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'''Jonathan Bate''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (born [[June 26]], [[1958]]) is a British scholar of [[Shakespeare]], [[Romanticism]] and [[Ecocriticism]]. |
'''Jonathan Bate''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (born [[June 26]], [[1958]]) is a British biographer, critic, broadcaster and scholar of [[Shakespeare]], [[Romanticism]] and [[Ecocriticism]]. |
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He was educated at [[Sevenoaks School]] and the [[University of Cambridge]]. He was formerly a Fellow of [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]] and then King Alfred Professor of English Literature at [[Liverpool University]] before becoming Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at [[Warwick University]]. |
He was educated at [[Sevenoaks School]] and the [[University of Cambridge]]. He was formerly a Fellow of [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]] and then King Alfred Professor of English Literature at [[Liverpool University]] before becoming Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at [[Warwick University]]. |
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His publications include ''Shakespeare and Ovid'' (1993), the Arden edition of ''Titus Andronicus'' (1995), ''The Genius of Shakespeare'' (1997), two influential works of [[ecocriticism]], ''Romantic Ecology'' (1991) and ''The Song of the Earth'' (2000) and a novel about [[William Hazlitt]], ''[[The Cure for Love]]''. His biography of [[John Clare]] (2003) won the [[Hawthornden Prize]] and the [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] (for biography), and ''The Genius of Shakespeare'' was praised by [[Peter Hall (theatre director)|Sir Peter Hall]], founder of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]], as "the best modern book on Shakespeare".[http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?is=0230003516] Bate also edited Clare's ''Selected Poetry'' (Faber and Faber, 2004), and |
His publications include ''Shakespeare and the English Romantic Imagination'' (1986), ''Shakespearean Constitutions'' (1989), ''Shakespeare and Ovid'' (1993), the Arden edition of ''Titus Andronicus'' (1995), ''The Genius of Shakespeare'' (1997), two influential works of [[ecocriticism]], ''Romantic Ecology'' (1991) and ''The Song of the Earth'' (2000) and a novel about [[William Hazlitt]], ''[[The Cure for Love]]''. His biography of [[John Clare]] (2003) won the [[Hawthornden Prize]] and the [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] (for biography), and ''The Genius of Shakespeare'' was praised by [[Peter Hall (theatre director)|Sir Peter Hall]], founder of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]], as "the best modern book on Shakespeare".[http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?is=0230003516] Bate also edited Clare's ''Selected Poetry'' (Faber and Faber, 2004), and, with Eric Rasmussen, an edition of Shakespeare's ''Complete Works'' (2007) for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], published in April 2007 as part of the [[Random House]] [[Modern Library]]. This was the first edition since that of [[Nicholas Rowe]] in 1709 to use the [[First Folio]] as primary copy text for all the plays. |
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Bate is also a frequent writer and presenter of documentary features for BBC [[Radio 4]]. His subjects have included ''The Elizabethan Discovery of England'', ''Faking the Classics'' and ''The Poetry of History'', in which poems about great events are compared to historical accounts. |
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Bate was created a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the British Empire]] (CBE) on [[17 June]] [[2006]]. |
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Bate was created a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the British Empire]] (CBE) on [[17 June]] [[2006]]. He is also a Fellow of both the [[British Academy]] and the [[Royal Society of Literature]], and an Honorary Fellow of his undergraduate colege, [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge]]. |
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Bate lives in a [[Warwickshire]] village near [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] and is married to the author and biographer [[Paula Byrne]], with whom he has three young children. |
Bate lives in a [[Warwickshire]] village near [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] and is married to the author and biographer [[Paula Byrne]], with whom he has three young children. |
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Revision as of 10:45, 29 February 2008
Jonathan Bate CBE (born June 26, 1958) is a British biographer, critic, broadcaster and scholar of Shakespeare, Romanticism and Ecocriticism.
He was educated at Sevenoaks School and the University of Cambridge. He was formerly a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and then King Alfred Professor of English Literature at Liverpool University before becoming Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at Warwick University.
His publications include Shakespeare and the English Romantic Imagination (1986), Shakespearean Constitutions (1989), Shakespeare and Ovid (1993), the Arden edition of Titus Andronicus (1995), The Genius of Shakespeare (1997), two influential works of ecocriticism, Romantic Ecology (1991) and The Song of the Earth (2000) and a novel about William Hazlitt, The Cure for Love. His biography of John Clare (2003) won the Hawthornden Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (for biography), and The Genius of Shakespeare was praised by Sir Peter Hall, founder of the RSC, as "the best modern book on Shakespeare".[1] Bate also edited Clare's Selected Poetry (Faber and Faber, 2004), and, with Eric Rasmussen, an edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works (2007) for the Royal Shakespeare Company, published in April 2007 as part of the Random House Modern Library. This was the first edition since that of Nicholas Rowe in 1709 to use the First Folio as primary copy text for all the plays.
Bate is also a frequent writer and presenter of documentary features for BBC Radio 4. His subjects have included The Elizabethan Discovery of England, Faking the Classics and The Poetry of History, in which poems about great events are compared to historical accounts.
Bate was created a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) on 17 June 2006. He is also a Fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature, and an Honorary Fellow of his undergraduate colege, St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
Bate lives in a Warwickshire village near Stratford-upon-Avon and is married to the author and biographer Paula Byrne, with whom he has three young children.