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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.

Elected 2012

Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2012
Sections
Early Modern Languages and Literatures to 1830, Modern Languages, Literatures and other Media from 1830
Website
http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/nigelleask/

Current post

Regius Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Glasgow

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