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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Salter’s principal research interests lie in the culture of the later Middle Ages, focusing in particular on romance and the literature of traditional religion. He is the author of Holy and Noble Beasts: Encounters with Animals in Medieval Literature (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2001), a study of the representation of animals in romance and saints’ lives.
Research Interests
He is currently writing a cultural history of the Franciscan Order in England, entitled St Francis and Cultural Memory: Catholicism and the English National Imagination, which is due to be published by Oxford University Press. In addition to the above, David has published essays on subjects as diverse as Shakespeare’s religious background, Anthony Van Dyck and William Hogarth, and film and gender studies.
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'Staunch little democrat that he was': Humanitarian sentiment, social reform, and political idealism in Eleanor Atkinson's Greyfriars Bobby
Salter, D., 3 Jun 2019, The Land of Story-Books: Scottish Children's Literature in the Long Nineteenth Century. Dunnigan, S. & Lai, S-F. (eds.). Glasgow: Association for Scottish Literary Studies, p. 224-245 22 p. (Occasional Papers).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Animals in Late-Medieval hagiography and romance
Salter, D., Sept 2018, Animals, Animality, and Literarure. Boehner, B., Hand, M. & Massumi, B. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 73-87 15 p. (Cambridge Critical Concepts).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Kimberly Johnson, Made Flesh: Sacrament and Poetics in Post Reformation England (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014)
Salter, D., Apr 2016, In: Cahiers Élisabéthains: A Biannual Journal of English Renaissance Studies. 89, 1, p. 152-154 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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A tour of bones: Facing fear and looking for life, by Denise Inge
Salter, D., 1 Jan 2015, In: Times Higher Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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Michael Murrin, Trade and Romance (University of Chicago Press, 2014)
Salter, D., 2015, In: Modern Language Review. 110, 3, p. 781-2Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Activities
- 1 External Examiner or Assessor
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University of Liverpool, UK, External Examiner, BA English
David Salter (Examiner)
Oct 2013 → Jun 2017Activity: Examination types › External Examiner or Assessor