Linyan Zheng

Linyan Zheng is a PhD student at the Department of Religion. She is interested in the intersection of literature and religion. Her current research focuses on the interconnections between Edgar Allan Poe’s apocalyptic-cyclic cosmology and his fictional world with the aim to reveal how Edgar Allan Poe’s cosmology came into being and how his cosmology shaped his literary works.

Research Areas

Western esotericism; literature and religion; visual arts

Education

M.A., English Literature, Beijing Normal University

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