Background
Colmer, John Anthony was born on October 2, 1921 in Plymouth, England. Son of Vyvyan and Jessie (Paton) Colmer.
('Patrick White within the Western Literary Tradition' is ...)
'Patrick White within the Western Literary Tradition' is a collection of essays demonstrating the strong influence of European, British, and American cultures on White's work. Representing the author's interest spanning over thirty-five years, the essays expose White's evocation of dimensions other than material reality, his preoccupation with epiphanies and mythmaking, and his constant forging of a poetic style. The book also contains a series of analytical studies of the themes and characters in White's major novels ('The Aunt's Story', 'The Tree of Man' and 'Voss').
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Colmer, John Anthony was born on October 2, 1921 in Plymouth, England. Son of Vyvyan and Jessie (Paton) Colmer.
Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1955.
Writer and critic; lecturer then Senior Lecturer in English University of Khartoum 1949-1959. Research Fellow University of Birmingham 1960-1961. Senior Lecturer in English University of Adelaide 1961-1964, Professor 1964-1978, Jury Professor, of English 1978-1986, Emeritus Professor since 1986.
Visiting Professor National University of Singapore 1989-1990. Fellow Australian Academy, of Humanities since 1971.
(This pioneering work traces the personal quest of a numbe...)
('Patrick White within the Western Literary Tradition' is ...)
(Book by John and Dorothy Colmer (Editors))
Author: Coleridge: Critic of Society, 1959, Coleridge to Catch-22: Images of Society, 1978, Engineer of Mines Forster: The Personal Voice, 1975, Patrick White, 1984, The Penguin Book of Australian Autobiography, 1987, Australian Autobiography: The Personal Quest, 1989.
Served with British Army, 1941-1946, North African Theatre of Operations, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Fellow Australian Academy Humanities. Member Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, International Association Professors English, English Association Clubs: Royal Commonwealth (London).
Painting, tennis, fishing.
Married Dorothy Mildred Penson, March 2, 1951. Children: Rosemary Margaret, Vivienne Mary.