Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research overview
Modern literature and ideas, particularly in relation to the changing scientific, philosophic, religious and cultural context of the period 1870-1945. He is the author of critical studies in French and English of the poet and thinker Paul Valiry, has edited collections of essays on the problems of personal identity (self and subject) and collective identity, and written books on the problems of love and desire in twentieth-century French writing
Future research
Notions of Love and desire in Thought and Literature. European Identities and their decoding. Genetic study of Paul Valery's 'La Jeune Parque'
Academic/Professional Qualification
MA, University of Cambridge; Dr de 3e Cycle, University of Toulouse; Dr d'Etat es Lettres, University of Toulouse; Licence de Lettres Modernes, Toulouse
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La création en acte. Devenir de la critique génétique
Gifford, P. P. D. & Schmid, M., 2007, Rodopi. 309 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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La fulgurance de 1913 et "l'embryon fécondé" de la Jeune Parque
Gifford, P. P. D., 2006, Paul Valery 11, "La Jeune Parque", des brouillons au poeme, nouvelles lectures genetiques. Haffner, F., Hontebeyrie, M. & Pickering, R. (eds.). Lettres Modernes Minard, p. 75-98Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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'Ce poeme que je n'ai pas pu faire'. L'hermeneutique d'une emergence, 1910-1913
Gifford, P. P. D., 2005, Les Cahiers 1894-1914 de Paul Valery en edition integrale. Historique, enjeux, avenir. Centre de Recheche sur les lettres modernes et contemporaines, Clermont-Ferrand, p. 97-112Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Love , Desire and Transcendence in French Literature: Deciphering Eros
Gifford, P. P. D., 2005, Ashgate. 345 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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The birth of modern criticism: Literature according to Eliot and Valery
Gifford, P., Jul 2004, In: Modern Language Review. 99, p. 856-857 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Europe and its others Essays: Europe and its others Essays on Interperceptions and Identity
Gifford, P. P. D. (PI) & Milne, L. C. (CoI)
30/06/09 → 31/07/10
Project: Standard
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CARNEGIE PUBLICATION - LOVE DESIRE AND: Publication - 'Love, Desire and Transcendence in French Literature'
Gifford, P. P. D. (PI)
1/07/05 → 31/12/05
Project: Standard
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CARNEGIE - BOOK PUBLICATION GENESE: Publication - 'Genese, intertexte, creation
Gifford, P. P. D. (PI)
1/07/05 → 31/07/07
Project: Standard
Activities
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'Europe and its Others; interperceptions past, present future'.IECIS conference, St Andrews, 6-8 July, 2007. Organising Committee member, Plenary session Chair.
Gifford, P. P. D. (Organiser)
2007 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a conference
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UK Correspondant, Fonds/ Comite editorial Paul Ricoeur (External organisation)
Gifford, P. P. D. (Participant)
2006 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of research network
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External Eaximaner, PhD Cambridge: Thomas Genrich, Cosmopolitainism
Gifford, P. P. D. (External examiner)
2005 → …Activity: Examination types › External examination
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'Violence, Culture and Indentity', St Andrews, July, 2004. Plenary Session Chair
Gifford, P. P. D. (Invited speaker)
2004 → …Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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'Violence, Culture and Identity'. IECIS Conference, St Andrews, July 2004. Organising Committee member, Chair, Concluding Plenary Session.
Gifford, P. P. D. (Organiser)
2004 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a conference