David Godfrey Punter

Background

Punter, David Godfrey was born on November 19, 1949 in London. Son of Douglas Herbert and Hilda Mary (Manning) Punter.

Education

Bachelor, University Cambridge, England, 1970. Master of Arts, University Cambridge, England, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cambridge, England, 1984.

Career

Lecturer University East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1973-1984, senior lecturer England, 1984-1986. Professor Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 1983. Director Development of University English Project, 1985-1986.

Professor English Chinese University Hong Kong, 1986-1988. Professor University Stirling, England, since 1988. Secretary Council for College and University English, 1992-1995, chair, since 1995.

Director Edinburgh Book Festival, since 1992. Member executive committee Scottish Committee of Professors of English, 1993, vice-chair, since 1995.

Achievements

• David Godfrey Punter has been listed as a notable English language educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Literature of Terror: Volume 2: The Modern Gothic

    (The Literature of Terror: the Modern Gothic is the second...)

  • The Romantic Unconscious
  • Hidden Script: Writing and the Unconscious
  • The Romantic Unconscious
  • The Literature of Terror: A History of Gothic Fictions from 1765 to the Present Day, Vol. 1: The Gothic Tradition
  • The Literature of Terror: A History of Gothic Fictions from 1765 to the Present Day, Vol. 2: The Modern Gothic by David Punter (1996-05-09)
  • The Literature of Terror Vol 2: A History of Gothic Fiction - Modern Gothic by David Punter (1996-05-09)
  • The Literature of Terror: A History of Gothic Fictions from 1765 to the Present Day, Vol. 2: The Modern Gothic
  • Blake, Hegel And Dialectic.(Elementa 26)

Membership

Consultant Argo Venture, London, 1984. Board directors Kippen School, Stirling, since 1993. Co-organizer 9V-An Arts Venture, Stirling, 1994.

Member British Association for Romantic Studies (president 1993-1995), Freud Museum.

Interests

• Avocations: walking, squash, poetry, visual arts.

Connections

Married Jenny Jane Roberts, February 15, 1979 (divorced June 1988). Children: Joshua Anthony Kemble, Miranda Catherine Amani. Married Caroline Mary Case, December 5, 1988.

1 child, Isobel Maeve.

Father:

Douglas Herbert Punter

Mother:

Hilda Mary (Manning) Punter

Spouse:

Caroline Mary Case

Spouse:

Jenny Jane Roberts

child:

Joshua Anthony Kemble Punter

child:

Isobel Maeve Punter

child:

Miranda Catherine Amani Punter