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John Holloway (poet)

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by George J. Dance

Christopher John Holloway[1] (August 1, 1920 - 29 August, 1999) was an English poet, critic, and academic.[2]

Life[]

Holloway was born in Croydon, Surrey, and grew up in London; he later wrote about his youth in the memoir, A London Childhood.[2]

He won a scholarship to New College, Oxford, where he took a first in 1941.[2]

Career[]

During World War II Holloway served in the Royal Artillery, and then was seconded to Intelligence.[2]

He became a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1946, and a fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge in 1954.[2]

He served as Byron professor at the University of Athens, Greece, in 1961-1963.[2]

In 1970-1971 he was faculty chairman at Queen's College.[2]

He retired in 1982.[2]

Recognition[]

Holloway's poetry was included in the 1956 Movement anthology, New Lines.

Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • John Holloway. Eynsham, Oxford, England: Fantasy Press, 1954.
  • The Minute, and longer poems. Hessle, East Yorkshire, UK: Marvell Press, 1956.
  • The Fugue, and shorter pieces. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1960.
  • The Landfallers: A poem in twelve parts. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962.
  • The Lion Hunt: A pursuit of poetry and reality. Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1964.
  • Wood and Windfall. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965.
  • New Poems. New York: Scribner, 1970.
  • Civitatula: A poem in six parts. Cambridgeshire Libraries Publications, 1993.

Non-fiction[]

  • Language and Intelligence. London: Macmillan, 1951.
  • The Victorian Sage: Studies in argument. London: Macmillan, 1953.
  • A London Childhood. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1966; New York, Scribner, 1968.

Criticism[]

  • The Charted Mirror: Literary and critical essays. London: Routledge, 1960; New York: Horizon Press, 1960.
  • The Story of the Night: Studies in Shakespeare's major tragedies. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1961.
  • The Colours of Clarity: Essays on contemporary literature and education. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964; Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1964.
  • Widening Horizons in English Verse. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1967.
  • The Proud Knowledge: Poetry, insight, and the self. London & Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977.
  • Narrative and Structure: Exploratory essays. Cambridge, UK, & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1979.
  • The Slumber of Apollo: Reflections on recent art, literature, language, and the individual consciousness. Cambridge, UK, & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983.

Edited[]

  • Percy Bysshe Shelley, Selected Poems. London: Heinemann, 1960.
  • William Blake, Blake: The lyric poetry. London: Edward Arnold, 1968.
  • Oxford Book of Local Verses. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[3]

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ John Holloway biography, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Thomson-Gale, 2005-2006, BookRags.com, Web, July 11, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Howard Erskine-Hill, Obituary: Professor John Holloway, The Independent, Sep. 9, 1999, Web, July 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ Search results = au:John Holloway, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, July 11, 2012.

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