Robert Crawford, MA, Dphil, FRSE, FEA is Professor of Modern Scottish Literature at the University of St Andrews and currently Head of the School of English. He received his M.A. degree from Glasgow University and his D.Phil. from Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a Founding Fellow of the English Association. His areas of specialisation include Post-Enlightenment Scottish Literature, Contemporary Poetry, T.S. Eliot, Modernism, and Creative Writing.
Works by Robert Crawford include: Works by Robert Crawford include: Heaven-Taught Fergusson: Robert Burns's Favourite Scottish Poet (Tuckwell Press, 2003) Heaven-Taught Fergusson: Robert Burns's Favourite Scottish Poet (Tuckwell Press, 2003) The Scottish Invention of English Literature (Cambridge, 1998) The Scottish Invention of English Literature (Cambridge, 1998) The Penguin Book of Poetry since 1945 from Britain and Ireland (co-editor with Simon Armitage) (Harmondsworth, 1998) The Penguin Book of Poetry since 1945 from Britain and Ireland (co-editor with Simon Armitage) (Harmondsworth, 1998) Launch-site for English Studies: Three Centuries of Literary Studies at the University of St Andrews (editor) (St Andrews, 1997) Launch-site for English Studies: Three Centuries of Literary Studies at the University of St Andrews (editor) (St Andrews, 1997) Robert Burns and Cultural Authority (editor) (Edinburgh, 1997) Robert Burns and Cultural Authority (editor) (Edinburgh, 1997) Penguin Modern Poets 9 (with John Burnside and Kathleen Jamie) (Harmondsworth, 1996) Penguin Modern Poets 9 (with John Burnside and Kathleen Jamie) (Harmondsworth, 1996) Talking Verse: Interviews with Poets (co-edited with Henry Hart, David Kinloch, Richard Price) (St Andrews and Williamsburg, 1995) Talking Verse: Interviews with Poets (co-edited with Henry Hart, David Kinloch, Richard Price) (St Andrews and Williamsburg, 1995) Literature in Twentieth-Century Scotland: A Select Bibliography (London, 1995) Literature in Twentieth-Century Scotland: A Select Bibliography (London, 1995) Liz Lochhead's Voices (co-editor with Anne Varty) (Edinburgh, 1994) Liz Lochhead's Voices (co-editor with Anne Varty) (Edinburgh, 1994) Identifying Poets: Self and Territory in Twentieth-Century Poetry (Edinburgh, 1993) Identifying Poets: Self and Territory in Twentieth-Century Poetry (Edinburgh, 1993) Reading Douglas Dunn (co-editor with David Kinloch) (Edinburgh, 1992)
From the guide to the Papers of Professor Robert Crawford, 1985-ongoing, (University of St Andrews)
