Emeritus Professor
Colin Gibson
MA (NZ) PhD (Otago)
| colin.gibson@otago.ac.nz | |
| Phone | 64 3 479 8356 |
| Fax | 64 3 479 8558 |
| Office | 1C9a First Floor Arts Building Albany Street Dunedin |
| English Department University of Otago PO Box 56 Dunedin New Zealand |
Expertise
Chaucer, Drama
Teaching
Research Areas
Research interests include Chaucer, Renaissance and later drama, New Zealand hymnology and the interchange between literature and the visual imagination. Has supervised a number of topics in drama, including comparative topics involving English, New Zealand and Malaysian playwriting. Publications include editions of Renaissance English dramatists, seventeenth-century poetry, and a large number of hymns and songs.
Publications
Books
'Six Renaissance Tragedies', Macmillan and St Martin's Press, in association with the Department of English, 1997
'Mapping the Landscape: Essays in Australian and New Zealand Christianity, A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Ian Breward' (with S. Emilsen and W. Emilsen), Peter Lang, 2000
Books (non-refereed)
'Songs for a Rainbow People', Hope Publishing, 1998
'Faith Forever Singing: New Zealand Hymns and Songs for a New Day' (Editorial Committee and Contributor), NZ Hymnbook Trust, 2000
Articles and entries
One entry in Southern People: A Dictionary of Otago and Southland Biography, ed. Jane Thomson, Longacre Press in associaiton with Dunedin City Council, 1998: 'Sir Robin Irvine', 247