English literature of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, especially Sir Philip Sidney, Shakespeare, and Samuel Johnson; post-medieval palaeography; bibliography and the history of the book
Elected 2010
Early modern Spanish literature and culture: especially the re-appraisal of Renaissance and Baroque poetry/poetics; lyric theories /practice; legacy / reception of the Classics; Cervantes; Golden Age theatre
The medieval & Renaissance literature & history of Spain from 1200 to 1700, with special interests in literacy, libraries & the history of ideas; humanism; imperialism
18th-century poetry and satire, particularly Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift; textual editing; the 18th-century book