Arnold Kettle
Arnold Kettle (1916–1986) was a British Marxist literary critic most noted for his authorship of the two volume work: An Introduction to the English Novel. He was the Open University’s first professor of literature and worked there till retirement in 1981. [1][2][3]
Selected publications[]
- Kettle, A. (1951). An Introduction to the English Novel-Volume I (To George Elliot) and (1953) An Introduction to the English Novel: Volume II.( Henry James to the present day), Hutchinson University Library
- Kettle, A., Kott, J., & Taborski, B. (1965). Shakespeare in a changing world.
- Kettle, A. (Ed.). (1972). The nineteenth-century novel: critical essays and documents. Heinemann Educational Publishers.
- Kettle, A. (1991). Literature and Liberation: Selected Essays. Manchester University Press.
References[]
- ^ Turner, John R. (2004) Kettle, Arnold Charles: (1916–1986), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Kanwar, A. S., & Kettle, A. (1987). An Interview with Arnold Kettle. Social Scientist, 54-61.
- ^ Hobsbawm, Eric (1987) ‘Master of Arts [Obituary of Arnold Kettle]’, Marxism Today, February, Page 29
Categories:
- 1916 births
- 1986 deaths
- British literary critics
- Communist Party of Great Britain members
- Literary theorists