Obel, Camilla (2013). Postgraduate Writing for Publication Workshops: Preparation for the Past or the Future?. Text: Journal of Writing and Writing courses (21).
Clement, Jennifer (2013). Remaking Shakespeare in Discworld: bardolatry, fantasy, and Elvish glamour. Extrapolation, 54 (1), 1-20. doi: 10.3828/extr.2013.2
Clement, Jennifer (2013). Pender, Patricia, "Early Modern Women's Writing and the Rhetoric of Modesty" (Early Modern Literature in History). Parergon, 30 (1), 266-268. doi: 10.1353/pgn.2013.0042
Long, Christian and Clement, Jennifer (2012). Hugo, remediation, and the cinema of attractions, or, the adaptation of Hugo Cabret. Senses of Cinema, 63
Clement, Jennifer (2012). Elizabeth I, patriotism, and the imagined nation in three eighteenth-century plays. Intellectual History Review, 22 (3), 391-410. doi: 10.1080/17496977.2012.695190
Clement, Jennifer (2009). The postfeminist mystique: feminism and Shakespearean adaptation in 10 things I hate about you and she's the man. Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation, 3 (2).
Clement, Jennifer (2008). "The Imperial vot'ress": divinity, femininity, and Elizabeth I in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Explorations in Renaissance Culture, 34 (2), 163-184.
Clement, Jennifer (2008). The Queen's voice: Elizabeth I's christian prayers and meditations. Early Modern Literary Studies, 13 (3).
Clement, Jennifer (2007). Elizabeth I and the politics of gender: empire and masculinity in John Banks' The Unhappy Favorite. Restoration: Studies in English Literary Culture, 1660-1700, 31 (1), 1-25.
Conference Papers
Clement, Jennifer (2023). Middlebrow Shakespeare: No Bed for Bacon, historical allegory, and parody. The Australia and New Zealand Shakespeare Association Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, December 2023.
Clement, Jennifer (2022). Prince Henry's Body: sermons, rhetoric, and grief. The Australia and New Zealand Medieval and Early Modern Society Conference, Online, June 2022.
Clement, Jennifer (2022). Sighs make joy sure: joy and grief in seventeenth century sermons and poetry. The Centre of Excellence for the History of the Emotions Symposium: Past and Future Emotions, Melbourne, VIC Australia, December 2022.
Clement, Jennifer (2019). Making the preacher present: the Virtual Paul's Cross Project and John Donne's LXXX Sermons. MLA, Chicago, IL United States, January 2019.
Clement, Jennifer (2019). Come and rejoice: liturgy, belief, and the Early Modern English Sermon. The Australia and New Zealand Medieval and Early Modern Society Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, February 2019.
Clement, Jennifer (2019). All in one quire: emotional communities in John Donne's Easter Sermons. The Renaissance Society of America, Toronto, Canada, March 2019.
Clement, Jennifer (2018). Irreverence to Irrelevance: Shakespeare and Postwar Neoliberalism. The Australia and New Zealand Shakespeare Association Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, February 2018.
Clement, Jennifer (2017). Love and metaphor in Richard Sibbes' Bowels Opened. The Australia and New Zealand Medieval and Early Modern Society Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, February 2017.
Kilner, Kerry, Collie, Natalie and Clement, Jennifer (2017). Exploring Cirrus: a digital learning platform for engaged reading, analysis, and writing. Reading and Writing in the Twenty-First-Century Literary Studies Classroom: Theory and Practice, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6 - 8 July 2017.
Clement, Jennifer (2016). Cymbeline, William Shakespeare's undiscovered masterpiece? Or bad Shakespeare?. The Australia and New Zealand Shakespeare Association Conference, Waikato, New Zealand, November 2016.
Clement, Jennifer (2016). Moving metaphors and stirring similitudes: the pedagogical uses of metaphor in the Early Modern English sermon. The Sixteenth Century Society Conference, Bruges, Belgium, August 2016.
Creative Works
Clement, Jennifer, Catt, Peter, Longfellow, Erica, Martin, Blair and Holland, Jonathan (2018). By the word preached: preaching, emotion, and the Anglican tradition. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland; St John's Cathedral.
Clement, Jennifer, Armstrong, Aurelia, Piccinini, Patricia, Sellberg, Karin, O'Connell, Lisa, Stephens, Elizabeth and Gatens, Moira (2018). Patricia Piccinini, Curious Affection: panel discussion and Mary Shelley's legacy public lecture. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: QAGOMA and The University of Queensland.