Prof Nicholas Royle
| Post: | Emeritus Professor (English) |
| Other posts: | Professor Of English (Centre for Creative and Critical Thought) |
| Location: | ARTS B |
| Email: | N.W.O.Royle@sussex.ac.uk |
Biography
Nicholas Royle听is Professor Emeritus of English at the 天美传媒影视 where he has been based since 1999.听He established the MA/PhD programme in Creative and Critical Writing in 2001 and was founding director of the Centre for Creative and Critical Thought.
He has previously taught at the University of Stirling, Scotland (1992-9), the University of Tampere, Finland (1987-92) and at the University of Oxford (1981-87).
Nicholas Royle has published many critical books and essays, as well as novels and short stories (including quick fictions).听His books to date are:听
This Thing Called Literature听(Second edition, 2024, co-authored with Andrew Bennett)
An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory听(Sixth edition, 2023, co-authored with Andrew Bennett) 听
David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the Sun Machine听(2023)
H茅l猫ne Cixous: Dreamer, Realist, Analyst, Writing听(With an Afterword by Cixous) (2021)
Mother: A Memoir听(2020)听
An English Guide to Birdwatching: A Novel (2017)
Veering: A Theory of Literature (2011)
Quilt: A Novel (with a Critical Afterword) (2010)
In Memory of Jacques Derrida听(2009)
How to Read Shakespeare听(2005, new edition 2014)
Jacques Derrida (2003)
The Uncanny (2003)
Deconstructions: A User's Guide听(2000) (as editor)听
E.M. Forster (1999)
After Derrida听(1995)
Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel:听Still Lives听(1995, co-authored with Andrew Bennett)听
Telepathy and Literature: Essays on the Reading Mind听(1990)
Royle is also an editor of the听Oxford Literary Review, a journal with which he has been involved since the 1970s, and director of Quick Fictions. He has recently written his first detective novel and is currently completing a book entitled The Weird, the Uncanny and the New Fantastic.