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Timothy Chesters specializes in sixteenth-century French literature and thought. He is the author of "Ghost Stories in Late Renaissance France: Walking the Night" (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011) and has written numerous articles on Rabelais, Calvin, Montaigne, Ronsard, and Louise Labé in relation to early modern history. He is currently working on a monograph titled "Effect and Efficacy in French Renaissance Poetry: Literature and Natural Magic (1520-1585)", which studies the connection between poetry and natural magic. Dr. Chesters welcomes inquiries from potential MPhil and doctoral students regarding research interests that pertain to various aspects of French Renaissance literature, culture, and cognitive approaches to literature.
Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics • University of Cambridge
Teaching and researching sixteenth-century French literature and thought.
Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.