Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1998) Winner
John Kerrigan
ジョン・ケリガン
John Kerrigan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1956-06-16 （Liverpool）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Liverpool → Oxford → Cambridge
Career
- Occupations
- Literary scholar, Professor
- Active Years
- 1982-2023
- Affiliations
- St. John's College, Cambridge, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, British Academy
- Memberships
- British Academy
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Edward's College | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Keble College | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Merton College | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
St. Edward's College
Country:
United Kingdom
Keble College
Country:
United Kingdom
University of Oxford
Merton College
Country:
United Kingdom
Junior Research Fellow
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism | Revenge Tragedy: Aeschylus to Armageddon | — | University of Iowa | Winner |
| 2013 | Fellow of the British Academy | — | — | British Academy | Elected |
Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
1998
Work:
Revenge Tragedy: Aeschylus to Armageddon
Organization:
University of Iowa
Result:
Winner
Fellow of the British Academy
2013
Organization:
British Academy
Result:
Elected
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Love's Labour's Lost (ed.)
1982 Shakespeare editingEdited edition of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost.
ShakespeareTextual criticism
The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint (ed.)
1986 Shakespeare editingEdited Shakespeare's Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint.
ShakespeareSonnets
Revenge Tragedy: Aeschylus to Armageddon
1996 Comparative literatureA study of revenge tragedy from Aeschylus to modern times.
Revenge tragedyComparative literature
Archipelagic English: Literature, History, and Politics 1603-1707
2008 Literary historyReexamines 17th-century English literature from an archipelagic perspective.
English literatureArchipelagic
Shakespeare's Originality
2018 Shakespeare criticismLectures on Shakespeare's originality.
ShakespeareOriginality
Bibliography
- Ed., William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost (1982)
- Ed., William Shakespeare, The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint (1986)
- Motives of Woe: Shakespeare and Female Complaint (1991)
- Ed., with Michael Cordner and Peter Holland, English Comedy (1994)
- Revenge Tragedy: Aeschylus to Armageddon (1996)
- Ed., with Peter Robinson, The Thing about Roy Fisher (2000)
- On Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature: Essays (2001)
- Archipelagic English: Literature, History, and Politics, 1603-1707 (2008)
- Shakespeare's Binding Language (2016)
- Shakespeare's Originality (2018)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ScholarlyPrecise textual analysisComparative literature
- Recurring Motifs
- ShakespeareModern poetryIrish studies
Legacy
Renowned literary scholar who revolutionized Shakespeare editing and contributed to studies of 17th-century British literature and modern poetry.