Brian Cummings (literary scholar)

Brian Cummings, is Anniversary Professor in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York. He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 2016.

Selected publications

 * Mortal Thoughts: Religion, Secularity and Identity in Shakespeare and Early Modern Culture (Oxford University Press, 2013).
 * The Book of Common Prayer: The Texts of 1549, 1559, and 1662 (Oxford University Press, 2011; Oxford World's Classics edition 2013): Runner-Up, Atlantic Book of the Year 2012.
 * The Literary Culture of the Reformation: Grammar and Grace (Oxford University Press, 2002; paperback 2007): Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year for 2003.