Professor John Haffenden FBA

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.
Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
2007
Subjects
Literature

Current post

Research Professor in English Literature, The University of Sheffield

Past appointments

The University of Sheffield Research Professor in English Literature, University of Sheffield

1994 -

The University of Sheffield Research Professor in English Literature, University of Sheffield

1994 -

Publications

Complete Poems of William Empson 2000

William Empson: Among the Mandarins 2005

William Empson: Against the Christians 2006

Selected Letters of William Empson 2006

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African and postcolonial literature; comparative work on tragedy across various literary traditions; disability and its representations; modern diaspora and transnational studies; urban studies

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Professor Toril Moi FBA

Feminism and feminist theory, and women writers; literary theory; literature and philosophy; 19th and 20th century European literature; Simone de Beauvoir; Henrik Ibsen; Wittgenstein, Austin and Cavell and literary studies

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