Henry Power

Professor Henry Power is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Exeter. He specializes in classical reception, 17th- and 18th-century literature, and the influence of classical texts on modern works. His academic journey began at Oxford (BA in Classics and English, 2001; MSt in Greek and Latin Literature, 2002), followed by a PhD from Cambridge on Henry Fielding's classical sources (2005).

• Former research fellow at the Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition at the University of Bristol
• Recipient of prestigious fellowships including the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (Virgil research) and British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship (Joseph Addison project)

His research focuses on authors such as Henry Fielding, Alexander Pope, and Christopher Logue, examining how classical works shaped English literature. Recent projects include editing Pope's translations of Homer and Addison's prose for Oxford University Press. He holds visiting positions at institutions like Yale University and All Souls College, Oxford.

He co-organized the 2008 workshop 'Stories of the Novel: Ancient and Modern Narrative Forms' at Bristol with Dr Ika Willis. Current projects include a study on Homeric translation's impact on English poetry, supported by a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship (2024–2025).