Duff Cooper Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 22 (1977) Winner
Eric Robertson Dodds
えりっく・ろばーとそん・どっづ
Erikku Robātoson Dozzu
Aliases:
E. R. Dodds
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1893-07-26 （Banbridge, County Down, Ireland）
- Died
- 1979-04-08 （Old Marston, Oxford, England） age 85
- Nationality
- Irish
- Languages
- English, Ancient Greek, Latin
- Religion
- Unknown (Presbyterian background)
- Residence History
- Banbridge, Ireland → Dublin, Ireland → Belfast, Ireland → Oxford, England → Kilkenny, Ireland → Reading, England → Birmingham, England
Career
- Occupations
- Classical scholar, Writer, University professor
- Active Years
- 1912-1979
- Affiliations
- Kilkenny College, University of Reading, University of Birmingham, University of Oxford
- Memberships
- Society for Psychical Research
- Influenced By
- J. G. Frazer, Ruth Benedict, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Erich Fromm
- Influenced
- Louis MacNeice, A. W. H. Adkins, Ruth Padel, George Devereux
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrew's College, Dublin | — | Classics | — | 1903頃-1912 | Ireland |
| Campbell College | — | Classics | — | 1912頃 | Ireland |
| University College, Oxford | Literae Humaniores | Classics | 一級優等 (Literae Humaniores) | 1912-1917 | United Kingdom |
St Andrew's College, Dublin
Classics
Period:
1903頃-1912
Country:
Ireland
Where his mother taught
Campbell College
Classics
Period:
1912頃
Country:
Ireland
Expelled for gross, studied, and sustained insolence
University College, Oxford
Literae Humaniores
/ Classics
Degree:
一級優等 (Literae Humaniores)
Period:
1912-1917
Year of Graduation:
1917
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Duff Cooper Memorial Prize for Literature | The Greeks and the Irrational | — | — | 受賞 |
Duff Cooper Memorial Prize for Literature
1951
Work:
The Greeks and the Irrational
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Greeks and the Irrational
1951 ClassicsCharts the influence of irrational forces in Greek culture up to the time of Plato.
IrrationalityGreek religionShame culture
Pagan and Christian in an Age of Anxiety
1965 Religious historyA study of religious life in the period between Marcus Aurelius and Constantine I.
Religious transformationAnxiety
Missing Persons
1977 AutobiographyDodds's autobiography.
Academic lifeMysticism
Bibliography
- Select Passages Illustrative of Neoplatonism
- Thirty-Two Poems: With a Note on Unprofessional Poetry
- The Greeks and the Irrational
- Plato, Gorgias
- Euripides, Bacchae
- Pagan and Christian in an Age of Anxiety
- Proclus, The Elements of Theology
- The Ancient Concept of Progress and Other Essays on Greek Literature and Belief
- Missing Persons: An Autobiography
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Interdisciplinary integration of anthropology, psychoanalysis, and philosophyEditing of classical texts with extensive commentaries
- Recurring Motifs
- IrrationalityMysticismPsychical phenomena
Legacy
Influential classicist who revolutionized the study of irrational elements in Greek culture. Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford (1936-1960). Known also for interests in mysticism and psychical research.
In Popular Culture
- Referenced in the song 'The History of the Concept of the Soul' by punk band The Mr. T Experience on their 1988 album Night Shift at the Thrill Factory.
Quotes
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I think I should have done so had I been able to support myself during the long period of probation. As it was, I had to remain a dabbler and content myself with applying a little of what I had learned to the study of Greek religion.
Source: Missing Persons (1977)
Trivia
- Father Robert died of alcoholism when Dodds was seven.
- Moved to Dublin with his mother at age ten.
- Expelled from Campbell College for 'gross, studied, and sustained insolence'.
- Friends at Oxford included Aldous Huxley and T. S. Eliot.
- Temporarily asked to leave Oxford in 1916 due to support for the Easter Rising, but returned the next year for finals and got first-class honours.