Cinema and Modernism
A focused entry point to Trotter's major concerns with literary modernism and film.
Author guide
David Trotter Books in Order
David Trotter is a British literary scholar and critic whose work spans English literature, literary modernism, cinema, and media history. He was King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of the British Academy. His books examine literary form, material culture, film, communication, and the historical relations among media.
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Literature in the First Media Age: Britain between the Wars
A representative mature study of literature's relationship with modern media.
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Books by series
scholarly-book-series · unknown
Language, Discourse, Society
Scholarly monograph series on language, discourse, and literary culture.
- 1 The Poetry of Abraham Cowley
Book unknown · monograph · 1979
- 2 The Making of the Reader: Language and Subjectivity in Modern American, English and Irish Poetry
Book unknown · monograph · 1984
- 3 Circulation: Defoe, Dickens, and the Economies of the Novel
Book unknown · monograph · 1988
scholarly-book-series · unknown
The Novel in History
Scholarly series examining the novel in historical context.
- 1 The English Novel in History, 1895-1920
Book unknown · monograph · 1993
scholarly-book-series · unknown
Critical Quarterly Book Series
Scholarly book series in literary and cultural criticism.
- 1 Cinema and Modernism
Book unknown · monograph · 2007
- 2 The Uses of Phobia: Essays on Literature and Film
Book unknown · essay_collection · 2010
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Essays and speeches (1)
- Brute Meaning: Essays in Materialist Criticism from Dickens to Hitchcock
essay_collection · 2020
Other (4)
- Literature in the First Media Age: Britain between the Wars
monograph · 2013
- The Literature of Connection: Signal, Medium, Interface, 1850-1950
monograph · 2020
Frequently asked questions about David Trotter
Who is David Trotter?
David Trotter is a literary scholar and critic specializing in twentieth-century British literature, cinema, and media. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and an emeritus professor at the University of Cambridge.
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What was David Trotter’s academic career?
He was King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge from 2002 to 2018. The British Academy also lists this Cambridge professorship among his academic appointments.
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What does David Trotter research?
His research explores modern literature and its relationships with cinema, communication, technology, and other media, with particular attention to the history and theory of cinema.
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Which writers, filmmakers, and artists has David Trotter discussed?
His essays and reviews have addressed writers including Elizabeth Bowen, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Helen DeWitt, as well as filmmakers and performers such as Sergei Eisenstein, Alfred Hitchcock, and Greta Garbo.
What honors and wider contributions is David Trotter known for?
Trotter was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2004. He has also contributed to public film culture as co-producer and script consultant on the award-winning documentary Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War.
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