Watson, J(ohn) R(ichard)
WATSON, J(ohn) R(ichard)
WATSON, J(ohn) R(ichard). British, b. 1934. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: University of Glasgow, assistant to lecturer, 1962-66; University of Leicester, lecturer to sr. lecturer in English, 1966-78; University of Durham, professor of English, 1978-99. Publications: Picturesque Landscape and English Romantic Poetry, 1970; A Leicester Calendar, 1976; Wordsworth's Vital Soul, 1983; English Poetry of the Romantic Period 1789- 1830, 1985, 2nd ed., 1992; The Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1987; The English Hymn, 1997; Anthology of Hymns, 2002; Romanticism and War, 2003. EDITOR: (with N.P. Messenger) Victorian Poetry, 1974; Browning: Men and Women, 1974; Everyman's Book of Victorian Verse, 1982; (co-) Companion to Hymns and Psalms, 1988; Pre-Romanticism in English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, 1989; (with J. Raimond) A Handbook to English Romanticism, 1992. Address: Stoneyhurst, 27 Western Hill, Durham DH1 4RL, England. Online address: [email protected]