Byron's Travels: Poems, Letters, and Journals
edited_selection · First published 2024
Author guide
Fiona Stafford Books in Order
Fiona Stafford is Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Somerville College, and a Fellow of the British Academy and Royal Society of Edinburgh. Her work focuses on Romantic literature, Scottish and Irish writing, Jane Austen, poetry, literary representations of place and nature, environmental humanities, and the relationship between literature and the visual arts. She has also written widely for general audiences on trees, flowers, landscapes, and cultural history, and wrote the play The Dimlight Hours.
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Fiona Stafford's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
The Long, Long Life of Trees
An accessible and acclaimed introduction to Stafford's nature writing, literary history, and environmental interests.
Jane Austen: A Brief Life
A concise entry point to Stafford's work on Jane Austen and literary biography.
The Sublime Savage: A Study of James Macpherson and the Poems of Ossian
Her foundational first book and a key study of James Macpherson, Ossian, and Scottish Romantic culture.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (5)
- The Sublime Savage: A Study of James Macpherson and the Poems of Ossian
nonfiction · 1988
- The Last of the Race: The Growth of a Myth from Milton to Darwin
nonfiction · 1994
- Local Attachments: The Province of Poetry
nonfiction · 2010
- Reading Romantic Poetry
nonfiction · 2012
Nonfiction (2)
- Jane Austen
biography · 2008
- Jane Austen: A Brief Life
biography · 2017
Every devoted reader feels that, in some way, they know Jane Austen. But how can we make sense of her extraordinary achievements? At a time when most women received so little formal education and none could obtain a place at university,…
Plays (1)
- The Dimlight Hours
play · 2019
Edited works (6)
- From Gaelic to Romantic: Ossianic Translations
edited_collection · 1998
- Jane Austen's Emma: A Case Book
edited_collection · 2007
- Burns and Other Poets
edited_collection · 2012
- Archipelago: A Reader
edited_collection · 2021
- Stories of Trees, Woods, and the Forest
edited_collection · 2021
- Byron's Travels: Poems, Letters, and Journals
edited_selection · 2024
Other (6)
- Emma
critical_edition · 2003
Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living…
- Pride and Prejudice
critical_edition · 2004
- Lyrical Ballads: 1798 and 1802
critical_edition · 2013
Wordsworth and Coleridge's joint collection of poems has often been singled out as the founding text of English Romanticism. This is the only edition to print both the original 1798 collection and the expanded 1802 edition, with…
- The Long, Long Life of Trees
nature_writing · 2016
- The Brief Life of Flowers
nature_writing · 2018
- Time and Tide: The Long, Long Life of Landscape
nature_writing · 2024
Frequently asked questions about Fiona Stafford
Who is Fiona Stafford?
Fiona Stafford is a British literary scholar and Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford, where she is also a Tutorial Fellow at Somerville College.
What are Fiona Stafford’s main areas of research?
Her work focuses on Romantic literature, Scottish and Irish writing, Jane Austen, poetry, literature of place, nature writing, environmental humanities, and connections between literature and the visual arts.
What influenced Fiona Stafford’s interest in trees and nature?
Stafford was raised in largely rural areas, and she has said that reading Hardy, Wordsworth, John Clare, and Seamus Heaney made trees increasingly central to her thinking about literature and landscape.
What awards and honors has Fiona Stafford received?
She received the British Academy’s Rose Mary Crawshay Prize, was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2018, and is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Her nature writing has additionally been recognized as a Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year.
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How has Fiona Stafford contributed to public understanding of literature and nature?
Alongside her academic work, Stafford has brought literary and environmental history to wider audiences through public lectures, broadcasting, and the BBC Radio 3 series The Meaning of Trees.
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