Henry John Franklin Jones known as John Jones (6 May 1924 – 28 February 2016) was an English

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

, a Fellow of

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, and

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s 38th

Professor of Poetry The Professor of Poetry is an academic appointment at the University of Oxford. The chair was created in 1708 by an endowment from the estate of Henry Birkhead. The professorship carries an obligation to deliver an inaugural lecture; give one p ...

(1978–1983). Jones wrote books on literary topics including Greek tragedy,

Wordsworth William Wordsworth (7 April 177023 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication '' Lyrical Ballads'' (1798). Wordsworth's ...

Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...

and a novel, ''The Same God'' (1972). ''The Same God'' is described as "idiosyncratic" by literary historian and critic

Frank Kermode Sir John Frank Kermode, FBA (29 November 1919 – 17 August 2010) was a British literary critic best known for his 1967 work '' The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction'' and for his extensive book-reviewing and editing. He wa ...

(1920–2010).Kermode, Frank
"Improving the Plays"
(review of Jones' ''Shakespeare at Work''), ''London Review of Books'' 18(5), 7 March 1996, 6-7.

Works

* 1954: ''The Egotistical Sublime: A History of Wordsworth's Imagination'' * 1962: ''On Aristotle and Greek Tragedy'' * 1962: ''Heathcote William Garrod 1878-1960'' * 1963: H. W. Garrod's ''The Study of Good Letters'' (as editor) * 1969: ''John Keats's Dream of Truth'' * 1972: ''The Same God'' (novel) * 1983: ''Dostoevsky'' * 1995: ''Shakespeare at Work'' * 1999: ''Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment''

References

Fellows of Merton College, Oxford Oxford Professors of Poetry Alumni of Merton College, Oxford People educated at Blundell's School 1924 births 2016 deaths {{UK-academic-bio-stub