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Jeremy Maule

December 12, 2023

Jeremy Frank Maule (11 August 1952, Wuppertal, Germany – 25 November 1998, Cambridge) was a British scholar specialising in English literature and the history of the English language. He had an especial interest in seventeenth-century poetry and in manuscripts from this period.

He was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, where he sang as a chorister at the funeral of Winston Churchill in 1965, and at The King's School, Canterbury.[1] He went from there to read History at Christ Church, Oxford, taking the best First in his year at Finals. (John Milbank was, on his own account, a less successful contemporary.) An account of Maule's time as an undergraduate recalls him as a man,

who, even at 19, had seemed extraordinary, best read of anyone I've ever met, stuffed with obscure nuggets of literary and historical quotations, out of time in 1970s Oxford, in a tweed Norfolk jacket into which his mother had sown a plethora of always full book pockets.... leaning out of a train window after my 21st birthday party calling "don't forget to feed the parrot" (it was some time before I tracked this apparent non-sequitur down to Cold Comfort Farm), impossible to keep up with as he strode across any quad, retracing Stevenson's journey across the Cevennes (though without a donkey), writing a mock epic in rhyming heroic couplets about a holiday I took in Greece with a friend...[2]

Maule went on to work for seven years as a researcher in the House of Lords library (his acquaintance Philip Hensher later held a similar position). But his love of English literature caused Maule to return to academia via a part-time degree in medieval studies at Birkbeck College and an Oxford doctorate that was never completed to temporary teaching posts at Oxford colleges. A protégé of Anne Barton, he was appointed in 1986 to a permanent Fellowship at her college in Cambridge, Trinity, where he taught for the remainder of his life. A don of the old school, he was resident in college and readily embraced the responsibility of teaching by tutorial, being more concerned with inspiring those he taught and supervised than with producing publications of his own. Most of his published scholarship accordingly appeared posthumously, edited by his colleagues and students.

Nonetheless, during his lifetime Maule was the editor, with his colleague Adrian Poole, of the Oxford Book of Classical Verse in Translation (1995). Following his early death a bequest from Maule's will also helped bring to fruition a project he had long cherished:[3] the creation of Renaissance Texts from Manuscript (RTM), a scholarly press for the publication of unprinted sixteenth- and seventeenth-century manuscripts. Four volumes appeared, under the general editorship of Marie Axton, on subjects as diverse as dance,[4] female (auto)biography,[5] and rhetoric,[6] reflecting Maule's own multifarious interests and exacting qualities as an editor.[7]

As this suggests, Maule had a particular interest in manuscript research–latterly he taught post-medieval palaeography to graduate literature students in Cambridge–and himself made a number of significant discoveries. The most important of these was his identification in 1997 of an unknown manuscript treatise by Thomas Traherne entitled 'The Kingdom of God' in Lambeth Palace Library.[8][9][10] He also brought to light unknown records bearing upon on the early biography of John Milton,[11] a poem by John Ford,[12] and two manuscripts of Elizabeth Cary's play Edward II.[13] At his death he was engaged in producing editions of the poetry of Mildmay Fane, second earl of Westmorland,[14] and also Andrew Marvell's Mr. Smirke; Or, the Divine in Mode.[15] He became increasingly interested in women's writing of the seventeenth-century and was the co-convenor of the Trinity/Trent Colloquium in the field.[16]

Maule had a huge circle of friends across the world, most of them scholars, offering them hospitality during visits to Cambridge in tacit exchange for scholarly conversation (what he called 'the higher gossip') .[17] He sported a full beard (and, in later life, piercings), which he deployed conversationally. His next-door colleague at St John's College, Cambridge, John Kerrigan, described him as a 'convivial but private, institutionally committed but elusive' man.[18]

Maule succumbed to complications arising from HIV infection. His funeral and memorial service were held in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, with many of those he taught taking part in the ceremonies. Maule is buried in the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.

His students included Philip West (Somerville College, Oxford), Heather Wolfe (Folger Shakespeare Library), and Andrew Zurcher (Queens' College, Cambridge).

Publications edit

  • (ed. with Adrian Poole) The Oxford Book of Classical Verse in Translation (Oxford University Press, 1995)
  • 'Thomas Carew's Epitaph for Maria Wentworth at Toddington, Bedfordshire', Church Monuments: Journal of the Church Monuments Society, 14 (1999), pp. 74 ff.
  • 'To the memory of the late excellent Poet John Fletcher': A New Poem by John Ford', English Manuscript Studies, 1100–1700 (2000), pp. 136 ff.
  • 'What did Morley Give when he Gave a “Plutarch” Life?', in Triumphs of English: Henry Parker, Lord Morley, translator to the Tudor court. New essays in interpretation, ed. Marie Axton and James Carley (British Library, 2000), pp. 107–30.
  • 'Donne and the Words of the Law', in John Donne's Professional Lives, ed. David Colclough (D. S. Brewer, 2003), pp. 19–36.

References edit

  1. ^ Adrian Poole (2 December 1998). "Obituary: Jeremy Maule – Arts & Entertainment". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  2. ^ Bowden, Mary. "Treherne and Jeremy Maule". A raid on the inarticulate. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ Johnson, Anthony W. (2012). "Laudianism and Literary Communication: The case of John Boys' Fasti Cantuarenses". In Sell, Roger D. (ed.). Literary Community-Making: The Dialogicality of English Texts from the Seventeenth Century to the Present. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. p. 38. ISBN 978-9027210319.
  4. ^ Montagut, B. de (2000). Louange de la danse. RTM. ISBN 1903092027.
  5. ^ Wolfe, Heather, ed. (2001). Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland: Life and Letters. RTM. ISBN 1903092035.
  6. ^ Swynnerton, Thomas (2000). A Reformation Rhetoric. RTM. ISBN 1903092000.
  7. ^ Swynnerton, Thomas (1999). Rex, Richard (ed.). A Reformation Rhetoric. Cambridge: RTM. p. viii.
  8. ^ Inge, Denise; MacFarlane, Calum Donald (2 June 2000). "Seeds of Eternity: A New Traherne Manuscript". The Times Literary Supplement: 14.
  9. ^ Ezard, John (15 October 2002). "Mystic's 350-year-old treatise to be published". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  10. ^ Dodd, Elizabeth S. (2015). Boundless Innocence in Thomas Traherne's Poetic Theology. Routledge. p. vii. ISBN 9781317172932. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  11. ^ Jones, Edward (2013). Young Milton: The Emerging Author, 1620–1642. Oxford University Press. p. 11. ISBN 9780199698707. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  12. ^ Maule, Jeremy (2000). "'To the memory of the late excellent Poet John Fletcher': A New Poem by John Ford". English Manuscript Studies, 1100–1700: 136 ff.
  13. ^ Wolfe, Heather, ed. (2007). The Literary Career and Legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613–1680. Palgrave. pp. 6, 141 n. 4. ISBN 9780230601819. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  14. ^ Cain, Tom, ed. (2001). The Poetry of Mildmay Fane, Second Earl of Westmoreland. Manchester University Press. p. ix. ISBN 9780719059841. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  15. ^ Marvell, Andrew (2003). Dzelzainis, Martin; Patterson, Annabel M. (eds.). The Prose Works of Andrew Marvell, Volume 1: 1672–1673. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. xxxix.
  16. ^ Burke, Victoria E.; Gibson, Jonathan (2004). Early Modern Women's Manuscript Writing. Routledge.
  17. ^ Anon. "One Meets Anne Barton in Black and White". Travel to Collections: notes from old journals. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  18. ^ Kerrigan, John (2001). On Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature: Essays. Oxford University Press. p. viii.

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Jeremy Frank Maule 11 August 1952 Wuppertal Germany 25 November 1998 Cambridge was a British scholar specialising in English literature and the history of the English language He had an especial interest in seventeenth century poetry and in manuscripts from this period He was educated at St Paul s Cathedral School where he sang as a chorister at the funeral of Winston Churchill in 1965 and at The King s School Canterbury 1 He went from there to read History at Christ Church Oxford taking the best First in his year at Finals John Milbank was on his own account a less successful contemporary An account of Maule s time as an undergraduate recalls him as a man who even at 19 had seemed extraordinary best read of anyone I ve ever met stuffed with obscure nuggets of literary and historical quotations out of time in 1970s Oxford in a tweed Norfolk jacket into which his mother had sown a plethora of always full book pockets leaning out of a train window after my 21st birthday party calling don t forget to feed the parrot it was some time before I tracked this apparent non sequitur down to Cold Comfort Farm impossible to keep up with as he strode across any quad retracing Stevenson s journey across the Cevennes though without a donkey writing a mock epic in rhyming heroic couplets about a holiday I took in Greece with a friend 2 Maule went on to work for seven years as a researcher in the House of Lords library his acquaintance Philip Hensher later held a similar position But his love of English literature caused Maule to return to academia via a part time degree in medieval studies at Birkbeck College and an Oxford doctorate that was never completed to temporary teaching posts at Oxford colleges A protege of Anne Barton he was appointed in 1986 to a permanent Fellowship at her college in Cambridge Trinity where he taught for the remainder of his life A don of the old school he was resident in college and readily embraced the responsibility of teaching by tutorial being more concerned with inspiring those he taught and supervised than with producing publications of his own Most of his published scholarship accordingly appeared posthumously edited by his colleagues and students Nonetheless during his lifetime Maule was the editor with his colleague Adrian Poole of the Oxford Book of Classical Verse in Translation 1995 Following his early death a bequest from Maule s will also helped bring to fruition a project he had long cherished 3 the creation of Renaissance Texts from Manuscript RTM a scholarly press for the publication of unprinted sixteenth and seventeenth century manuscripts Four volumes appeared under the general editorship of Marie Axton on subjects as diverse as dance 4 female auto biography 5 and rhetoric 6 reflecting Maule s own multifarious interests and exacting qualities as an editor 7 As this suggests Maule had a particular interest in manuscript research latterly he taught post medieval palaeography to graduate literature students in Cambridge and himself made a number of significant discoveries The most important of these was his identification in 1997 of an unknown manuscript treatise by Thomas Traherne entitled The Kingdom of God in Lambeth Palace Library 8 9 10 He also brought to light unknown records bearing upon on the early biography of John Milton 11 a poem by John Ford 12 and two manuscripts of Elizabeth Cary s play Edward II 13 At his death he was engaged in producing editions of the poetry of Mildmay Fane second earl of Westmorland 14 and also Andrew Marvell s Mr Smirke Or the Divine in Mode 15 He became increasingly interested in women s writing of the seventeenth century and was the co convenor of the Trinity Trent Colloquium in the field 16 Maule had a huge circle of friends across the world most of them scholars offering them hospitality during visits to Cambridge in tacit exchange for scholarly conversation what he called the higher gossip 17 He sported a full beard and in later life piercings which he deployed conversationally His next door colleague at St John s College Cambridge John Kerrigan described him as a convivial but private institutionally committed but elusive man 18 Maule succumbed to complications arising from HIV infection His funeral and memorial service were held in the chapel of Trinity College Cambridge with many of those he taught taking part in the ceremonies Maule is buried in the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge His students included Philip West Somerville College Oxford Heather Wolfe Folger Shakespeare Library and Andrew Zurcher Queens College Cambridge Publications edit ed with Adrian Poole The Oxford Book of Classical Verse in Translation Oxford University Press 1995 Thomas Carew s Epitaph for Maria Wentworth at Toddington Bedfordshire Church Monuments Journal of the Church Monuments Society 14 1999 pp 74 ff To the memory of the late excellent Poet John Fletcher A New Poem by John Ford English Manuscript Studies 1100 1700 2000 pp 136 ff What did Morley Give when he Gave a Plutarch Life in Triumphs of English Henry Parker Lord Morley translator to the Tudor court New essays in interpretation ed Marie Axton and James Carley British Library 2000 pp 107 30 Donne and the Words of the Law in John Donne s Professional Lives ed David Colclough D S Brewer 2003 pp 19 36 References edit Adrian Poole 2 December 1998 Obituary Jeremy Maule Arts amp Entertainment The Independent Archived from the original on 8 June 2022 Retrieved 9 January 2014 Bowden Mary Treherne and Jeremy Maule A raid on the inarticulate Retrieved 3 April 2018 Johnson Anthony W 2012 Laudianism and Literary Communication The case of John Boys Fasti Cantuarenses In Sell Roger D ed Literary Community Making The Dialogicality of English Texts from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Amsterdam John Benjamins p 38 ISBN 978 9027210319 Montagut B de 2000 Louange de la danse RTM ISBN 1903092027 Wolfe Heather ed 2001 Elizabeth Cary Lady Falkland Life and Letters RTM ISBN 1903092035 Swynnerton Thomas 2000 A Reformation Rhetoric RTM ISBN 1903092000 Swynnerton Thomas 1999 Rex Richard ed A Reformation Rhetoric Cambridge RTM p viii Inge Denise MacFarlane Calum Donald 2 June 2000 Seeds of Eternity A New Traherne Manuscript The Times Literary Supplement 14 Ezard John 15 October 2002 Mystic s 350 year old treatise to be published The Guardian Retrieved 3 April 2018 Dodd Elizabeth S 2015 Boundless Innocence in Thomas Traherne s Poetic Theology Routledge p vii ISBN 9781317172932 Retrieved 3 April 2018 Jones Edward 2013 Young Milton The Emerging Author 1620 1642 Oxford University Press p 11 ISBN 9780199698707 Retrieved 3 April 2018 Maule Jeremy 2000 To the memory of the late excellent Poet John Fletcher A New Poem by John Ford English Manuscript Studies 1100 1700 136 ff Wolfe Heather ed 2007 The Literary Career and Legacy of Elizabeth Cary 1613 1680 Palgrave pp 6 141 n 4 ISBN 9780230601819 Retrieved 3 April 2018 Cain Tom ed 2001 The Poetry of Mildmay Fane Second Earl of Westmoreland Manchester University Press p ix ISBN 9780719059841 Retrieved 3 April 2018 Marvell Andrew 2003 Dzelzainis Martin Patterson Annabel M eds The Prose Works of Andrew Marvell Volume 1 1672 1673 New Haven CT Yale University Press p xxxix Burke Victoria E Gibson Jonathan 2004 Early Modern Women s Manuscript Writing Routledge Anon One Meets Anne Barton in Black and White Travel to Collections notes from old journals Retrieved 3 April 2018 Kerrigan John 2001 On Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature Essays Oxford University Press p viii External links editJeremy Maule at Find a Grave Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jeremy Maule amp oldid 1092248288, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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