Alex Davis

Alex Davis is an Associate Professor specializing in modern and contemporary literature at University College Cork. His research examines modernist poetry, Irish writing, and adaptations of Shakespeare.

Key research areas include:

• Irish poetic modernism
• Transgression in Renaissance literature
• Genre evolution in crime fiction
• Avant-garde literary movements

Recent publications explore Faulkner's noir aesthetics, Eliot's detective fiction influences, and Pound's translational practices. His scholarship often intersects with film and performance studies.

He received the UCC Faculty of Arts Research Award (2003) and contributes to journals like Shakespeare Survey and Early Modern Literary Studies.