Stefan Collini
Encyclopedia
Stefan Collini is an English
literary critic and academic, Professor of English Literature and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge
. He has contributed essay
s to such publications as The Times Literary Supplement
, The Nation
and London Review of Books
.
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
literary critic and academic, Professor of English Literature and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. He has contributed essay
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
s to such publications as The Times Literary Supplement
The Times Literary Supplement
The Times Literary Supplement is a weekly literary review published in London by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation.-History:...
, The Nation
The Nation
The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
and London Review of Books
London Review of Books
The London Review of Books is a fortnightly British magazine of literary and intellectual essays.-History:The LRB was founded in 1979, during the year-long lock-out at The Times, by publisher A...
.
Works (incomplete)
- "Modernism and the little magazines." The Times Literary Supplement. 7 October 2009. (accessed October 8, 2009).
- "'No Bullshit' Bullshit." London Review of Books. 23 January 2003. (accessed October 29, 2009).
- That Noble Science of Politics: A Study in Nineteenth-Century Intellectual History (1983) with John Burrow and Donald Winch
- English Pasts: Essays in history and culture (1999)
- Public Moralists: Political Thought and Intellectual Life in Britain 1850–1930 (1991)
- Matthew ArnoldMatthew ArnoldMatthew Arnold was a British poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator...
: A Critical Portrait (1994) - Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain (2006)
- The Two CulturesThe Two CulturesThe Two Cultures is the title of an influential 1959 Rede Lecture by British scientist and novelist C. P. Snow. Its thesis was that "the intellectual life of the whole of western society" was split into the titular two cultures—namely the sciences and the humanities—and that this was a major...
, by C.P. Snow, introduction by Stefan Collini (1993) - Common Reading: Critics, Historians, Publics (2009)