Hello

My name is Deirdre Shepherd. I am one of the post-doctoral tutors in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. Originally from N. Ireland. I have a Shetland Sheepdog.

Biography

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Completed PhD at Edinburgh University in 2009. My thesis on Walter Scott and James Hogg investigated ideas of testimony in their writing.


Research

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Currently interested in

  • R.S.Surtees
    • Hunting novels
  • Walter Scott

Digital collection of Scott Material

  • Ulster Scots
    • Authors
      • Ulster Scots Language

References

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Platypus

Today

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  1. ^ Weather, Mavis. "Edinburgh Weather". BBC Weather. BBC. Retrieved 16 February 2015.