Staff profile

David Craig’s research interests focus on the political culture and intellectual history of Britain since 1750. His work on the intellectual aftermath of the French Revolution has resulted in Robert Southey and Romantic Apostasy, and he has also published on aspects of the history of republicanism, the monarchy and national character. He is currently working on the evolution and use of the language of 'liberalism' from the late-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century and is also interested in ideas of 'civilisation' and 'development' in this period. An additional research interest concerns the scope and nature of 'political history' as a form of enquiry.

• Ideas of 'civilisation'
• Politcal thought and intellectual history
• History of liberalism
• Political culture in nineteenth-century Britain

Authored book

• Robert Southey and Romantic Apostasy. Political Argument in Britain, 1780-1840
  
  Craig, D. (2007). Robert Southey and Romantic Apostasy. Political Argument in Britain, 1780-1840. Boydell & Brewer.

Book review

• Strange Modernity?
  
  Craig, D. (2016). Strange Modernity?. Journal of Victorian Culture, 21(2), 256-260. https://doi.org/10.1080/13555502.2016.1170426

Chapter in book

• Political Ideas and Languages
  
  Craig, D. (2018). Political Ideas and Languages. In D. Brown, R. Crowcroft, & G. Pentland (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Modern British Political History, 1800-2000. Oxford University Press.
• Political Ideas and 'Real' Politics
  
  Craig, D. (2016). Political Ideas and ’Real’ Politics. In N. Turnbull (Ed.), Interpreting governance, high politics, and public policy : essays commemorating Interpreting British governance. (pp. 97-114). Routledge.
• Introduction
  
  Craig, D., & Thompson, J. (2013). Introduction. In D. Craig & J. Thompson (Eds.), Languages of politics in nineteenth-century Britain. (pp. 1-20). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137312891_1
• Statesmanship
  
  Craig, D. (2013). Statesmanship. In D. Craig & J. Thompson (Eds.), Languages of politics in nineteenth-century Britain. (pp. 44-68). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137312891_3
• Burke and the constitution
  
  Craig, D. (2012). Burke and the constitution. In D. Dwan & C. J. Insole (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Edmund Burke. (pp. 104-116). Cambridge University Press.
• Bagehot's republicanism
  
  Craig, D. (2007). Bagehot’s republicanism. In A. Olechnowicz (Ed.), The monarchy and the British nation, 1780 to the present. (pp. 139-162). Cambridge University Press.
• Subservient Talents? Robert Southey as a Public Moralist
  
  Craig, D. (2006). Subservient Talents? Robert Southey as a Public Moralist. In L. Pratt (Ed.), Robert Southey and the contexts of English romanticism. (pp. 101-114). Ashgate Publishing.

Edited book

• Languages of Politics in Nineteenth-Century Britain
  
  Craig, D., & Thompson, J. (Eds.). (2013). Languages of Politics in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Palgrave.

Journal Article

• Republicanism versus Liberalism: Towards a Pre-History
  
  Craig, D. (2022). Republicanism versus Liberalism: Towards a Pre-History. Intellectual History Review, 33(1), 101-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496977.2022.2148324
• Tories and the Language of 'Liberalism' in the 1820s
  
  Craig, D. (2020). Tories and the Language of ’Liberalism’ in the 1820s. English Historical Review, 135(576), 1195-1228. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceaa250
• The Language of Liberality in Britain, c.1760-c.1815
  
  Craig, D. (2019). The Language of Liberality in Britain, c.1760-c.1815. Modern Intellectual History, 16(3), 771-801. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1479244317000610
• The origins of ‘liberalism’ in Britain: the case of The Liberal
  
  Craig, D. (2012). The origins of ‘liberalism’ in Britain: the case of The Liberal. Historical Research, 85(229), 469-487. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2012.00601.x
• Advanced conservative liberalism: party and principle in Trollope's parliamentary novels
  
  Craig, D. (2010). Advanced conservative liberalism: party and principle in Trollope’s parliamentary novels. Victorian Literature and Culture, 38(2), 355-371. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1060150310000033
• High politics' and the 'new political history
  
  Craig, D. (2010). High politics’ and the ’new political history. Historical Journal, 53(2), 453-475. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0018246x10000129
• The crowned republic? Monarchy and anti-monarchy in Britain, 1760-1901
  
  Craig, D. (2003). The crowned republic? Monarchy and anti-monarchy in Britain, 1760-1901. Historical Journal, 46(1), 167-185. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0018246x02002893
• Democracy and 'national character'
  
  Craig, D. (2003). Democracy and ’national character’. History of European Ideas, 29, 493-501.
• 'Queer lodgings': gender and sexuality in The Lord of the Rings
  
  Craig, D. (2001). ’Queer lodgings’: gender and sexuality in The Lord of the Rings. Mallorn: The Journal of the Tolkien Society, 38, 11-18.