Alice Florence Orr (MA, MSc)
Thesis title: The Function of Parenthesis in Spatial Production in Mid-century American Poetry
Year of study: 1
- PhD English Literature
- Literature, Languages and Cultures
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Background
Alice graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2019 with a 1st class degree in English Literature before earning an MSc in Modernist Literature in 2022. She is a staff writer and assistant editor for Podcast Review. Her work has been featured in publications including Extra Teeth, The Independent, Scottish Review, Barley Magazine, and The Dillydoun Review. She was awarded The Sloan Prize in 2021 and was shortlisted for the Scottish Book Trust's New Writers Award in 2023.
Qualifications
M.A. (English Literature): The University of Edinburgh, 2019.
M.Sc. (Modern Literature): The University of Edinburgh, 2022.
Responsibilities & affiliations
Peer reviewer, FORUM Postgraduate Journal, 2021.
Current research interests
Spatial production in the work of mid-century American poets.Past research interests
Metropolitan literature, cosmopolitan literature.Past project grants
Principle's Go Abroad Fund