Professor Christopher Prendergast FBA

English Language and Literature
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1996
Subjects
Literature, Modern languages

Current post

Formerly Professor of Modern French Literature, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Professor of Modern French Literature

1997 -

City University, New York Distinguished Professor in French and Comparative Literature, Graduate School

1987 - 1992

King's College University of Cambridge Fellow

1970 -

Publications

The order of Mimesis 1986

Paris and the 19th century 1992

Napoleon and history painting 1997

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Terence Eagleton FBA

English Language and Literature Critical and Cultural Theory - English Language and Literature Literature in relation to other Arts Critical and Cultural Theory - Modern Languages Aesthetics Irish Literature in English

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Professor Nicholas Harrison FBA

French, postcolonial and comparative studies. North Africa, especially colonial Algeria; literary theory; translation; the political work of literary texts and films, as understood by writers, censors, critics, and teachers

Nicholas Harrison FBA

Professor Maria Cristina Fumagalli

The literatures, cultures and visual arts of the Caribbean and its diasporas in a global context.

Maria Fumagalli FBA

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