Dr XU,Na
Associate Research Fellow
Email: xuna@szu.edu.cn
Research interests: Early English literature; medieval Germanic literature; Norse mythology; comparative literature
Na Xu received her Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from Nanjing University, where she completed a combined M.A./Ph.D. program from 2018 to 2024. She currently serves as Managing Editor of The Explicator (Taylor & Francis), an A&HCI-indexed journal.
Dr. Xu is the author of five articles published in A&HCI-indexed journals, including Studia Neophilologica, ANQ, Neophilologus, and English Studies. Two of her articles have been selected for inclusion in The Year’s Work in English Studies (Oxford University Press), a leading annual review of scholarship in the field.
Selected Publications:
·Xu, Na. “Old English Hæleð and the Authorship of The Dream of the Rood.” Studia Neophilologica, 2023. Online First. (A&HCI)
·Xu, Na. “The Mound and the Supernatural: The Dream of the Rood Line 32b Reconsidered.” ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews, 37(4), 489–493. (A&HCI)
·Xu, Na, and Zixuan Wei. “Cædmon, Daniel, and the Dreamer in The Dream of the Rood.” ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews 36.4 (2023): 457–61. (A&HCI)
·Neidorf, Leonard, and Na Xu. “Óðinn as Cargo-God: A Suggestion from Beowulf.” Neophilologus 107.3 (2023): 413–29. (A&HCI)
·Neidorf, Leonard, and Na Xu. “The Textual Criticism of The Dream of the Rood.” English Studies 101.5 (2020): 519–36. (A&HCI)
