Background
Robbins, Rossell Hope was born on July 22, 1912 in Wallasey, England. Came to the United States, 1937, naturalized, 1944. Son of Rossell Casson and Alice (Hope) Robbins.
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Rossell Hope Robbins collaborated with Carleton Brown in the publishing of the Index of Middle English Verse in 1943. With John L. Cutler, associate professor of English in the University of Kentucky, he has now compiled a supplement to the Index incorporating those texts published since 1943. At the same time, the two have completely revised the Index by including in the Supplement texts previously neglected. The number of entries has been increased to 6,000, and more than half of the 4,500 original entries have been revised. In addition to this basic revision, the appendices of the Index have been corrected and enlarged, especially the listing and locating of privately held manuscripts. Cross references have been inserted abundantly to facilitate easy use of the combined works. Additionally, reference has been made to related specialized studies. The large number of new entries is attributable not only to prolonged manuscript research but also to a broadening of the original criteria for the inclusion of poems. Rather than cutting off entries at 1500, which the authors felt impaired the usefulness of the original Index, Robbins and Cutler included genres that had not concluded but continued into the sixteenth century, as well as poems with uncertain dates they felt would be important for scholars. The Supplement overcomes these barriers by including the so-called Scottish Chaucerians, the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century manuscripts such as the "Tudor songbooks," verse items of only two lines, and tombstone and church bras epitaphs.
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Rossell Hope Robbins
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Rossell Hope Robbins, American English language educator, mediaevalist. Commonwealth Fund fellow New York University, 1937-1939, Noble fellow University Liverpool, 1939-1940, Guggenheim fellow, 1955-1956, research fellow State University of New York, 1971, 72, senior fellow Institute Humanistic Studies, 1977; Ford visiting fellow Harvard University, 1958, 59.
Education
Bachelor with honours, University Liverpool, England, 1933. Diploma in education, University Liverpool, England, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge (England) University, 1937.
Licentiate, Guildhall School Music, London, 1932. Licentiate, Matthay School Music, Liverpool, 1935.
Career
Director studies Cambridge University, 1935-1937. Instructor Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 1942. Staff consultant National Institute Social Relations, Washington, 1946.
Assistant professor, associate professor Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1946-1954. Visiting professor University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1958, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1965, Sir George Williams University, 1968. Canada Council professor Mount Allison University, 1965.
International professor English, State University of New York, Albany, 1969-1982. Beckman professor University California, Berkeley, 1966, Regents' professor, Riverside, 1968-1969. Visiting scholar University Center in Virginia, Richmond, 1966, California (Pennsylvania) State College, 1969.
1st Thomas Kirby lecturer Louisiana State University, 1976. Visiting lecturer throughout United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, 1957-1982, including British University Teachers English, 1962. Overseas speaker British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1963, Humanities Association Canada, 1966, 69, International Musicology Society, Ljubljana, 1967, also others. faculty associate Columbia University, 1956-1966.
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Supplement to The index of Middle English verse
(Rossell Hope Robbins collaborated with Carleton Brown in ...)
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Supplement to the Index of Middle English Verse: Carleton Brown and Rossell Hope Robbins
(Rossell Hope Robbins collaborated with Carleton Brown in ...)
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Chaucer at Albany: Essays (Middle English Texts & Contexts, 2)
(Hardcover.)
- Witchcraft: An Introduction to the Literature of Witchcraft
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Supplement to The index of Middle English verse
Membership
With Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow Royal Society Literature. Member American Association of University Professors, Modern Language Association (chairman Middle English bibliography committee from 1959, chairman division 22, 1975-1978), Renaissance Society, International Association University Professors English, Modern Humanities Research Association, Anglo-Norman Text Society, Early English Texas Society, New York Folklore Society, International Court Literature Assnn., New Chaucer Society, Middle English Texas Society (United States board directors), Medieval Club New York (president 1977-1979), Society Rencesvals.
Connections
Married Helen Ann Mins, June 9, 1939.
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American British
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Commonwealth Fund fellow New York University, 1937-1939, Noble fellow University Liverpool, 1939-1940, Guggenheim fellow, 1955-1956, research fellow State University of New York, 1971, 72, senior fellow Institute Humanistic Studies, 1977. Ford visiting fellow Harvard University, 1958, 59.Commonwealth Fund fellow New York University, 1937-1939, Noble fellow University Liverpool, 1939-1940, Guggenheim fellow, 1955-1956, research fellow State University of New York, 1971, 72, senior fellow Institute Humanistic Studies, 1977. Ford visiting fellow Harvard University, 1958, 59.