Background
Richmond, Hugh Macrae was born on March 20, 1932 in Burton-upon-Trent, England. Came to the United States, 1957. Son of Ronald Jackson and Isabella (MacRae) Richmond.
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This study explores some of the significant points in the evolution of a literary pattern or recognizable topic or motif which captures through the poet's mastery of language which records the nuances of human awareness of the period. The author coins this genre "landscape lyric". Its scale varies from that of an Horatian ode to that of Il Penseroso. In its mature form, the poet characteristically exploits circumstantial detain of persona, place, and atmosphere to give to this kind of poem the appearance of autogiographical realism; thuse, he normally used his own name and that of a areal place. This air of historical particularity is a necessary part of the genre's aesthetic effect - a consideration which distinguishes it at least superficial from the more oblique, pastoral mode. As a recognized genre the landscape lyric has perhaps been too exclusively associated with the Romantics, and this phase has certainly been too well discussed to go into depth in this volume. This book looks into some earlier masters of the genre, showing that its conception, development, and even perfection as a literary mode antedate the eighteenth century, and that such Romantics as Wordsworth and Keats depended on this perfected tradition in creating poems like "Tintern Abbey" and "to Autumn". These pre-Romantic achievements in landscape lyricism also influenced later poets as Hardy and Frost. This volume also covers the exposition of the virtues of four important Renaissance poets - Petrarch, Ronsard, Milton, and Marvell. Poetry of the genre is also quoted and discussed and the latter half.
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Richmond, Hugh Macrae was born on March 20, 1932 in Burton-upon-Trent, England. Came to the United States, 1957. Son of Ronald Jackson and Isabella (MacRae) Richmond.
Diploma, University Florence, Italy, 1952. Diploma, University Munich, 1956. Bachelor in English with honors, Cambridge University, England, 1954.
Doctor of Philisophy in English, Oxford University, England, 1957.
Assistant d'Anglais Lycée Jean Perrin, Lyon, France, 1954-1955. Professor English University California, Berkeley, since 1957, director Shakespeare Program, since 1974, director Shakespeare Forum, 1981-1995. Education director Shakespeare Globe Center United States, 1995-1998.
Director scholarly website University California Shakespeare, Berkeley.
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Board of directors California Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley, 1980-1990. Chair advisory county Shakespeare Globe Center, since 1988, director education, since 1995. Second lieutenant Royal Artillery, United Kingdom, 1950-1951.
Member Modern Language Association, Shakespeare Association American.
Married Velma Elizabeth Bourgeois, August 9, 1958. Children: Elizabeth Merle, Claire Isabel.