Author
Paul Dean
Paul Dean is Head of English at Summer Fields School, Oxford. He was born in Stockport, England, in 1953 and was educated at the University of Manchester, from which he received the degrees of B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. From 1979 to 1999 he taught English in independent senior schools in Manchester and Portsmouth. Dr. Dean has been a contributor to The New Criterion since 1994. His work has appeared in many other publications, among them Essays in Criticism, Renaissance Quarterly, Shakespeare Quarterly, the London Times Literary Supplement, The Use of English, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Times. For ten years he was a contributor to The Year's Work in English Studies and for five years a member of its editorial board. He is an International Advisory Editor of the Dutch journal English Studies, for which he also writes an annual survey-review of works of literary theory, history and criticism. In 2000 he was invited to become a Founding Fellow of the English Association in recognition of his services to the teaching profession.
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Articles
Good company (Features) , May 2013, 20
Shakespeare's actors brought his plays to life, but what kind of relationship did he have with them?
Cries of London (Books) , March 2013, 71
A review of London: A History in Verse by Mark Ford
Household spies (Books) , February 2013, 66
A review of The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford
Uniworsity? (Books) , January 2013, 73
A review of What Are Universities for? by Stefan Collini
Keep for end (Books) , November 2012, 71
A review of Collected Poems of Samuel Beckett by Samuel Beckett
Ben Jonson's violent laughter (Books) , April 2012, 66
A review of Ben Jonson: A Life by Ian Donaldson
Victoria to Vietnam (Books) , December 2011, 78
A review of The Journals and Diaries of E. M. Forster (The Pickering Masters) by Philip Gardner
Committed to detachment (Features) , April 2011, 21
On the enigmatic Andrew Marvell.
Newman's worldwide mind (Features) , March 2011, 4
On one of the nineteenth century's most original thinkers.
Truthful myths (Books) , October 2010, 69
A review of The Spirit of England: Selected Essays of Stephen Medcalf (Legenda Main Series) by Stephen Medcalf,Brian Cummings,Gabriel Josipovici
Among friends (Books) , September 2010, 64
A review of True Friendship: Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell Under the Sign of Eliot and Pound (The Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities Series) by Christopher Ricks
Many voices (Features) , April 2010, 20
On Tennyson Among the Poets: Bicentenary Essays, edited by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst and Seamus Perry.
Medieval Will (Books) , December 2009, 64
A review of Shakespeare and the Middle Ages by Curtis Perry,John Watkins
Doubt wisely (Books) , October 2009, 76
A review of The Poems of John Donne: Volume One by Robin Robbins
An English voice (Features) , April 2009, 19
On the poetry & criticism of Edward Thomas.
Pitch highly strung (Books) , December 2008, 71
On the collected critical writings of Geoffrey Hill.
The art of reality (Books) , October 2008, 63
On How Fiction Works, by James Wood.
Luminous details (Books) , January 2008, 77
On Ezra Pound: Poet, Volume 1: The Young Genius 1885-1920, by A. David Moody.
Not saying anything (Books) , October 2007, 73
On C. Day-Lewis: A Life by Peter Stanford.
Thinking makes it so (Books) , June 2007, 84
On A. D. Nuttall's Shakespeare the Thinker.
Academimic (Books) , April 2007, 81
On Craig Raine's T. S. Eliot.
William's tale (Books) , February 2007, 63
On John Haffenden's William Empson: Against the Christians.
Donne's “dialogue of one” (Books) , January 2007, 69
On Donne: The Reformed Soul by John Stubbs.
Betje life (Books) , December 2006, 70
On A. N. Wilson's Betjeman and Betjeman's Collected Poems.
Of two minds (Books) , June 2006, 85
On Arthur Hugh Clough: A Poet's Life by Anthony Kenny
Palpable designs (Books) , January 2006, 71
On Juliet Barker's Wordsworth: A Life.
Ambiguous type (Books) , May 2005, 73
A review of William Empson, Volume I: Among the Mandarins, by John Haffenden.
Robert Southey: pathos & tragedy (Books) , April 2005, 66
A review of Robert Southey: Poetical Works 1793-1810, by Robert Southey, edited by Lynda Pratt.
“Being a poet” (Books) , February 2005, 61
A review of Stephen Spender: The Authorized Biography, by John Sutherland & New Collected Poems, by Stephen Spender, edited by Michael Brett.
Thom Gunn, 1929-2004 (Notebook) , November 2004, 78
On the passing of Thom Gunn, a poet who welcomed “Eliot’s ideal of ‘impersonality’ and scorning ‘confessional’ poetry as well as overmuch theory.”
The Steiner school (Books) , January 2004, 73
A review of Lessons of the Masters, by George Steiner.
John Clare: freedom & enclosure (Books) , December 2003, 93
A review of I Am: The Selected Poetry of John Clare, edited by Jonathan Bate.
Writing for antiquity: the ironies of D.J. Enright (Features) , November 2003, 30
An affectionate reappraisal of the D. J. Enright, the English poet and man of letters who died last year.
The best Good Book (Books) , October 2003, 65
A review of God’s secretaries, by Adam Nicolson.
Hail, Muse! Etc. (Books) , June 2003, 84
A review of Byron: Life and Legend, by Fiona MacCarthy.
Beyond morality (Books) , December 2002, 88
A review of Christopher Marlowe: a Renaissance Life, by Constance Brown Kuriyama.
Where Eagletons dare (Books) , June 2002, 87
A review of The Gatekeeper: A Memoir by Terry Eagleton.
Much virtue in “if” (Books) , April 2002, 75
A review of Ungentle Shakespeare: Scenes from his Life, by Katherine Duncan-Jones.
All that glisters (Books) , January 2002, 68
A review of Philip Sidney: A Double Life by Alan Stewart.
Elusive stances (Books) , November 2001, 77
A review of How Milton Works by Stanley Fish
The critic as poet: Empson's contradictions (Features) , October 2001, 23
A consideration of William Empson upon the publication of The Complete Poems of William Empson, edited by John Haffenden.
March to the scaffold (Books) , September 2001, 111
A review of The Poems of Sir Walter Ralegh: A Historical Edition, edited by Michael Rudick.
Symbols & syntax (Books) , May 2001, 78
A review of Words Alone: The Poet T. S. Eliot, by Denis Donoghue.
Putting on the make-up (Books) , March 2001, 63
A review of The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Volume 2: The Elegies, edited by Gary A. Stringer.
The survivor (Books) , January 2001, 73
A review of Thomas Gray: A Life, by Robert L. Mack.
Shorter notice (Books) , November 2000, 71
Paul Dean on The Knox Brothers, by Penelope Fitzgerald.
The maiden phoenix (Books) , October 2000, 72
A review of Elizabeth I: Collected Works, edited by Leah S. Marcus, Janel Mueller & Mary Beth Rose.
The dark horse (Books) , June 2000, 78
On World Enough and Time: The Life of Andrew Marvell by Nicholas Murray
Lightening the load (Books) , March 2000, 73
Seeing is revealing (Books) , January 2000, 74
Review of The Bible and Its Rewritings by Piero Boitani
At the point of extinction (Notebook) , December 1999, 78
Concerning secondary education in England
Arts of power (Books) , November 1999, 66
Review of The History of the Reign of King Henry the VII by Francis Bacon, edited by Brian Vickers
Abhorring a vacuum (Books) , June 1999, 78
Review of Shakespeare: A Life by Park Honan
Postponing & deferring (Books) , March 1999, 68
Review of The Warden: A Portrait of John Sparrow by John Lowe
Brontosauran bardolatry (Books) , December 1998, 77
Review of Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom
Selling Milton (Books) , September 1998, 67
Review of The Riverside Milton, edited by Roy Flannagan
Abiding questions (Books) , January 1998, 68
Review of The Art of Shakespeare’s Sonnets by Helen Vendler & Shakespeare’s Sonnets edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones
Shakespeare's one poem (Books) , November 1997, 70
Review of The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition edited by Stephen Greenblatt et al.
The consecration of the heart: Ronald Knox (Features) , September 1997, 26
Empson's only heir? (Books) , May 1997, 81
Review of Essays in Appreciation by Christopher Ricks
After Edel (Books) , January 1997, 60
Review of Henry James: The Young Master by Sheldon M. Novick
Author? Author? (Books) , November 1996, 65
On Shakespeare's “Edward III” edited by Eric Sams
Empedocles at Dover (Books) , September 1996, 127
Review of A Life of Matthew Arnold by Nicholas Murray
Apologia pro Newman (Books) , June 1996, 70
Review of The Idea of a University by John Henry Newman, edited by Frank M. Turner
The last critic? The importance of F.R. Leavis (Features) , January 1996, 28
On the contemporary relevance of the teacher and scholar.
The poem as prayer (Books) , May 1995, 75
A review of “This Book of Starres”: Learning to Read George Herbert by James Boyd White.
Fighting for Herland: the sex wars of Gilbert & Gubar (Features) , April 1995, 16
On Sandra M. Gilbert & Susan Gubar’s No Man’s Land: The Place of the Woman Writer in the 20th Century.
Sons & husbands: D.H. Lawrence in love (Features) , February 1995, 17
On D. H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage by Brenda Maddox.
Shakespeare & company (Books) , November 1994, 58
A review of The Western Canon by Harold Bloom.
Kaleidoscopes of feeling (Books) , October 1994, 75
A review of The Varieties of Metaphysical Poetry by T. S. Eliot.
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