Michael Alexander

MICHAEL ALEXANDER was Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of St Andrews, UK. He was a poet and translator and had international experience of teaching English literature, both medieval and modern. He is the author of the bestselling A History of English Literature , now in its third edition, and his translations of Beowulf and other Old English poems have sold a million copies. MICHAEL ALEXANDER is Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of St Andrews, UK. He is a...See more

MICHAEL ALEXANDER was Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of St Andrews, UK. He was a poet and translator and had international experience of teaching English literature, both medieval and modern. He is the author of the bestselling A History of English Literature , now in its third edition, and his translations of Beowulf and other Old English poems have sold a million copies. MICHAEL ALEXANDER is Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of St Andrews, UK. He is a poet and translator and has international experience of teaching English literature, both medieval and modern. He is the author of Palgrave's bestselling A History of English Literature, now in its third edition, and his Penguin translations of Beowulf and other Old English poems have sold a million copies. See less