Michael Bishop

Michael Bishop teaches literary, aesthetic and cultural topics in the Contemporary Studies Programme. He completed his PhD at the University of Kent at Canterbury, England, after taking an MA at the University of Manitoba and his BA at the University of Manchester, England.  He is Emeritus McCulloch Professor of French at Dalhousie University.

Current Research Projects

Currently, Dr. Bishop is preparing several books for publication on diverse topics, including: Gerard Titus-Carmel; hypercontemporary French and Francophone poetry; contemporary French art; consciousness and reality.

Selected Recent Publications

• Altérités d'André du Bouchet : de Hugo, Shakespeare et Poussin à Celan, Mandelstam et Giacometti

  Amsterdam: Rodopi, CMRLFC, 2003. 157 pages.

• Contemporary French Art, vols 1 & 2, Edns Rodopi, 2008 & 2011. 189 and 230 pages.
• The Radiant Space, Editions VVV, 2010. Translation of Yves Bonnefoy's Le Grand Espace. 80 pages.
• The Endless Theory of Days: The Art and Poetry of Gérard Titus-Carmel. Rodopi, 2007. 164 pages.
• various essays with Cambridge UP, Presses Universitaires de Paris IV-Sorbonne, Europe, Le Collège des Bernardins (Paris), the École Normale Supérieure (Lyon) and others.

Classes Taught

• CTMP2311.03 From Symbolism and Surrealism to the New Novel and Beyond: Questions of Image, Perception and Presence. 
• CTMP2302