(In this brilliant and pioneering analysis, the distinguis...)
In this brilliant and pioneering analysis, the distinguished critic John Jones explores the critical and dramatic significance of Shakespeare's revisions. Analyzing such plays, as Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Troilus and Cressida, he reveals the artistic impact of the revisions and their importance for our understanding of each play's moral and metaphysical foundations.
John Jones was a British educator and writer. Jones wrote books on diverse literary topics, including Greek tragedy, Wordsworth and Shakespeare.
Background
John Jones was born on May 6, 1924, in Myanmar, where his father, James Walker Jones, was a doctor. John's mother was Doris Marjorie (Franklin) Jones. Also, he was a grandson of the Hegelian philosopher Sir Henry Jones.
John was eight, when he heard, that his father had died – as a result of being half-drowned in the river Irrawaddy.
Education
Initially, John studied at Blundell's School in Tiverton. Later, he attended the University of Oxford and the SOAS, University of London.
In 1943, John joined the Royal Navy and served as a member of intelligence staff for British Eastern Fleet until 1944. In 1949, he arrived in Merton, where, the same year, he became a fellow and tutor in jurisprudence at Merton College, Oxford, a post Jones held till 1956.
From 1956 to 1959, John acted as a football correspondent for the Observer newspaper in London. Also, in 1956, he was appointed a senior lecturer at Merton College, a position he held till 1962, when he started to work as a tutor in English literature. In 1979, Jones was appointed a Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. He held this post till 1984.
Moreover, during his lifetime, Jones acted as a guest on different television programs.