Mr Richard Hobbs

Richard Hobbs has been a member of the Department since 1971. He teaches chiefly nineteenth-century novels and poetry, art historical topics, and critical theory.
He was made Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes académiques in 2001.

In 1999 he established, in collaboration with the Department of History of Art, the Arts Faculty 'Centre for the Study of Visual and Literary Cultures in France'. This Centre aims to encourage wide-ranging interdisciplinary research in word and image studies. An MA programme will be announced shortly. Research proposals are welcome, and can be sent by e-mail (R.Hobbs@Bristol.ac.uk).

His research supervisions have also focused on narrative and narratology, including the novels of Stendhal and Zola and 'le conte fantastique'.

Selected publications

Principal publications: 'Odilon Redon' (1977), 'From Balzac to Zola, selected short stories' (1992), 'Impressions of French Modernity' (1998), 'Artists' Writings in Nineteenth-Century France' (forthcoming).