Dr. Gavin Alexander

Professor

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Biography

Gavin Alexander is a Professor at the Faculty of English, specializing in Renaissance literature. His research focuses primarily on English literature of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He has particular interests in the works of Philip Sidney and related writers, as well as the connections between poetry and music during the Renaissance. Alexander's published work includes a Penguin Classics edition of Renaissance literary criticism and an edition of important late Elizabethan treatises on poetics, based on manuscripts he has edited. He is currently working on a book that explores the connections between lyric poetry and music, alongside editing Fulke Greville's 'Caelica' and compiling the complete works of Greville for Oxford University Press. Alexander is also involved in graduate supervision and has taught courses on material text research frameworks, collaborating with colleagues and graduate students in palaeography.

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Experience

Professor

— Present

Faculty of English, University of Cambridge • Cambridge, England

Teaching Renaissance literature and supervising graduate research.

Requirements for University of Cambridge

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.7
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Reading
Required:25
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:25
Total
Required:110
Prerequisites
UK Bachelor's Degree with good Upper Second Class Honours or international equivalent Background in international relations, politics, law, economics, security or history is a definite asset
Application Checklist
  • Two academic references
  • Official transcripts
  • CV/Resume
  • Personal statement (approx 500 words)
  • Research proposal (1-2 pages/500 words)
  • Application fee (£50)
Specialization Notes

Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.