Alexander J. Cuthbert
Alexander J. Cuthbert
Alexander J. Cuthbert is originally from Cellardyke and studied electronics and computing at college in Kirkcaldy and Paisley before beginning a career in Special Education in 1994. In addition to co-ordinating youth clubs for teenagers with additional support needs, Alexander is also a tutor with the University’s IT Training for Students Service.
Graduating from the University of Glasgow in 2005 with joint honours in English Literature and Scottish Literature, in 2006 he completed an MPhil (by research) entitled ‘Humanism and Reformation: The Confluence of European Thought in the Regicentric Poetry of David Lyndsay’. His PhD thesis is entitled ‘Voicing the Age: The Representation of Time in the Poetry of Edwin Muir and David Lyndsay’.
A regular performer at Words and Music, Glasgow’s longest-running performance poetry night, Alexander has had numerous poems published in a variety of publications, including New Writing Scotland, Poetry Salzburg Review and Fire.
Some Recent Conference Papers:
'I am sent to yow as messingeir: David Lyndsay, Civic Humanist and Prophet of the Reformation'. Contemporary Reflections on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, GCMRS Graduate Symposium, University of Glasgow, 2 June 2006
'The Surreal Zeitgeist and the Early Poetry of Edwin Muir'. Moving Forward, College of Arts & Social Sciences Postgraduate Conference, University of Aberdeen, 29 June 2006
'European Surrealism and the Poetry of Edwin Muir'. Incorporation in Literature, University of Edinburgh Graduate Conference, 8th July 2006
'A Child in Adam's Field: Visions of Spacetime in the Poetry of Edwin Muir'. Visions Postgraduate Conference, Crichton Campus, University of Glasgow, June 1st 2007
Forthcoming Papers and Publications:
‘Wer I ane poeit’: Explicit Modesty and the Christian Muse in Lyndsay’s Ane Dialog Betwix Experience and Ane Courteour. Twelfth International Triennial Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language and Literature, University of Edinburgh, 30 June – 4 July 2008
‘Year’s Publications for 2007’, Scottish Studies Review, Vol. 9, No.2, ASLS (Spring 2008)