Stefan Collini (born 6 September 1947)COLLINI, Prof. Stefan Anthony
''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 is an English literary critic and academic who is Emeritus Professor of English Literature and Intellectual History at the

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and an Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall. He has contributed

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s to such publications as '' The Times Literary Supplement'', ''

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'' and the ''

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''. He attended St Joseph's College in Beulah Hill, south London, and received his undergraduate BA degree and PhD at

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, as well as completing a master's degree at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

Bibliography

* ''That Noble Science of Politics: A Study in Nineteenth-Century Intellectual History'' (1983) with J. W. Burrow and Donald Winch * ''Public Moralists: Political Thought and Intellectual Life in Britain 1850–1930'' (1991) * '' The Two Cultures'', by C. P. Snow, introduction by Stefan Collini (1993) * ''

Matthew Arnold Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold (academic), Tom Arnold, literary professor, and Willi ...

: A Critical Portrait'' (1994) * ''English Pasts: Essays in History and Culture'' (1999) *
'No Bullshit' Bullshit
" ''London Review of Books''. 23 January 2003. (accessed 29 October 2009). * '' Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain'' (2006) * ''Common Reading: Critics, Historians, Publics'' (2009) *
Modernism and the little magazines
" ''The Times Literary Supplement''. 7 October 2009. (accessed 8 October 2009). * ''That's Offensive!: Criticism, Identity, Respect'', Seagull Books (15 February 2011). * ''What Are Universities For?'', Penguin (23 February 2012) * ''Common Writing: Essays on Literary Culture and Public Debate'', Oxford (2016) * *''The Nostalgic Imagination. History in English Criticism''. Oxford University Press (2020)

Critical studies and reviews of Collini's work

* Review of ''Speaking of Universities''.

References

External links

Stefan Collini, University of Cambridge

Contributor page at the ''London Review of Books''

Contributor page at ''The Nation''

''Journalisted'' page
* Review of ''The Oxonian Review'', 23 April 2012.
"The Two Cultures - A Conversation with Stefan Collini"
''Ideas Roadshow'', 2013 1947 births Living people English literary critics Fellows of Clare Hall, Cambridge Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Yale University alumni English people of Italian descent {{UK-academic-stub