Robert Eaglestone was born on 1968 and is a British literary critic and theorist.
14 Facts About Robert Eaglestone
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Robert Eaglestone is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought in the Department of English at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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In 2014, Eaglestone was the recipient of a National Teaching Fellowship, among the highest awards for pedagogy at university level in the United Kingdom.
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Robert Eaglestone was elected a fellow of the English Association in 2017.
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Robert Eaglestone was educated at the University of Manchester where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree and the University of Southampton where he was awarded a Master of Arts degree.
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Robert Eaglestone was awarded a PhD by the University of Wales, Lampeter in 1995 for research on Emmanuel Levinas.
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Robert Eaglestone has published books on fiction and the relationship between literature, ethics and history, Ethical Criticism: Reading After Levinas, The Holocaust and the Postmodern, The Broken Voice: Reading Post-Holocaust Literature and articles on Martin Heidegger, Emmanuel Levinas, Hannah Arendt and Jacques Derrida.
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Robert Eaglestone is the author of a textbook, Doing English: a Guide for Literature Students.
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Robert Eaglestone edited a book on Brexit, Brexit and Literature: Critical and Cultural Responses, stating that Brexit is "a political, economic and administrative event: and it is a cultural one, too".
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Robert Eaglestone coined the term 'cruel nostalgia' in this context.
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Robert Eaglestone is concerned with the condition of literature studies: on this, he published Literature: Why it matters and a co-edited collection with Gail Marshall English: Shared Futures.
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Robert Eaglestone is a commentator in the national press on the study on literature at school and in Higher Education.
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In English and its teachers: a history of Policy, Pedagogy and Practice, Simon Gibbons writes that "Robert Eaglestone was not simply an ivory-towered academic seeking to shore up his own position - he had consistently demonstrated his commitment to effective teaching in secondary schools".
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Robert Eaglestone is married to Poppy Corbett and lives in Streatham, London.