Research Bio

Eric Falci is a professor in the Department of English. He is the author of three books: Continuity and Change in Irish Poetry, 1966-2010 (2012); The Cambridge Introduction to British Poetry, 1945-2010 (2015); and The Value of Poetry (2020), as well as a number of essays on Irish and British poetry. With Paige Reynolds, he co-edited Irish Literature in Transition, 1980-2020 (2022). He is the series editor of Cambridge Elements in Poetry and Poetics, and the editor of the Cambridge History of Irish Poetry, scheduled to be published in 2026. He is also the author of a book of poetry, Late Along the Edgelands (2019). His research focus concerns the problem of form in twentieth and twenty-first century poetry. He teaches classes on modern Irish and British literature, and poetry.

Research Expertise and Interest

20th century Irish and British literature, contemporary Irish and British poetry, poetry and poetics