Jakob LadegaardJakob Ladegaard is Associate Professor in Comparative Literature, Aarhus University. He is a literary scholar who also occasionally writes about cinema. His research is primarily concerned with the relations between literature, politics and economy. e currently heads the research project, 'Unearned Wealth - A Literary History of Inheritance, 1600-2015', funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research. The project uses digital methods to study English and French literary representations of inheritance. Read More Read Less