Derek Attridge FBA

British Academy

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 (6 May 1945) is a British academic in the field of English literature

English literature

English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....

 and the current Professor of English at the University of York

University of York

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; a post he has held since 2003.

Education

Attridge received his Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 (BA) from Natal University in South Africa

South Africa

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 before moving to the UK to complete his Master of Arts (MA) and PhD

PHD

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 at the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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.

Research interests

Attridge undertakes research in South African literature, James Joyce

James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...

, deconstruction and literary theory

Literary theory

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 and the performance of poetry

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

.

Principal publications

• Well-weighed syllables: Elizabethan Verse in Classical Metres (1974)
• The Rhythms of English Poetry (1982)
• Poetic Rhythm: An Introduction (1995)
• Meter and Meaning: An Introduction to Rhythm in Poetry (2003) - co-author
• The Singularity of Literature (2004) - Winner, 2006 ESSE Book Award
• James Joyce's 'Ulysses': A Casebook (2004)
• How to Read Joyce (2007)

Previous appointments

• Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - University of Southampton
  University of Southampton
  The University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England, a member of the Russell Group. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902, the Institution developed...
  
   (1973–1984)
• Professor - University of Strathclyde
  University of Strathclyde
  The University of Strathclyde , Glasgow, Scotland, is Glasgow's second university by age, founded in 1796, and receiving its Royal Charter in 1964 as the UK's first technological university...
  
   (1984–1988)
• Various foreign appointments, including Leverhulme Research Professor - Rutgers University
  Rutgers University
  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
  
  (1988–1998)

Titles

• Mr Derek Attridge (1945–1972)
• Dr Derek Attridge (1972–1984)
• Prof. Derek Attridge (1984–2007)
• Prof. Derek Attridge FBA (2007-)

External links

• Attridge, Derek. "Reading and Responsibility." Audio and video of lecture. October 16, 2007.