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Details for Dr Stephen D'Evelyn
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Stephen D'Evelyn |
| Job title | Honorary Secretary for UCU |
| Department | Human Resources University of Bristol |
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | BA(Brown), PhD(Cantab) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | gift-giving poetic expression literary theory poetry aesthetics postmodern theology gift-theory |
| Areas of expertise | I am interested in the interplay between the theory and practice of gift-giving and its poetic expressions. This includes areas such as reception, social and literary theory, poetry and aesthetics, and postmodern theology. Current research involves reading the poetry of Catullus, Horace, and Venantius Fortunatus in the light of ancient and modern gift-theory, which helps interpret practices ranging from patronage and religious sacrifice to the exchange of gifts between lovers. An edition with commentary on Hildegard of Bingen's Symphonia, in which I show what sources Hildegard read in composing her lyrics and how those lyrics relate to her oeuvre, is forthcoming from Oxford University Press. |