British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Professor Terry Eagleton

Professor of Cultural Theory and John Rylands Fellow, University of Manchester

Year Elected: 2003

He has written books on an exceptionally wide range of topics: literary and cultural theory, Marxism and literature, Shakespeare, 18th, 19th and 20th century English literature, Irish literature and culture, aesthetic theory, tragedy, and plays. He is an influential literary theorist whose work is marked by originality, lucidity and wit.