Chancellor's Gold Medal
1 appearances
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Edition 53 (1929) Winner
Elsie Duncan-Jones
えるしー・だんかん=じょーんず
Erushī Dankan-Jōnzu
Aliases:
Elsie Elizabeth Phare / E. E. Phare
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1908-07-02 （Chelston, Devon, England）
- Died
- 2003-04-07 （Cambridge, England） age 94
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Chelston, Devon → Southampton → Birmingham → Cambridge
Career
- Occupations
- Literary scholar, Translator, Playwright
- Active Years
- 1931-1976
- Affiliations
- University of Southampton, University of Birmingham
- Influenced By
- I. A. Richards, Gerard Manley Hopkins
- Influenced
- Andrew Marvell
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newnham College, Cambridge | — | English | — | — | United Kingdom |
Newnham College, Cambridge
English
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied with I.A. Richards
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Seatonian Prize | — | — | University of Cambridge | winner |
| 1938 | Seatonian Prize | — | — | University of Cambridge | winner |
| 1929 | Chancellor's Medal | English verse | — | Newnham College, Cambridge | winner |
Seatonian Prize
1935
Organization:
University of Cambridge
Result:
winner
Seatonian Prize
1938
Organization:
University of Cambridge
Result:
winner
Chancellor's Medal
1929
Work:
English verse
Organization:
Newnham College, Cambridge
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins
1933 Literary criticismA survey and commentary on the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins
Hopkins' poetry
The Poems and Letters of Andrew Marvell
1971 Edited poems and lettersEdited poems and letters of Andrew Marvell
Marvell's poetry
A Great Master of Words: Some Aspects of Marvell's Poems of Praise and Blame
1975 LectureWarton Lecture on English Poetry at the British Academy
Marvell's poetry
Bibliography
- The poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins; a survey and commentary (1933)
- 'Ash Wednesday', in T.S. Eliot, a study of his writings by several hands (1947)
- 'Benlowes's Borrowings from George Herbert' The Review of English Studies (1955)
- 'Benlowes, Marvell, and the Divine Casimire: A Note' Huntington Review Quarterly (1957)
- The poems and letters of Andrew Marvell (1971)
- A great master of words: some aspects of Marvell's poems of praise and blame (1975)
Translations by Author
- Translation of Molière's The Misanthrope (1937)
Legacy
British literary scholar known as an authority on Andrew Marvell, contributed to studies on Hopkins and Marvell.
Trivia
- Daughter Katherine Duncan-Jones is a Shakespeare scholar.
- Granddaughters include food writer Bee Wilson and classicist Emily Wilson.