Raymond L. Brett
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Raymond Laurence Brett was Professor of English at University of Hull
and a friend of Philip Larkin
. He produced an edition of Wordsworth
and Coleridge's
Lyrical Ballads
which went through two further editions. Some of his many other publications are listed below.
and University of Bristol
and in 1940 received a B.Litt from University College, Oxford
, from 1940 to 1946, he was a Lecturer in English at the University of Bristol, from 1946 to 1952 and G. F. Grant Professor of English, University of Hull, 1952–1982 and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hull from 1960 to 1962
He held a number of Visiting Professorships: University of Rochester
, USA, 1958–1959; Kiel University, University of Osnabrück
, 1977; University of Baroda
, Jadavpur University
, 1978; University of Ottawa
, 1981.
He received an Honorary Doctorate of Literature from the University of Hull in 1983.
and U.S.: Totowa, N.J., Rowman & Littlefield 1979, ISBN 0-8476-6187-3.
University of Hull
The University of Hull, known informally as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
and a friend of Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin
Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL is widely regarded as one of the great English poets of the latter half of the twentieth century...
. He produced an edition of Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads....
and Coleridge's
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, Romantic, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla...
Lyrical Ballads
Lyrical Ballads
Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798 and generally considered to have marked the beginning of the English Romantic movement in literature...
which went through two further editions. Some of his many other publications are listed below.
Education
He attended Bristol Cathedral SchoolBristol Cathedral School
Bristol Cathedral Choir School , until 2008 known as Bristol Cathedral School, is a non-selective musical Academy in Bristol, England. It is situated next to Bristol Cathedral, in the centre of the city. The choristers at Bristol Cathedral are educated at the school, which has a strong musical...
and University of Bristol
University of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
and in 1940 received a B.Litt from University College, Oxford
University College, Oxford
.University College , is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2009 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £110m...
Academic career
After working in the AdmiraltyAdmiralty
The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the Kingdom of England, and later in the United Kingdom, responsible for the command of the Royal Navy...
, from 1940 to 1946, he was a Lecturer in English at the University of Bristol, from 1946 to 1952 and G. F. Grant Professor of English, University of Hull, 1952–1982 and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hull from 1960 to 1962
He held a number of Visiting Professorships: University of Rochester
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The university has six schools and various interdisciplinary programs.The...
, USA, 1958–1959; Kiel University, University of Osnabrück
University of Osnabrück
The University of Osnabrück is a public university located in the city of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony, Germany.In 2010 it was attended by 9,298 students. In 2009, the staff of 1,570 consisted of 214 professors, 662 additional academic personnel and 694 non-academic personnel...
, 1977; University of Baroda
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, commonly referred as M. S. University , is a university in the city of Vadodara, in Gujarat state, India...
, Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University , is a premier educational and research institution in India.It is located in Kolkata, West Bengal and comprises two campuses - the main campus at Jadavpur and the new campus at Salt Lake...
, 1978; University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
, 1981.
He received an Honorary Doctorate of Literature from the University of Hull in 1983.
Publications
- Coleridge's Theory of Imagination, 1949.
- The third earl of ShaftesburyAnthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of ShaftesburyAnthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury was an English politician, philosopher and writer.-Biography:...
: a study in 18th century literary theory, London : Hutchinson, 1951.
- CrabbeGeorge CrabbeGeorge Crabbe was an English poet and naturalist.-Biography:He was born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, the son of a tax collector, and developed his love of poetry as a child. In 1768, he was apprenticed to a local doctor, who taught him little, and in 1771 he changed masters and moved to Woodbridge...
, London : Longman, 1956.
- Reason and imagination : a study of form and meaning in four poems : [Milton's "Lycidas"; Pope's "Essay on man"; Coleridge's "The rime of the ancient mariner"; Eliot's "Four quartets"], London : Oxford University Press for the University of Hull, 1960.
- William Wordsworth and S.T. Coleridge Lyrical ballads” edited by R.L. Brett, London : Methuen, 1963.
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- Lyrical ballads; Wordsworth and Coleridge : the text of the 1798 edition with the additional 1800 poems and the Prefaces, London : Routledge, 2nd edition, edited by R.L. Brett with Alun R. Jones 1988, ISBN 0415063884
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- Lyrical ballads; Wordsworth and Coleridge : the text of the 1798 edition with the additional 1800 poems and the Prefaces, London : Routledge, 1991.
- The English Mind, 1964.
- Poems of faith and doubt, the Victorian age, London : Arnold, 1965.
- Fancy & imagination : a study of Coleridge, London : Methuen, 1969.
- S.T. Coleridge , edited by R.L. Brett (Writers and their Background series), London : Bell, 1971.
- An introduction to English studies, London : Edward Arnold, 1965, new edition 1976.
- HazlittWilliam HazlittWilliam Hazlitt was an English writer, remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism, and as a grammarian and philosopher. He is now considered one of the great critics and essayists of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. Yet his work is...
, Harlow : Longman, 1977.
- Andrew MarvellAndrew MarvellAndrew Marvell was an English metaphysical poet, Parliamentarian, and the son of a Church of England clergyman . As a metaphysical poet, he is associated with John Donne and George Herbert...
: essays on the tercentenary of his death Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1979.
- “Saved from the flames” Times Saturday Review, 18 February 1978: Describes the Journals of Caroline FoxCaroline FoxCaroline Fox was an English diarist. She was the daughter of Robert Were Fox FRS of the influential Fox family of Falmouth, and was the younger sister of both Barclay Fox, also a diarist, and Anna Maria Fox....
. It was thought that after publication of a selection in 1881, all the manuscripts had been destroyed. This article notes the discovery of the first volume, covering 1832 to 1834, none of which was included in the published selection. A further selection from the journals was published in 1972 and Raymond Brett produced an edition of the journals of Barclay Fox, Caroline's brother in 1979 (See below).
and U.S.: Totowa, N.J., Rowman & Littlefield 1979, ISBN 0-8476-6187-3.
- http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TSaPtkTnjLMC&pg=PP11&lpg=PP11&dq=%22raymond+brett%22+hull&source=web&ots=SrckxJnuGW&sig=AQ5C8asEzHC5A0K9b_0sqGsHq-o&hl=en#PPA263,M1Faith and Doubt: religion and secularisation in literature from Wordsworth to Larkin , James Clarke (1997) ISBN 0-227-67941-5. Part of text only on Google Books but includes portrait. U.S. publication: Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 1997.]
- “Philip Larkin at Hull: A Psycho-Literary Sketch. A memoir of Philip Larkin” About Larkin 7, April 1999