缅北禁地

Background

I joined the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at 缅北禁地 in 2019, having previously spent three years as the Lumley Fellow in the Humanities at Magdalene College, Cambridge, before which I studied for my doctorate at Oxford. In 2022 I was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize for my work in literary studies and book history. 

My research interests span poetry, intellectual history, book history, and bibliography from the early modern period up to the present day. Common threads running through those interests include the communication of political ideas across diverse genres and material forms, and instances of 'book crime' ranging from seditious libel to forgery and theft. I am the author of four books, of which the most recent is (Chatto & Windus, 2024), a narrative account of the fakes, thefts, and deceptions perpetrated by the most notorious biblio-crook in modern history, Thomas James Wise.

I enjoy communicating my research in various different ways, ranging from scholarly articles and monographs to works of creative non-fiction aimed at general readers, combining detailed archival investigation with evocative storytelling. In previous roles I have organised public workshops with the Historical Association, the Bodleian Libraries, and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Recently I have been interviewed and consulted on programmes for the BBC and Sky Arts. I am a member of the Materiality, Artefacts and Technologies in Culture and History Research Group (MATCH).

Qualifications

MA (Oxon); MA (Exon); DPhil (Oxon)

Previous Positions

2016-2019: Lumley Fellow in the Humanities, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge

2013-2016: Retained Lecturer in English Literature, Jesus College, University of Oxford

Visiting Positions

2025: Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford

2019: Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of English Studies

2017: James M. Osborn Fellow in English Literature and History, Beinecke Library, Yale University

2014: Katharine F. Pantzer Jr. Fellow in Descriptive Bibliography, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Current Research

I am currently engaged in two major projects: (1) a substantial exploration of clandestine printing and the underground book trade in eighteenth-century England; (2) a scholarly edition of Pope's early poems for volumes one and two of The Oxford Edition of the Writings of Alexander Pope.

Postgraduate Supervision

I welcome applications from research students working in any area of bibliography and book history from the early modern period to the present day.

Current Postgraduate Students

Sam Bailey, 'Erotic Books in Eighteenth-Century England' (PhD)

Natasha Kee, 'The Stationers’ Company and the Privatisation of Press Regulation in Restoration England' (PhD)

Undergraduate

SEL1004: Introduction to Literary Studies II

SEL2202: Writing New Worlds, 1688-1789

Postgraduate

SEL8674: Research Methods

• Articles

  • Hone J, Hylkema J. . The Library Quarterly 2026, 96. In Press.
  • Hone J. . The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 2025, 119(1), 5-37.
  • Hone J. . The Review of English Studies 2024, 75(319), 198-208.
  • Hone J. . The New Rambler 2023, 63, 3-13.
  • Hone J. . The Library 2023, 24(3), 343-370.
  • Hone J. . The English Historical Review 2022, 137(584), 80–108.
  • Hone J. . History Today 2021, 71(7), 28-39.
  • Hone J. . The Historical Journal 2021, 64(5), 1257-1280.
  • Hone J, McLaverty J. . The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 2019, 113(2), 121-147.
  • Hone J. . Studies in Philology 2018, 115(2), 397-416.
  • Hone J, Skjönsberg M. . Journal of British Studies 2018, 57(3), 445-466.
  • Hone J. . The Review of English Studies 2018, 69(292), 874-895.
  • Hone J. . ELH 2017, 84(4), 865-890.
  • Hone J. . Huntington Library Quarterly 2016, 79(1), 119-148.
  • Hone J. . Notes and Queries 2016, 63(1), 70-71.
  • Hone J. . Philological Quarterly 2015, 94, 245-266.
  • Hone J. . The Review of English Studies 2015, 66(273), 106-123.
  • Hone J. . Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies 2014, 37(2), 147-157.

• Authored Books

  • Hone J. . London: Chatto & Windus, 2024.
  • Hone J. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.
  • Hone J. . London: Chatto & Windus, 2020.
  • Hone J. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.

• Book Chapters

  • Hone J. . In: Cook D; Seager N, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Gulliver's Travels. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2023, pp.11-22.
  • Hone J. . In: Nicholas Seager and J. A. Downie, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Daniel Defoe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.
  • Hone J. . In: P. Kewes and A. McRae, ed. Stuart Succession Literature: Moments and Transformations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019, pp.132-145.
  • Hone J. . In: P. Bullard, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Eighteenth-Century Satire. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019, pp.525-541.

• Edited Book

  • Hone J, Rogers P, ed. . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024.