Professor Michael Wood FBA

Modern & contemporary literature in English, French, German & Spanish; literary theory; theory of the novel; the history of criticism
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2011
Subjects
Literature

Summary

Michael Wood is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. He was born in Lincoln, studied at Cambridge, and taught previously at Columbia University in New York and Exeter University.

Current post

Charles Barnwell Straut Class of 1923 Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, Princeton University

Publications

The Magician's Doubts 1994

America in the Movies 1975

Literature and the Taste of Knowledge 2005

Yeats and Violence 2010

Stendhal 1971

The Road to Delphi 2004

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Patrick Wright FBA

'Heritage' and the power of tradition in British culture since 1890; the cultural dimensions of international relations since 1945; place and belonging in relation to globalisation

patrick-wright.jpg

Professor Angela McRobbie FBA

Sociology of Culture, Young Women and Mass Media, Feminist Theory, Gender and Popular Culture, British Fashion Industry, Creative Economy, Fashion Start Ups and Micro-enterprises in the Urban Environment

angela-mcrobbie.jpg

Professor Stefan Collini FBA

Intellectual history and literary criticism

stefan-collini.jpg

Sign up to our email newsletters

Join our mailing list to explore the ideas and impact of the British Academy. Get updates on research, funding, policy, international collaborations, and events that bring the humanities and social sciences to life.