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Maynard, John Rogers was born on October 6, 1941 in Williamsville, New York, United States. Son of Atherton Rogers and Olive Maynard.
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As the most innovative of major Victorian poets, Robert Browning has been at the controversial center of each period of change in critical thinking, his texts have been second only to Shakespeare's in attracting disagreement over the principles of literary editing. 'Browning Re-viewed' offers a record of the scholarly reception of Robert Browning during the vital period, 1980-1995, in which literary studies experienced a double upheaval: spurred by the new theoretical premises of the field and by new theories of textual editing. The volume assembles a large number of reviews, including annual reviews and review essays, covering over a hundred books and articles as well as over twenty volumes of new scholarly editions. It provides the most detailed record and summary of Browning's reception during this period. A convenient index of references to individual works by poems, and a second, topic index, make this also a useful research tool, extending and updating the essays on Browning in two MLA bibliographies, 'The Victorian Poets: A Guide to Research'.
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John Maynard's original and provocative study looks at sexuality and religion as creations of language, in the literary and cultural discourses of Victorian England. After a wide-ranging introduction (drawing on myth, anthropology, comparative religion and the history of sexuality) Maynard goes on to articulate and interpret the strikingly complex and varied ways in which the earnest sceptic Arthur Hugh Clough, the Protestant Charles Kingsley, and the Catholic convert Coventry Patmore placed the relation of sexuality and religion at the centre of their work. A final chapter on Jude the Obscure demonstrates Thomas Hardy's deconstruction of the endeavour to make sense of sexuality and religion, fragmenting this inherited discourse into mere words and bodily parts, in a disintegration of the great constructive vision of his predecessors.
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This accessible, personal, and provocative study returns to the major subject in literary discussion before and during the relatively recent flourishing of literary theory, that of literary intention. Does the author's personal intention or historical site determine a correct interpretation of a literary work? Probing the entire range of issues connected with this many-faceted and knotty concept, this book engages with interpretation on both theoretical and practical levels. It argues that the hard questions about interpretation connected to issues of intention cannot be sidestepped or ignored. It does not argue for conservative concepts of literature itself, nor against the major historical engagements of critics in our time. But in addressing those who continue to read or teach literature, it does insist on a level of sophistication in issues of literary interpretation that cannot be assured by historical research and knowledge of the social and cultural connections to literary works. The overall aim of the work is to recall readers to the great complexity, pleasure, and interest of literary interpretation.
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Maynard, John Rogers was born on October 6, 1941 in Williamsville, New York, United States. Son of Atherton Rogers and Olive Maynard.
1 child, Alex Stevens. Bachelor, Harvard University, 1963, Doctor of Philosophy, 1970.
Assistant professor Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1974, New York University, New York City, 1974-1976, associate professor, 1976-1984, professor English, since 1984, chairman English department, 1983-1989. Chairman Faculty Council New York University, 1983-1984. Visiting professor University Venice, Italy, 1991.
Co-director Biography Seminar, since 2004.
(As the most innovative of major Victorian poets, Robert B...)
(This accessible, personal, and provocative study returns ...)
(John Maynard's original and provocative study looks at se...)
Organizer Concord Square Association, Boston, 1972—1974. Member International Association of University Professors of English, Modern Language Association, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Browning Institute (board directors), Signet Society, Fly Club, Andiron Club (president 1983-1984), Brooklyn Heights Association.
Married Florence Michelson, July 1, 1967 (divorced 1980). 1 child, Alex Stevens. Married Ursula Krammer, October 17, 1992 (divorced 1995).