Literary biography and criticism, especially 20th century British and American poetry; biographies of John Berryman and William Empson, editions of poetry and prose by Empson.
Elected 2007
Literature, science and culture in the nineteenth century
Twentieth-century literature and intellectual history; contemporary literature and theory; cultural histories of human rights, exile, and migration
African American literature and culture; the cultural history of postcolonial societies; the sociology of ethnicity, race and racism in Britain
