Jane de Gay

Jane de Gay is a British academic and lecturer who has earned an international reputation as an expert on the life and works of Virginia Woolf. de Gay's works on Woolf include a series of articles and a 2006 book, Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past, published by Edinburgh University Press. Her work has been recognised by the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain. She has co-edited four books on gender and theatre, including Languages of Theatre Shaped by Women (with Lizbeth Goodman).

De Gay is also an Anglican priest and in 2023 was appointed honorary Associate Priest and Lecturer at Leeds Minster.

Academia
She is Professor of English Literature and co-director of the Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies at Leeds Trinity University.

Quotes

 * “The invitation is a great honour, and I will be following in the footsteps of distinguished Woolf scholars Dame Gillian Beer and the late Professor Julia Briggs. I continue to work on Woolf, and the Virginia Woolf Birthday Lecture will draw on my new research into Woolf and Spirituality.”

Publications

 * Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past (2006) ISBN 978-0-7486-2349-5; Paperback (2007) ISBN 978-0-7486-3302-9