E. A. J. Honigmann
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| Born | 29 November 1927 Breslau, Germany |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Academic, Author, English Literature, Shakespeare |
Ernst Anselm Joachim Honigmann (29 November 1927 – 18 July 2011)[1] was Professor of English Literature, Shakespeare scholar, and Fellow of the British Academy.
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Early life
Born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), Ernst Honigmann arrived in England in 1935, age 7, as a refugee from Nazi Germany, together with his father, the zoologist Dr Hans D.S. Honigmann (Director of Breslau Zoo), mother, Ursula, and brothers, Friederich and Paul.[2]
Education and career
Honigmann attended Hillhead High School (Glasgow). He took his first degree in English Literature at the University of Glasgow 1944-48. He gained his BLitt working on a study of the chronology of Shakespeare's plays, under the supervision of J. C. Maxwell, at Merton College, Oxford 1948-50.[3]
Honigmann was one of the three founder Fellows of the Shakespeare Institute (University of Birmingham) in Stratford-upon-Avon where he worked from 1951-54. He gained his DLitt after returning to the University of Glasgow from 1954–67, where he was Lecturer in English alongside Peter Alexander, his former teacher. In 1968 Honigmann became Reader and two years later Joseph Cowen Professor of English Literature at Newcastle University (also holding the position of leader of the English Department for 20 years), until his retirement from active University life in 1989, whereupon he was appointed Emeritus Professor.[4] Honigmann was also elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy in 1989.[5]
Honigmann authored and edited many books and papers, annotated editions of texts, and was a General Editor of the Revels Plays & Revels Plays Companion Library from 1976 - 2000. His classic texts remain relevant, and have been reprinted many times.
Honigmann continued to write after his retirement with his last paper being published posthumously. In retirement he worked both independently and on several collaborations in Shakespeare studies, created a new edition of Othello for the Arden Shakespeare, wrote a personal memoir Togetherness: episodes from the Life of a refugee, and created poetry and short stories (the latter mainly for the amusement of his grandchildren).
Major publications
Books
- The Stability of Shakespeare's Text (Edward Arnold, 1965)
- Shakespearian Tragedy and the Mixed Response Inaugural lecture (University of Newcastle, 1971)
- Shakespeare: Seven Tragedies - The Dramatist's Manipulation of Response (Macmillan, 1976; Palgrave 2002)
- Shakespeare's Mingled Yarn and 'Measure for Measure' (OUP, 1981)
- Shakespeare's Impact on his Contemporaries (Macmillan, 1982)
- Shakespeare: The Lost Years (Manchester University Press, 1985)
- Shakespeare and his Contemporaries: Essays in comparison (Ed.) (Revels Plays Companion Library, 1986)
- John Weever: a biography of a literary associate of Shakespeare and Jonson, together with a photographic facsimile of Weever's 'Epigrammes' (Manchester University Press, 1987)
- Myriad-minded Shakespeare: Essays chiefly on the Tragedies and Problem Comedies (Macmillan, 1989)
- Playhouse Wills, 1558-1642 with Susan Brock (Revels Plays Companion Library, 1993)
- British Academy Shakespeare Lectures, 1980-89 (Ed.) (British Academy, OUP, 1993)
- The Texts of Othello and Shakespearian Revision (Routledge, 1996)
Editions
- King John (Arden Shakespeare, 1954)
- Milton's Sonnets (Macmillan, 1966)
- King Richard the Third (New Penguin Shakespeare, 1968)
- Twelfth Night, or What You Will (The Macmillan Shakespeare, 1971)
- Paradise Lost, Book X with C. A. Patrides (The Macmillan Milton, 1972)
- Othello (Arden Shakespeare, 1997, 3rd edn 2001)
Other publications
- Togetherness: episodes from the life of a refugee by E. A. J. Honigmann
- Catholic Shakespeare? A response to Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel by E. A. J. Honigmann
- Contributions by E. A. J. Honigmann to The New York Review of Books
References
- ↑ Obit. notice in Newcastle Chronicle
- ↑ Personal communication from Honigmann family
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- ↑ Preface Shakespearean Continuities: Essays in Honour of E. A. J. Honigmann Edited by John Batchelor, Tom Cain and Claire Lamont (Macmillan 1997)
- ↑ Directory of Fellows of the British Academy
External links
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- Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
- Alumni of the University of Glasgow
- Academics of Newcastle University
- English literature academics
- Jews who immigrated to the United Kingdom to escape Nazism
- People from Wrocław
- 1927 births
- 2011 deaths
- People from the Province of Lower Silesia
