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Syrithe Pugh is a Reader in the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture at the University of Aberdeen. Her academic work centers on the Renaissance reception of classical literature, with a particular focus on 16th- and 17th-century English poetry. She has previously taught at Leeds and studied at Oxford and Princeton.
Her research explores how classical imitation and allusion were used by poets like Edmund Spenser, Robert Herrick, and Richard Fanshawe to engage with contemporary political issues. She is especially interested in the interplay between poetry and power, and how classical models were adapted for royalist and political expression during the lead-up to the English Civil War. Her work bridges literary analysis, historical context, and classical scholarship.
Her recent publications examine Spenser’s engagement with Virgil and Ovid, Dante’s eclogues, and class dynamics in Herrick’s poetry. These works reflect a consistent focus on translation, intertextuality, and the ideological uses of classical literature in early modern England.
Scientific Awards:
- Isabel MacCaffrey Award
Syrithe Pugh is actively involved in academic service, including co-directing the Herbert Grierson Research Centre, which hosts international conferences on classical reception. She serves on the editorial boards of Spenser Review and Spenser Studies, and is a member of the Society for Renaissance Studies and the UK Classical Association. She welcomes postgraduate research students interested in Renaissance poetry, politics, and classical intertextuality.
She is also the co-director of a major research center and contributes to interdisciplinary volumes on classical intertextuality and euhemerism.
