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A. Norman Jeffares

March 19, 2024

Alexander Norman "Derry" Jeffares AM (/ˈdʒɛfəz/, 11 August 1920 – 1 June 2005) was an Irish literary scholar.

Early life and education edit

 
Works by Norman Jeffares

Jeffares was born in Dublin, educated at Dublin High School, Trinity College Dublin (where he was elected a Scholar in classics in 1941),[1] and Oriel College, Oxford.

Academic career edit

Jeffares took up his first academic appointment at the Department of English at the University of Groningen in 1947[2] and then moved to the University of Edinburgh in 1948. In 1951, at the very early age of 30, he was appointed to the Jury Chair of English at the University of Adelaide where he stayed until taking up the Chair of English at the University of Leeds in 1957. Finally, he moved to the University of Stirling in 1974. He retired as Emeritus Professor of English in 1985.

A specialist interest throughout his career was the life and works of W. B. Yeats, a subject upon which he was considered a leading authority.

While at Leeds, he was a founder of The Journal of Commonwealth Literature.[3]

He was the founder of the York Notes series of revision guides, which are still widely used by GCSE and A-Level students.

Honours edit

In 1978 he was made an honorary fellow of Trinity College Dublin.[4] On Australia Day 1988, Jeffares was appointed an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia, "for service to the study of Australian literature overseas".[5]

In 2013, an edition of the Yeats Annual was dedicated to him.[6]

Selected list of works edit

as Author edit

  • Trinity College Dublin: Thirty-Four Drawings and Descriptions, Dublin: Alex, Thom & Co., 1944.
  • W. B. Yeats: Man and Poet, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1949.
  • The Scientific Background: A Prose Anthology, London: Pitman, 1958. (with M. Bryn Davies)
  • Oliver Goldsmith, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1959. (The British Council, Writers and Their Work no. 107)
  • The Poetry of W. B. Yeats, London: Edward Arnold, 1961. (Studies in English Literature no. 4)
  • George Moore, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1965. (The British Council, Writers and Their Work no. 180)
  • Congreve: Incognita and the Way of the World, London: Edward Arnold, 1966. (Arnold's English Texts)
  • Swift, London: Macmillan, 1968. (Modern Judgements series)
  • A Commentary on the Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats, London: Macmillan, 1968.
  • The Circus Animals. Essays: Mainly Anglo-Irish, London: Macmillan, 1970.
  • W. B. Yeats: Profiles in Literature, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971. (Profiles in Literature series)
  • A Commentary on the Collected Plays of W. B. Yeats, London: Macmillan, 1975. (with A. S. Knowland)
  • Jonathan Swift, London: Longman, 1976. (The British Council, Writers and Their Work no. 248)
  • Anglo-Irish Literature, London: Macmillan, 1982. (Macmillan History of Literature)
  • W. B. Yeats. A New Biography, London: Hutchinson, 1988.
  • A Pocket History of Irish Literature, Dublin: O'Brien Press, 1997.
  • The Irish Literary Movement, London: National Portrait Gallery, 1998. (Character Sketches series)

as Editor edit

  • Cowper: Selected Poems and Letters, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1963.
  • In Excited Reverie: A Centenary Tribute to William Butler Yeats 1865-1939, London: Macmillan, 1965. (with K. G. W. Cross)
  • Fair Liberty Was All His Cry: A Tercentenary Tribute to Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745, London: Macmillan, 1967.
  • Scott's Mind and Art, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1969. (Essays Old and New series)
  • Restoration Comedy, The Folio Press/Rowman & Littlefield, 1974. (in 4 volumes)
  • W. B. Yeats: The Critical Heritage, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977. (Critical Heritage series)
  • Yeats, Sligo and Ireland, Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1980. (Irish Literary Studies no. 6)
  • Poems of W. B. Yeats. A New Selection, London: Macmillan, 1984.
  • An Irish Childhood: An Anthology, London: HarperCollins, 1987. (with Antony Kamm)
  • A Jewish Childhood, London: Boxtree, 1988. (with Antony Kamm)
  • Yeats the European, Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1989. (Princess Grace Irish Library series)
  • The Gonne-Yeats Letters 1893-1938: Always Your Friend, London: Hutchinson, 1992. (with Anna MacBride White)
  • Jonathan Swift: The Selected Poems, London: Kyle Cathie, 1992.
  • Collins Dictionary of Quotations, London: HarperCollins, 1995. (with Martin Gray)
  • The Secret Rose: Love Poems by W. B. Yeats, New York: Roberts Rinehart, 2001.
  • The Poems and Plays of Oliver St John Grogaty, Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 2001.
  • Irish Literature: The Eighteenth Century. An Annotated Anthology, Irish Academic Press, 2005. (with Peter Van De Kamp)
  • Irish Literature: The Nineteenth Century. An Annotated Anthology, Irish Academic Press, 2005-2007. (in 3 volumes; with P. Van De Kamp)

References edit

  1. ^ "List of Scholars". Scholars of Trinity College Dublin. TCD Life. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ History of the Department of English at the University of Groningen
  3. ^ Low, Gail (1 September 2015). "Professing the common wealth of literature, Leeds 1957–1969". The Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 50 (3): 267–281. doi:10.1177/0021989415589356. ISSN 0021-9894. S2CID 146529563. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  4. ^ Webb, D.A. (1992). J.R., Barlett (ed.). Trinity College Dublin Record Volume 1991. Dublin: Trinity College Dublin Press. ISBN 1-871408-07-5.
  5. ^ "It's an Honour - Honours - Search Australian Honours". www.itsanhonour.gov.au.
  6. ^ Gould, Warwick, ed. The Living Stream: Essays in memory of A. Norman Jeffares. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2013. http://books.openedition.org/obp/1698

Further reading edit

  • Mc Cormack, W. J. (4 June 2005). "Obituaries - Professor A. Norman Jeffares". The Independent. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  • Maume, Patrick (12 July 2010). "dib.ie - Jeffares, Alexander Norman". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  • Newman, Christine (4 June 2005). "Norman Jeffares dies aged 84". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  • Sutherland, John (14 June 2005). "Obituary - A Norman Jeffares". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

External links edit

  • timesonline.co.uk

March 19, 2024
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Alexander Norman Derry Jeffares AM ˈdʒɛfez 11 August 1920 1 June 2005 was an Irish literary scholar Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Academic career 3 Honours 4 Selected list of works 4 1 as Author 4 2 as Editor 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksEarly life and education edit nbsp Works by Norman JeffaresJeffares was born in Dublin educated at Dublin High School Trinity College Dublin where he was elected a Scholar in classics in 1941 1 and Oriel College Oxford Academic career editJeffares took up his first academic appointment at the Department of English at the University of Groningen in 1947 2 and then moved to the University of Edinburgh in 1948 In 1951 at the very early age of 30 he was appointed to the Jury Chair of English at the University of Adelaide where he stayed until taking up the Chair of English at the University of Leeds in 1957 Finally he moved to the University of Stirling in 1974 He retired as Emeritus Professor of English in 1985 A specialist interest throughout his career was the life and works of W B Yeats a subject upon which he was considered a leading authority While at Leeds he was a founder of The Journal of Commonwealth Literature 3 He was the founder of the York Notes series of revision guides which are still widely used by GCSE and A Level students Honours editIn 1978 he was made an honorary fellow of Trinity College Dublin 4 On Australia Day 1988 Jeffares was appointed an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia for service to the study of Australian literature overseas 5 In 2013 an edition of the Yeats Annual was dedicated to him 6 Selected list of works editas Author edit Trinity College Dublin Thirty Four Drawings and Descriptions Dublin Alex Thom amp Co 1944 W B Yeats Man and Poet London Routledge amp Kegan Paul 1949 The Scientific Background A Prose Anthology London Pitman 1958 with M Bryn Davies Oliver Goldsmith London Longmans Green amp Co 1959 The British Council Writers and Their Work no 107 The Poetry of W B Yeats London Edward Arnold 1961 Studies in English Literature no 4 George Moore London Longmans Green amp Co 1965 The British Council Writers and Their Work no 180 Congreve Incognita and the Way of the World London Edward Arnold 1966 Arnold s English Texts Swift London Macmillan 1968 Modern Judgements series A Commentary on the Collected Poems of W B Yeats London Macmillan 1968 The Circus Animals Essays Mainly Anglo Irish London Macmillan 1970 W B Yeats Profiles in Literature London Routledge amp Kegan Paul 1971 Profiles in Literature series A Commentary on the Collected Plays of W B Yeats London Macmillan 1975 with A S Knowland Jonathan Swift London Longman 1976 The British Council Writers and Their Work no 248 Anglo Irish Literature London Macmillan 1982 Macmillan History of Literature W B Yeats A New Biography London Hutchinson 1988 A Pocket History of Irish Literature Dublin O Brien Press 1997 The Irish Literary Movement London National Portrait Gallery 1998 Character Sketches series as Editor edit Cowper Selected Poems and Letters Oxford Oxford University Press 1963 In Excited Reverie A Centenary Tribute to William Butler Yeats 1865 1939 London Macmillan 1965 with K G W Cross Fair Liberty Was All His Cry A Tercentenary Tribute to Jonathan Swift 1667 1745 London Macmillan 1967 Scott s Mind and Art Edinburgh Oliver amp Boyd 1969 Essays Old and New series Restoration Comedy The Folio Press Rowman amp Littlefield 1974 in 4 volumes W B Yeats The Critical Heritage London Routledge amp Kegan Paul 1977 Critical Heritage series Yeats Sligo and Ireland Gerrards Cross Colin Smythe 1980 Irish Literary Studies no 6 Poems of W B Yeats A New Selection London Macmillan 1984 An Irish Childhood An Anthology London HarperCollins 1987 with Antony Kamm A Jewish Childhood London Boxtree 1988 with Antony Kamm Yeats the European Gerrards Cross Colin Smythe 1989 Princess Grace Irish Library series The Gonne Yeats Letters 1893 1938 Always Your Friend London Hutchinson 1992 with Anna MacBride White Jonathan Swift The Selected Poems London Kyle Cathie 1992 Collins Dictionary of Quotations London HarperCollins 1995 with Martin Gray The Secret Rose Love Poems by W B Yeats New York Roberts Rinehart 2001 The Poems and Plays of Oliver St John Grogaty Gerrards Cross Colin Smythe 2001 Irish Literature The Eighteenth Century An Annotated Anthology Irish Academic Press 2005 with Peter Van De Kamp Irish Literature The Nineteenth Century An Annotated Anthology Irish Academic Press 2005 2007 in 3 volumes with P Van De Kamp References edit List of Scholars Scholars of Trinity College Dublin TCD Life Retrieved 18 January 2022 History of the Department of English at the University of Groningen Low Gail 1 September 2015 Professing the common wealth of literature Leeds 1957 1969 The Journal of Commonwealth Literature 50 3 267 281 doi 10 1177 0021989415589356 ISSN 0021 9894 S2CID 146529563 Retrieved 12 July 2022 Webb D A 1992 J R Barlett ed Trinity College Dublin Record Volume 1991 Dublin Trinity College Dublin Press ISBN 1 871408 07 5 It s an Honour Honours Search Australian Honours www itsanhonour gov au Gould Warwick ed The Living Stream Essays in memory of A Norman Jeffares Cambridge Open Book Publishers 2013 http books openedition org obp 1698Further reading editMc Cormack W J 4 June 2005 Obituaries Professor A Norman Jeffares The Independent Retrieved 18 September 2023 Maume Patrick 12 July 2010 dib ie Jeffares Alexander Norman Dictionary of Irish Biography Retrieved 23 February 2024 Newman Christine 4 June 2005 Norman Jeffares dies aged 84 The Irish Times Retrieved 18 September 2023 Sutherland John 14 June 2005 Obituary A Norman Jeffares The Guardian Retrieved 18 September 2023 External links edittimesonline co uk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Norman Jeffares amp oldid 1209832238, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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