Nigel James Leask (born 1958) is a Scottish academic publishing on Romantic, Scottish, and Anglo-Indian literature, with special interest on British Empire, Orientalism, and travel writing. He has been Regius Professor of English language and literature at the University of Glasgow, since 2004. [1] [2] [3]
He won the Saltire Society Scottish Research Book of the Year award in 2010 for his book Robert Burns and Pastoral: Poetry and Improvement in Late-18th Century Scotland. He is a fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Centenary Fellow of the English Association. [1]
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| Born | 1958 (age 66–67) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, literary critic, cultural historian |
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| Education | Edinburgh Academy |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford University of Cambridge |
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| Institutions | University of Cambridge University of Glasgow |
| Main interests | Scottish literature,British Empire,Romanticism,eighteenth-century literature,Anglo-Indian literature,Orientalism |
| Notable works | Robert Burns and Pastoral:Poetry and Improvement in Late-18th Century Scotland (2010) |
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He was born in 1958 and grew up in Stirlingshire. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, University of Oxford, and University of Cambridge before taking up a position of Reader in Romantic literature at Cambridge University. He is married and has two daughters. [1] [2]
In 2004, he was appointed to Regius chair of English language and literature at University of Glasgow, and is Head of the School of Critical Studies, currently from 1 August 2010. [3] He also held teaching appointments at the University of Bologna, Italy; University of Dundee, Scotland; and a visiting professorship at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City. He has lectured widely in India, Europe, and Americas. [1]
He published The Politics of Imagination in Coleridge’s Critical Thought, his first book, in 1988; subsequently, British Romantic Writers and the East: Anxieties of Empire in 1992, and many others later. [1]
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About the author (2009) - Nigel Leask is Regius Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow.
Robert Burns & Pastoral, Poetry and Improvement in Late Eighteenth-Century Scotland - by Nigel Leask
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