Talk:J. H. Prynne

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I would like to point out, as a student reading English at Gonville and Caius College, that Prynne has not stopped teaching. In fact I had a supervision with him only yesterday. I would be grateful if this was rectified...

Fixed, and thanks. I also noted from the Gonville and Caius Web site that he is a Life Fellow, so I fixed that, too. Thanks. He's a really good poet, how is he as a teacher?
By-the-by, you could have fixed this yourself, by editing the article in the same way that you edited this discussion (or, as the old lags say, Talk) page. If you spot any more errors, don't hesitate to fix them. You might even click the log in or create an account link at the very top and become a registered user. Filiocht | The kettle's on 07:28, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, he's an interesting supervisor (that's what we call them here :-p). He tends to overrun quite a lot and go off on rather obstruse tangents that can last for a very long time. It's very easy to realise you've not taken anything in for the last ten minutes! Although it rather defeats the point of a supervision, which is supposed to be an animated discussion beween student and supervisor, he can be fascinating and he is a really great guy and a bit of a legend in the student community!

Good to know some things don't change (from the 1970s). Charles Matthews 16:07, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Chinese/Latin names

I know Prynne is interested in Chinese poetry, but there's not much point giving Chinese and Latin versions of his name with no explanation. Why not a Greek version? KD Tries Again 15:56, 27 February 2007 (UTC)KD

He's written poetry in Chinese, using a Chinese name. I've added a brief explanation. Omassey 16:46, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks.KD Tries Again 19:15, 1 March 2007 (UTC)KD

[edit] Critical Works by Prynne

Added two examples, Stars because it's really his only critical book, and the Maximus lecture because it's the only thing at all easy to find. KD Tries Again 20:03, 7 August 2007 (UTC)KD

No, he has three booklength pieces of criticism out there--the other two are booklong, word-by-word studies of two poems, a Shakespeare sonnet & Wordsworth's "The Solitary Reaper" (the latter just published a week or so ago). ND 22:18, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Well please add them, I'd be interested to know about them (especially the titles). I don't feel too guilty I didn't know about something published a week ago.KD Tries Again 18:16, 8 August 2007 (UTC)KD
I've just added the name of the book about the Shakespeare sonnet but am new to all this so have probably done something wrong... Beetlebrow 15:39, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
You added it fine, but I presume this is the book about the Wordsworth poem. ND suggested there was an additional book about a Shakespeare sonnet, but I haven't been able to find any information about that.KD Tries Again 18:38, 17 September 2007 (UTC)KD
It is as follows: They That Haue Powre to Hurt; A Specimen of a Commentary on Shake-speares Sonnets, 94. Cambridge: privately published, 2001. --ND 00:48, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I've entered the additional prose works in the bibliography. I see the article now refers to a monograph on Saussure. KD Tries Again 20:44, 25 September 2007 (UTC)KD

[edit] Date links

I've noticed this on other pages too, but what is the deal with linking to the page for a year, say 1982 whenever a date is written. It seems rather beside the point. Maybe this isn't the place to bring it up, but then, where is? maxsch 03:56, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

The general convention is not to link, unless the year is particularly significant to the event (or the event to the year). The wikilinked years here can mostly be unlinked. Charles Matthews 21:42, 25 September 2007 (UTC)