Michael Stephen Silk
Michael Silk is Professor of Classical and Comparative Literature at King's College London, UK, and Adjunct Professor in the Dept. of English and Comparative Literature at the Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Michael Stephen Silk

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Michael Silk is Professor of Classical and Comparative Literature at King's College London, UK, and Adjunct Professor in the Dept. of English and Comparative Literature at the Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Gender:
Male
Places:
United Kingdom
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ScholarLiterary scholarHellenistClassical scholarTeacherPhilologistMusicianMusic arrangerSpecialist in literature
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AcademiaLiteratureMusicSocial science
Birth:
11 June 1941
Star sign:
Gemini
Awards:
Fellow of the British Academy
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Michael Silk, FBA, is emeritus professor of classical and comparative literature at King's College, London. His research interests relate to the theory and practice of tragedy and comedy, Greek poetry and drama, literary theory, and the classical tradition. He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1999.

Selected publications

  • "Hughes, Plath and Aeschylus: Allusion and Poetic Language", Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics, 14 (3) (2007), pp. 1–33.
  • Standard Languages and Language Standards – Greek, Past and Present, Ashgate, 2009. (Editor with Alexandra Georgakopoulou)
  • The classical tradition: Art, literature, thought. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, 2014. (With Rosemary Barrow and Ingo Gildenhard) ISBN 978-1405155496