Professor Martin Butler FBA

Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature, especially the drama and theatre; Ben Jonson and his circle; the court masque; textual editing
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2013
Subjects
Literature

Current post

Professor of Renaissance Drama, University of Leeds

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor David Womersley FBA

English literature of the long eighteenth century, especially Gibbon, Swift, Burke and Johnson; sixteenth-century historiography and historical drama; the history of literary criticism; the theory and practice of textual editing

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Professor Kathy Hannah Eden FBA

History of rhetoric, especially ancient and early modern; its impact on the theory and practice of literature in Europe between the late 14th and 16th centuries

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Professor Anthony Cross FBA

Tony Cross FBA is internationally known for his work on eighteenth-century Russia and Anglo-Russian cultural relations.

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