John Jones (academic)

Henry John Franklin Jones known as John Jones (May 6, 1924 – February 28, 2016[1]) was an English academic,[2] a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and Oxford University's 38th Professor of Poetry (1978-1983).[1] Jones wrote books on diverse literary topics including Greek tragedy, Wordsworth, Shakespeare, and penned a novel, The Same God (1972) that have been described as "idiosyncratic" by literary historian and prolific critic Frank Kermode (1920-2010).[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "John Jones, Oxford don - obituary". The Telegraph (Telegraph Media Group Limited). 18 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. Merton College; Robert Graham; Cochrane Levens (1964). Merton College register, 1900-1964: with notices of some older surviving members. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
  3. Kermode, Frank, "Improving the Plays" (review of Jones' Shakespeare at Work), London Review of Books 18(5), 7 March 1996, 6-7.


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