Belsey, Catherine

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BELSEY, Catherine

BELSEY, Catherine. British, b. 1940. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: New Hall, Cambridge, England, fellow in English, 1969-75; University College Cardiff, Wales, lecturer in English, 1975-89, professor of English, 1989-; writer. Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, Chair. Visiting professor at McMaster University, 1986. Publications: Critical Practice, 1980; The Subject of Tragedy: Identity and Difference in Renaissance Drama, 1985; John Milton: Language, Gender, Power, 1988; (ed. with J. Moore) The Feminist Reader: Essays in Gender and the Politics of Literary Criticism, 1989, 1997; Desire: Love Stories in Western Culture, 1994. Address: Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, University of Wales, Cardiff, P.O. Box 94, Cardiff CF1 3XB, England.