1.0Department of English Language and Literature/englishcuthemeedtr5/english/author/cuthemeedtr5/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KMZPGtVZvT"><a href="/english/people/williams-grant/">Grant Williams</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/english/people/williams-grant/embed/#?secret=KMZPGtVZvT" width="600" height="338" title="“Grant Williams” — Department of English Language and Literature" data-secret="KMZPGtVZvT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/english/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> /english/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2016-Williams.jpg200285Research Interests Current Research I am working on three projects: 1. Renaissance Blazons and Male Fantasy: this project examines the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century blazon–the poetic catalogue that praises the beauty of the beloved’s body parts, enhancing their value and desirability by comparing them to precious objects. By conveying and disrupting male and female fantasies, blazons […]