Italian language and literature; manuscript studies; historical studies of language and literature; medieval history; historical linguistics; southern Europe, Italy.
Ros Ballaster is a Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies in the Faculty of English, University of Oxford and Professorial Fellow in English at Mansfield College.
Literature & culture of the 'long Romantic period', with a focus on empire, nation & travel writing. My recent focus is Scottish literature & thought 1750-1850, with a special emphasis on Robert Burns & his poetic & intellectual circle.
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