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Professor Seamus Perry specializes in English literature with a focus on English Romantic poetry and post-Romantic poetry. His research prominently features figures such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Eliot, Auden, and Larkin. He has contributed to the modern history of literary criticism and has engaged with works of significant critics. Perry co-edited Christopher Ricks and Freya Johnston's journal 'Essays in Criticism' and is the general editor of the Oxford edition of the works of William Empson. He has a strong presence in literary discussions and critiques, contributing to the London Review of Books, Literary Supplement, and others. Currently, he is working on an intellectual biography of W.H. Auden and a volume of essays on poetry. His teaching covers a variety of undergraduate and graduate topics in English literature, with a particular emphasis on the nineteenth century and poets like Hazlitt, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Byron. Perry received his undergraduate degree in 1989 and his graduate degree in 1995 from St Catherine's College, Oxford, and has held prestigious fellowships throughout his career.
Balliol College • Oxford
Tutoring and mentoring students in English Literature.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow
Lectured and conducted research in English Literature.
Lincoln College • Oxford
Engaged in research and contributed to academic publications.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.