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Maurice Roy Ridley

もーりす・ろい・りどりー

Mōrisu Roi Ridorī

Aliases: M. R. Ridley / Roy Ridley

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1890-01-25
Died
1969-06-12 age 79
Nationality
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Religion
Church of England
Residence History
Oxford

Career

Occupations
writer, poet, Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College, Chaplain, Lecturer
Active Years
1913-1969
Affiliations
Balliol College, Oxford, Bedford College, University of London

Education

Clifton College
Country: United Kingdom
Balliol College, Oxford
Period: 1920-1945
Country: United Kingdom
Fellow and Tutor

Awards

Newdigate Prize
1913
Work: Oxford
Organization: University of Oxford
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Keats' Craftsmanship: A Study in Poetic Development

1933 Literary criticism

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

1944 Literature

Studies in Three Literatures. English, Latin, Greek. Contrasts and Comparisons

1962 Literary criticism

Shakespeare's Plays: A Commentary

Literary criticism

Abraham Lincoln

Biography

On Reading Shakespeare

Literary criticism

Bibliography

  • Keats' Craftsmanship: A Study in Poetic Development (1933)
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1944)
  • Studies in Three Literatures (1962)
  • Shakespeare's Plays: A Commentary
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • On Reading Shakespeare

Legacy

Scholar and poet at Oxford University, winner of the Newdigate Prize.

In Popular Culture

  • Served as the physical model for Dorothy L. Sayers' detective Lord Peter Wimsey.