Dylan Thursfield

Dylan Thursfield is a Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. His research focuses on intertextuality in modernist and postmodernist literature, with particular attention to the works of Samuel Beckett, Marquis de Sade, and Marcel Proust. He holds a PhD, as evidenced by his thesis titled Shades of Sadean Cruelty in Samuel Beckett's Dream of Fair to middling Women, More Pricks Than Kicks, and Beyond, supervised by Prof. Dirk Van Hulle.

His research interests explore themes such as purgatorial texts, Irish literary traditions, and the intersections between dark humor and existential themes in 20th-century literature. Thursfield's work bridges comparative literature and textual analysis, often examining how authors engage with and reinterpret earlier literary traditions.

No academic awards, grants, or recent publications are explicitly listed in the provided text. His affiliation with Wolfson College suggests active involvement in academic community activities, though specific roles or lab affiliations are not detailed.