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Professor Nicholas Roe FBA

All periods of English Literature, particularly Romantic literature and culture; William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Leigh Hunt and John Keats; biography of the Romantics; literature and medicine
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2017
Honours
FBA FRSE FEA
Sections
Early Modern Languages and Literatures to 1830
Website
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/english/people/academicstaff/roe/

10-Minute Talks: The death of John Keats and his early reputation

24 Feb 2021 Professor Nicholas Roe FBA

Professor Nicholas Roe FBA discusses English Romantic poet John Keats and his reputation.

Current post

Professor of English Literature, University of St Andrews

Past appointments

University of St Andrews Professor of English Literature

1970 -

Queen's University of Belfast Lecturer in English

1970 -

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Nigel Leask FBA

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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Professor Melveena McKendrick FBA

Iberian and Latin American Languages and Literatures

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Professor John Barrell FBA

English Language and Literature History of a specific country Britain in the 18th & 19th C. History of Art Theory of Painting Cultural Geography

Photo of John Barrell FBA, holding his hat with a blue sky with light clouds behind him, indicating the location of the photo is at high altitude.

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