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Edmund Birch is a College Lecturer in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. His research interests focus on literature and cultural history in nineteenth-century France, specifically the interplay between the novel and press in the cultural and political history of the period. Birch has explored a range of authors, including Honoré de Balzac, Delphine de Girardin, Alexandre Dumas, Gustave Flaubert, and Guy de Maupassant, and has a keen interest in comparative literature, having published on the connections between British and French fiction. His notable works include 'Fictions of the Press in Nineteenth-Century France' (2018) and a co-edited volume for the journal Dix-Neuf (2017). Currently, he is working on a book that examines the themes of empire and nationhood in the novels of Alexandre Dumas and is preparing a new edition of Flaubert’s Tales. Birch studied French and German at Cambridge and completed his PhD in French literature in 2015. Before his current position, he was a Research Fellow at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and has contributed to various BBC Radio programmes.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge
Teaching and conducting research in the field of Modern and Medieval Languages.
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