Michael Bishop (literary scholar)
Michael Bishop (born 1938) is Emeritus McCulloch Professor of French at Dalhousie University[1][2] and most recently affiliated with the contemporary studies programme at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Michael Bishop | |
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| Born | 19 April 1938 London, England |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Pierre Reverdy (1977) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Literature |
| Sub-discipline | French literature |
| Institutions | |
His work focuses largely on contemporary French artists and writers, as well as French women's poetry. He is also a poet, translator and editor.
He is the director of Éditions VVV Editions, a small publishing house located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Education
- B.A. Hons: Victoria University of Manchester, England
- M.A.: University of Manitoba, Canada
- Ph.D.: University of Kent at Canterbury, England
Published works
BÉATRICE BONHOMME : DEUX PAYSAGES POUR, ENTRE LES DEUX, DORMIR Grande et ample ode qui parvient, au cœur de l’expérience de l’absence de l’autre, à inscrire sa lumière résiduelle, l’improbable beauté de sa traversée, cette dormition nommée poésie entre l’ici et le méta. Accompagné d’un Palimpseste de Michael Bishop. ISBN 978-1-987837-05-6
YVES BONNEFOY’S LA GRANDE OURSE : TWO ESSAYS Part of a new series, Les Essais de VVV. Co-authored with Aaron Prevots. Two in-depth studies of Bonnefoy’s 2015 book : Yves Bonnefoy and the Enigma of the Music of Being, followed by Unknowing Knowledge : Dream and Dialogue. ISBN 978-1-987837-03-2
GENESIS NOW, followed by THE THEORY OF LOVE Two prose poems just appeared also in French with William Blake & Cie, Bordeaux. ISBN 978-0-9812686-0-6
SNOWING, followed by GRACE Two long prose poems by the author of Contemporary French Art 1 & 2 and Altérités d’André du Bouchet: de Hugo, Shakespeare et Poussin à Celan, Mandelstam et Giacometti. ISBN 0-9781463-2-8
References
- https://ngn.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/ngn/article/download/38000/34453
- "Dalhousie French Studies". Dalhousie University. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
External links
- Editions VVV Editions
- Rodopi Publishers, now Brill.