Dr. Linden Bicket

Biography

Linden Bicket is a Lecturer in Literature and Religion at the University of Edinburgh. He was appointed in 2020 and serves as a Senior Teaching Fellow in the School of Divinity. His academic background includes a doctorate from the University of Glasgow, completed in 2012, where his research concentrated on the Catholic imagination in the works of Orcadian author George Mackay Brown. Bicket's ongoing research explores the rich spiritual contexts of modern Scottish writing, focusing particularly on modern Scottish fiction and poetry as well as themes of faith and skepticism in literature. He is co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Modern Catholic Women's Writing and has published works including a co-edited anthology on Scottish Religious Poetry. Bicket is actively involved in student support and academic pastoral care at the university, overseeing both undergraduate and postgraduate student needs. He is a member of several associations related to literature and religion, and his research interests encompass a wide range of subjects including children's literature, religious identity, and the Catholic literary tradition.

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