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Geoffrey Wall is a Professor at the Department of English and Related Literature, University of York. He is a literary biographer and joint editor of The Cambridge Quarterly, renowned for his biography of Gustave Flaubert (shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and James Tait Black Memorial Prize) and translations of Flaubert’s works. His research spans biography, life-writing, and intersections of literature, politics, and history.
Research Interests: Geoffrey Wall situates his work at the convergence of biography, micro-history, and literary analysis. His projects focus on Shakespeare, Flaubert, Freud, and the tensions between creative agency and material circumstances in life-writing. He emphasizes primary texts, exploring themes like narrative skill, intellectual history, and cultural conflicts.
Key Publications: His 2018 biography George Sand: A Life (Oxford University Press) examines French Romanticism’s major woman writer, while the 2013 chapter on oral history investigates collective biographical methods. He is currently writing a book titled Voices Off, analyzing interviews with activists in progressive politics.
Scientific Awards:
- Shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize (Flaubert biography)
- Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Flaubert biography)
External Activities: Wall is joint editor of The Cambridge Quarterly and has contributed to special issues of journals, including Cambridge Quarterly (2012). His oral history work explores activism, democracy, and direct action, engaging with Quakers, anarchists, feminists, and union officials.
