Richard Bradford

Richard Bradford is research professor of English at the University of Ulster, UK, and visiting professor at Avignon University, France. He has held academic posts at Oxford University, the University of Wales, and Trinity College, Dublin. His thirty-six books include ten literary biographies, most recently on Hemingway, Orwell, and Patricia Highsmith. His specialized volumes cover topics such as eighteenth century criticism, the history of English poetry, the contemporary novel, literary aesthetics, stylistics, and literary theory. He is director of the Ulster Literary Biography Research Centre and general editor of the Life of the Author series.