Gibbs, Anthony Matthews

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GIBBS, Anthony Matthews

GIBBS, Anthony Matthews. Australian, b. 1933. Genres: History, Humanities, Intellectual history, Literary criticism and history, Biography. Career: Rhodes Scholar, 1956; Fellow, 1982-, Ed. and Council Member, 1988-93, Australian Acad. of the Humanities (Vice-President, 1988-89). Lecturer in English, 1960-66, and Ed. with K.B. Magarey, Southern Review, 1963-64, University of Adelaide; Lecturer, University of Leeds, 1966-69; Professor of English and Head of Dept., University of Newcastle, NSW, 1969-75; Professor of English, 1975-98, and Emeritus Professor, 1998-, Macquarie University, NSW. Publications: Shaw, 1969; (ed.) Sir William Davenant: The Shorter Poems, and Songs from the Plays and Masques, 1972; The Art and Mind of Shaw, 1983; Shaw: Interviews and Recollections, 1990; Bernard Shaw: Man and Superman and Saint Joan: A Casebook, 1992; Heartbreak House: Preludes of Apocalypse, 1994; A Bernard Shaw Chronology, 2001. Address: Department of English, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia. Online address: [email protected]