Fran Brearton

Professor

Professor, School of Arts, English and Languages
English

Phone+44 (0)28 9097 5279
Emailf.brearton@qub.ac.uk

Room 03.003 - 2 University Square
United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

I am open to PhD applications in the fields of modern poetry, 20th century war writing, modern Irish literature, and modernist literature.

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Personal profile

Interests

My research interests are primarily in British and Irish Poetry of the 20^th and 21^st centuries, and in the literature and culture of the First World War, literary modernism, and war writing throughout the 20^th century. I also have a particular interest in the work of Robert Graves – his poetry, historical fiction, criticism, and autobiographical writings

Research Statement

My first book was a study of the effects of the First World War on 20^th-century Irish poetry; more recently, I co-edited (with Alan Gillis) The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Poetry. I've just edited a new edition of Robert Graves's First World War memoir, Good-bye to All That, for Penguin Classics (2014) and am currently working on a study of Graves's writings.

Teaching

I teach primarily in the areas of 19th and 20th century Irish literature, modern poetry - particularly contemporary Irish and British poetry - and modernist literature. I’ve supervised research students in the areas of 19^th & 20^th century Irish literature, 20^th-century British, Irish, and American poetry, and 20^th-century British fiction, and welcome proposals in the areas of modern British and Irish literature. I also supervise the critical component of creative writing PhDs (fiction and poetry). I teach on the MA in Poetry: Creativity and Criticism, and also on the MA in Irish Literature, where I run a special option on 20^th century Irish Poetry.

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Projects

1 Finished
4 Active

R6985AEL: Love Across the Divide in Northern Irish Literature and Culture: 1968 - present

Brearton, F.

13/04/2018 → …

Project: Research

R1131ENG: British and Irish Poetry 1960 - 2010

Brearton, F. & Larrissy, E.

01/08/2009 → 17/12/2019

Project: Research

R1855ENG: Louis MacNeice: centenary conference and celebration

Brearton, F.

01/08/2007 → 17/12/2019

Project: Research

R1711ENG: Research centre for Scottish and Irish studies

Brearton, F.

01/08/2005 → 17/12/2019

Project: Research

R1370ENG: World War One At Home

Brearton, F. & Coleman, M.

23/01/2014 → 31/12/2014

Project: Research

Research Output

Yeats, Dates and Kipling: 1912, 1914, 1916

Brearton, F., Aug 2018, In : Modernist Cultures. 13, 3, p. 305-322

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

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Francis Ledwidge

Brearton, F., Nov 2017, The Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets. Dawe, G. (ed.). Cambridge University Press , p. 101-114 14 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Review of Angel Hill by Michel Longley

Brearton, F., 17 Jun 2017, The Guardian.

Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review

Open Access

'Horse Latitudes' and 'Drives'

Brearton, F., 03 Mar 2016, Tower Poetry Reviews 2004-2014. McDonald, P. (ed.). Tower Poetry, p. 58-64, 131-36 10 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Open Access

File

‘In a between world’: Northern Irish Poetry

Brearton, F., 2016, The Cambridge Companion to British Poetry, 1945-2010. Larrissy, E. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 130-147 17 p. (Cambridge Companions to Literature).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)