About
Graham Atkin is a Senior Lecturer in English and Programme Leader for Combined Honours Creative Writing at the University of Chester. He earned his PhD from the University of Liverpool under Nick Davis, focusing on Spenser's Faerie Queene, and studied at the School of English and American Studies, University of East Anglia.
- 20+ years teaching Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, and American literature
- Teaches Scriptwriting on Creative Writing programme
- Researches loneliness in American literature and allegorical links between English Renaissance and American writers
Research Focus: Graham's work bridges early modern English literature with American literary traditions. His current projects explore loneliness in American literature through allegorical frameworks inspired by Renaissance texts like Hawthorne and Melville. He also investigates intersections of cultural identity in cross-disciplinary contexts.
Publications: His recent output includes analyses of Melville's Typee (2017), Shakespearean film adaptations (2009), and Renaissance allegory in Spenser's works (1996). These span interdisciplinary methodologies combining literary criticism, anthropology, and gender studies.
