Education
He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy from Cambridge in 1972.
He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy from Cambridge in 1972.
He read Modern History at Magdelen College, Oxford, was a staff member at Lincoln Theological College 1956-1961 and then read English at Street Catharine"s College, Cambridge, 1965.
He is a member of the Faculty of English at Cambridge University, a Fellow Commoner of Street Catharine"s College, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and the President of the Powys Society.