Literature and Languages

Pathfoot A14a

Department of English Studies

University of Stirling

Stirling

FK9 4LA
Scotland

UK

B.A. (Sheffield), M.Phil. (Sheffield) Ph.D. (Sheffield)

My research interests are mainly in nineteenth and early twentieth century British poetry in the wider European context of its relationship with art, cultural commentary,and philosophy. I published a book in this subject area, With Poetry and Philosophy (Cambridge, 2007) and a number of shorter anthology contributions and articles, including an edited volume (with Lucia Aiello), Nationalism, Identity and Philosophy (Naples, 2004). I focus principally on the work of Hardy, Hopkins, Browning, and Swinburne, and would especially welcome inquiries from research students interested in working these areas. I have a research and teaching interest in the relationship of literature, trauma andmemory and work closely on the relationship of poetry with melancholy.

I have an ongoing interest in the literary criticism and critical theories of Ernst Bloch, Georg Lukács, and Theodor Adorno, and I have published a small number of articles in this area. I am currently preparing an edited collection examining the relationship between melancholy, modernity, and literature.

I am the 'General Editor of the Journal of Literature and Trauma Studies'.