David Gervais
David Gervais is an Honorary Fellow in English at the University of Reading and, over many years, an editor of The Cambridge Quarterly. He has written widely on English and French literature and on printing. His Literary Englands: Versions of 'Englishness' (Cambridge University Press) includes discussions of modern English poets. He is completing books on Shakespeare, on Racine and on the European novel.
David Gervais's work featured in PN Review comprises 20 articles and three reviews, over a period of 10 years.
David Gervais's work featured in PN Review comprises 20 articles and three reviews, over a period of 10 years.
Further Reading
Article in PN Review 139 (2001) Sacred Art and the Unbeliever
Article in PN Review 141 (2001) Verbal Time and Visual Time: A Distinction
Article in PN Review 142 (2001) Some Versions of Pathos
Article in PN Review 143 (2002) Milton and Modern Poetry: A Question
Article in PN Review 145 (2002) On French and English Poets
Article in PN Review 147 (2002) The Persistence of Myth
Article in PN Review 148 (2002) The Comic Muse
Article in PN Review 150 (2003) After Poe: Poetics and Poetry
Article in PN Review 154 (2003) 'Cock Crow': Why Edward Thomas isn't Thomas Hardy
Article in PN Review 156 (2004) For Shakespeare the European
Article in PN Review 157 (2004) Ted Hughes's Collected Poems: An Interim View
Article in PN Review 163 (2005) The Poetry of the Novel
Article in PN Review 164 (2005) Mythology without Myth: The Paintings of Timothy Hyman
Article in PN Review 170 (2006) Edward Thomas and the Appeal of Secular Spirituality
Article in PN Review 172 (2006) A Natural Art: the Poetry of Racine
Article in PN Review 180 (2008) The Condition of Simplicity (Part One)
Article in PN Review 181 (2008) The Condition of Simplicity II
Article in PN Review 183 (2008) The Late Flowering of Geoffrey Hill
Article in PN Review 186 (2009) Tragic Endings
Article in PN Review 196 (2010) 'Alms for Oblivion': Elegy in English Verse
Article in PN Review 141 (2001) Verbal Time and Visual Time: A Distinction
Article in PN Review 142 (2001) Some Versions of Pathos
Article in PN Review 143 (2002) Milton and Modern Poetry: A Question
Article in PN Review 145 (2002) On French and English Poets
Article in PN Review 147 (2002) The Persistence of Myth
Article in PN Review 148 (2002) The Comic Muse
Article in PN Review 150 (2003) After Poe: Poetics and Poetry
Article in PN Review 154 (2003) 'Cock Crow': Why Edward Thomas isn't Thomas Hardy
Article in PN Review 156 (2004) For Shakespeare the European
Article in PN Review 157 (2004) Ted Hughes's Collected Poems: An Interim View
Article in PN Review 163 (2005) The Poetry of the Novel
Article in PN Review 164 (2005) Mythology without Myth: The Paintings of Timothy Hyman
Article in PN Review 170 (2006) Edward Thomas and the Appeal of Secular Spirituality
Article in PN Review 172 (2006) A Natural Art: the Poetry of Racine
Article in PN Review 180 (2008) The Condition of Simplicity (Part One)
Article in PN Review 181 (2008) The Condition of Simplicity II
Article in PN Review 183 (2008) The Late Flowering of Geoffrey Hill
Article in PN Review 186 (2009) Tragic Endings
Article in PN Review 196 (2010) 'Alms for Oblivion': Elegy in English Verse
Review in PN Review 149 (2003) on Sonnets
Review in PN Review 162 (2005) on Geoffrey Hill
Review in PN Review 195 (2010) on Christopher Salvesen
Review in PN Review 162 (2005) on Geoffrey Hill
Review in PN Review 195 (2010) on Christopher Salvesen