Stephen Guy-Bray

Stephen Guy-Bray is a Professor in the Department of English Language and Literatures within the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia. He holds the prestigious position of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (F.R.S.C.) and maintains an active research profile focusing on Renaissance poetry, queer literary history, and poetics.

His research interests include Renaissance poetry, queer literary history, queer comparative literature, and poetics, with particular emphasis on gender and sexuality studies within early modern literary contexts. His scholarly work bridges historical literary analysis with contemporary theoretical frameworks, especially queer theory applied to Renaissance texts.

Analysis of his recent publications reveals a consistent focus on formal poetic elements within Renaissance literature, particularly examining line endings, couplets, and structural techniques. His work demonstrates a strong interest in applying queer theoretical frameworks to historical texts, exploring how early modern literature represents and constructs gender and sexuality. His research trajectory shows increasing engagement with both historical poetics and contemporary queer interpretation methods.

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (F.R.S.C.)

Professor Guy-Bray actively supervises graduate students in Renaissance literature (particularly poetry), queer theory, gender studies, and poetics across all periods. His current research includes writing a book on subject matter in lyric poetry spanning from the Renaissance to the 21st century, alongside chapters on asexual aesthetics and queer parataxis. He maintains a professional blog at http://blogs.ubc.ca/sguybray where he shares his academic work and perspectives.

His teaching responsibilities include courses related to Renaissance literature and literary theory within UBC's Department of English Language and Literatures, contributing to both undergraduate and graduate programs in the Faculty of Arts.