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'''Professor John Haffenden''' is an academic in the field of [[Literature]] at the [[University of Sheffield]]. |
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'''John Haffenden''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSL|FBA}} (born 19 August 1945) is emeritus professor of [[English literature]] at the [[University of Sheffield]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Murdoch|first1=Iris|title=From a Tiny Corner in the House of Fiction: Conversations with Iris Murdoch|date=2003|publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press|isbn=9781570034992|page=124|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Fpr78xJ90IC&dq=John+Haffenden+professor&pg=PA124|accessdate=19 June 2015}}</ref> |
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==Education and positions held== |
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He was educated at [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]], [[Master's degree|M.A.]]), where he edited ''[[Icarus (magazine)|Icarus]]'', and [[Oxford University]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|DPhil]]). He has spent periods as a Fellow of the [[Yaddo Foundation]], New York; as a Visiting Scholar at [[St. John's College, Oxford]]; a Visiting Fellow Commoner of [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]; and a Visiting Fellow of [[Magdalen College, Oxford]]. |
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A graduate of [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]], 1st class, in English language and literature: Richard F. Littledale Prize), where he edited [[Icarus (magazine)|Icarus]], he was supervised for his doctorate at [[St Peter's College, Oxford]] by [[Richard Ellmann]]. He was for two years a lecturer in English and Liberal Studies, [[Oxford College of Further Education]], before teaching at the [[University of Exeter]], 1973–74. |
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A member of staff at the [[University of Sheffield]] since 1975, he was made reader in 1988 and promoted to a personal chair in 1994. He was visiting lecturer, [[Peking University]], Beijing, China, 1984; guest lecturer at the 50th Anniversary Conference of "Xinan Lienda" ([[National Southwest Associated University]]), Kunming, China, 1988. |
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He was a [[British Academy]] research reader, 1989–91; Leverhulme Research Fellow, 1995–96. |
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He has been a Fellow of the [[Yaddo]] Foundation, 1975; visiting fellow commoner, [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], 1995–96; visiting scholar, [[St John's College, Oxford]], 1997; visiting fellow, [[Magdalen College, Oxford]] 1998. |
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One of his first books was a biographical study of the American poet [[John Berryman]] (1982), written with financial support from the [[Arts Council of Great Britain]]. His edition of Berryman's poetry, ''Henry's Fate and Other Poems 1967-1972'' (1977), was chosen by the Association of American Publishers for exhibit at the [[Moscow]] International Book Fair in September 1979. |
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He is a member of the [[Society of Authors]]; a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Literature]]; Fellow of the [[English Association]]; Fellow of the [[British Academy]]; Hon Member of the T.S.Eliot Society of America; Hon Foreign Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]. |
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For several years he has been pursuing a major research interest in the life and work of the renowned poet and critic [[Sir William Empson]] — who was Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield from 1953 until his retirement in 1972. This work has included the editing of a number of posthumous collections of his writings. This series of publications includes: |
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Since 2009 he is senior research fellow of the [[Institute of English Studies]], School of Advanced Study, University of London; principal investigator of the T.S.Eliot Editorial Research Project, funded by the [[Arts and Humanities Research Council]], 2009–14; general editor of the Letters of T.S.Eliot. |
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*''Donne and the New Philosophy'' (1993) and ''The Drama'' (1994) - a two-volume edition of essays on [[Renaissance Literature]] |
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*''Berryman's Shakespeare'' (1999) |
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*''William Empson: Among the Mandarins'' (2005) - the first of a two-volume biography of the poet and critic. |
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*''Henry's Fate & Other Poems 1967–1972'', by [[John Berryman]]: edited with an Introduction (New York: [[Farrar, Straus & Giroux]], 1977; London: [[Faber & Faber]], 1978) |
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== Personal Life == |
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*''[[John Berryman]]: A Critical Commentary'' (London: [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]; New York: [[New York University Press]], 1980) |
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His daughter is Rachel Haffenden, who is a very naughty girl. |
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*''Viewpoints: Poets in Conversation'' (London: [[Faber & Faber]], 1981) |
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*''The Life of [[John Berryman]]'' (London and Boston: [[Routledge & Kegan Paul]], 1982) |
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*''[[W.H.Auden]]: The Critical Heritage'' (London and Boston: [[Routledge & Kegan Paul]], 1982) |
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*''Novelists in Interview'' (London and New York: [[Methuen Publishing|Methuen]], 1985) |
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*''The Royal Beasts and Other Works'', by [[William Empson]]; edited with an Introduction (London: [[Chatto & Windus]], 1987; Iowa University Press, 1988) |
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*''Essays on Renaissance Literature, Vol 1: "Donne and the New Philosophy'', by [[William Empson]]; edited with an Introduction ([[Cambridge University Press]], 1993) |
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*''Essays on Renaissance Literature, Vol 2: The Drama'', by [[William Empson]]; edited with an Introduction ([[Cambridge University Press]], 1993) |
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*''[[John Berryman|Berryman]]'s Shakespeare''; edited with an Introduction (New York: [[Farrar, Straus & Giroux]], 1999; London: Tauris, 2000) |
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| ⚫ | *''The Complete Poems of [[William Empson]]''; edited with an Introduction (London: Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 2000; Tallahassee, Florida: University of Florida Press, 2000). Chosen by [[Sir Frank Kermode]] as one of the 'International Books of the Year', [[Times Literary Supplement]], 1 December 2000; by David Sexton as 'Book of the Year', [[Evening Standard]] (London) December 2000 |
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*''[[William Empson]]: Among the Mandarins'' (Oxford: [[Oxford University Press]], 2005). Winner of the [[American Publishers Association]] Award for Biography and Autobiography, 2005 |
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General Editor: |
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According to critic and journalist Kevin Jackson: |
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*''Letters of [[T.S. Eliot]]'': Vol 1: ''1898–1922'' Revised edition. (Faber, 2009) |
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*''Letters of T.S. Eliot'': Vol 2: ''1923–1925'' (Faber, 2009) |
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Editor (with Valerie Eliot): |
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*''Letters of T.S. Eliot'': Vol 3: ''1926–1927'' (Faber, 2012) |
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*''Letters of T.S. Eliot'': Vol 4: ''1929–1929'' (Faber, 2013) |
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*''Letters of T.S. Eliot'': Vol 5: ''1930–1931'' (Faber, 2014) |
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*''Letters of T.S. Eliot'': Vol 6: ''1932-1933'' (Faber, 2016) |
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*''Letters of T.S. Eliot'': Vol 7: ''1934-1935'' (Faber, 2017) |
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==References== |
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"William Empson (1906-1984) was one of the two or three greatest literary critics of the twentieth century, a fine and uncommonly influential poet, and a remarkably original philosopher, linguist and polymath, whose spryly-carried range of learning encompassed mathematics, anthropology, physics and Buddhist art. He was also a magnificent English eccentric, whose rackety progress from Cambridge to Japan and China was crammed with amorous scandals, bohemian revelries, sober heroism and low farce. All these aspects of the great man received generous, judicious and eloquent attention in John Haffenden's superb biography William Empson: Volume I: Among the Mandarins."{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.shef.ac.uk/english/staff/profiles/johnhaffenden.html Staff profile at the University of Sheffield] |
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Latest revision as of 18:06, 6 May 2022
John Haffenden FRSL FBA (born 19 August 1945) is emeritus professor of English literature at the University of Sheffield.[1]
Education and positions held
[edit] | This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (June 2015) |
A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin (B.A., 1st class, in English language and literature: Richard F. Littledale Prize), where he edited Icarus, he was supervised for his doctorate at St Peter's College, Oxford by Richard Ellmann. He was for two years a lecturer in English and Liberal Studies, Oxford College of Further Education, before teaching at the University of Exeter, 1973–74.
A member of staff at the University of Sheffield since 1975, he was made reader in 1988 and promoted to a personal chair in 1994. He was visiting lecturer, Peking University, Beijing, China, 1984; guest lecturer at the 50th Anniversary Conference of "Xinan Lienda" (National Southwest Associated University), Kunming, China, 1988.
He was a British Academy research reader, 1989–91; Leverhulme Research Fellow, 1995–96.
He has been a Fellow of the Yaddo Foundation, 1975; visiting fellow commoner, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1995–96; visiting scholar, St John's College, Oxford, 1997; visiting fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford 1998.
He is a member of the Society of Authors; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature; Fellow of the English Association; Fellow of the British Academy; Hon Member of the T.S.Eliot Society of America; Hon Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Since 2009 he is senior research fellow of the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London; principal investigator of the T.S.Eliot Editorial Research Project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, 2009–14; general editor of the Letters of T.S.Eliot.
Publications
[edit]- Henry's Fate & Other Poems 1967–1972, by John Berryman: edited with an Introduction (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1977; London: Faber & Faber, 1978)
- John Berryman: A Critical Commentary (London: Macmillan; New York: New York University Press, 1980)
- Viewpoints: Poets in Conversation (London: Faber & Faber, 1981)
- The Life of John Berryman (London and Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982)
- W.H.Auden: The Critical Heritage (London and Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982)
- Novelists in Interview (London and New York: Methuen, 1985)
- The Royal Beasts and Other Works, by William Empson; edited with an Introduction (London: Chatto & Windus, 1987; Iowa University Press, 1988)
- Argufying: Essays on Literature and Culture, by William Empson; edited with an Introduction (London: Chatto & Windus, 1987; Iowa University Press, 1988). Chosen by Sir Isaiah Berlin as one of the books of the year 1987 in the Sunday Times
- Essays on Renaissance Literature, Vol 1: "Donne and the New Philosophy, by William Empson; edited with an Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 1993)
- Essays on Renaissance Literature, Vol 2: The Drama, by William Empson; edited with an Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 1993)
- The Strengths of Shakespeare's Shrew: Essays, Memoirs and Interviews, by William Empson; edited with an Introduction (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996)
- Berryman's Shakespeare; edited with an Introduction (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999; London: Tauris, 2000)
- The Complete Poems of William Empson; edited with an Introduction (London: Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 2000; Tallahassee, Florida: University of Florida Press, 2000). Chosen by Sir Frank Kermode as one of the 'International Books of the Year', Times Literary Supplement, 1 December 2000; by David Sexton as 'Book of the Year', Evening Standard (London) December 2000
- William Empson: Among the Mandarins (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005). Winner of the American Publishers Association Award for Biography and Autobiography, 2005
- William Empson: Against the Christians (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006)
- Selected Letters of William Empson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006)
General Editor:
- Letters of T.S. Eliot: Vol 1: 1898–1922 Revised edition. (Faber, 2009)
- Letters of T.S. Eliot: Vol 2: 1923–1925 (Faber, 2009)
Editor (with Valerie Eliot):
- Letters of T.S. Eliot: Vol 3: 1926–1927 (Faber, 2012)
- Letters of T.S. Eliot: Vol 4: 1929–1929 (Faber, 2013)
- Letters of T.S. Eliot: Vol 5: 1930–1931 (Faber, 2014)
- Letters of T.S. Eliot: Vol 6: 1932-1933 (Faber, 2016)
- Letters of T.S. Eliot: Vol 7: 1934-1935 (Faber, 2017)
References
[edit]- ^ Murdoch, Iris (2003). From a Tiny Corner in the House of Fiction: Conversations with Iris Murdoch. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 124. ISBN 9781570034992. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
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- English male non-fiction writers
- Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford
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