Leask, Nigel
LEASK, Nigel
LEASK, Nigel. Scottish, b. 1958. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Travel/Exploration. Career: Cambridge University, Queen's College, England, lecturer in English, 1989-. Publications: The Politics of Imagination in Coleridge's Critical Thought, 1988; British Romantic Writers and the East: Anxieties of Empire, 1992; Curiosity of the Aesthetics of Travel Writing, 17701840: From an Antique Land, 2000. Address: Faculty of English, Queen's College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. Online address: [email protected]
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