| 词条 | Paul Edwards (literary scholar) |
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As a scholar of black history and literature, Edwards's work on Olaudah Equiano "helped to establish Equiano as a key figure in African and black literature in general."[2] Edwards also wrote on Romanticism, and collaborated with Hermann Pálsson in translations of the Icelandic sagas and other books on the literature of medieval Iceland. LifePaul Edwards, from Birmingham,[3] studied English at Durham University and then Celtic and Icelandic at Cambridge University. He was the Editor of Palatinate during his time at Durham, working alongside Harold Evans.[3] After completing his education he worked in West Africa for nine years,[4] teaching literature in Ghana and Sierra Leone.[1] The demand of his African students for African literature propelled his encounter with Equiano.[2] Edwards joined the staff of Edinburgh University in 1963.[5] Encouraged by Chinua Achebe, and helped by the historian of Sierra Leone Christopher Fyfe, in 1967 Edwards published an abridged edition of Equiano's autobiographical Narrative in Heinemann's African Writers Series, under the title Equiano's Travels. He subsequently published a facsimile version of the Narrative, and another edited version under the title The Life of Olaudah Equiano.[2] At the University of Edinburgh Edwards introduced a final year Honours option on 'Caribbean and West African Literature', which he taught with Kenneth Ramchand.[6] He became Reader in English Literature,[7] and was subsequently awarded a personal chair as professor of English and African Literature at Edinburgh.[4] He died 10 May 1992.[5] In March 1994 a conference entitled 'Africans and Caribbeans in Britain: Writing, History, and Society' was held in his memory at Edinburgh's Centre of African Studies.[8] A collection of essays in his memory appeared in 1998.[9] Works
References1. ^1 'In Memoriam: Paul Edwards', ALA Bulletin, Vol. 35, p.22 {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Paul}}2. ^1 2 {{cite book|author=James Walvin|title=African's Life, 1745-1797: The Life and Times of Olaudah Equiano|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nwv0y3PUuVAC&pg=PA193|accessdate=16 October 2012|year=2000|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8264-4704-3|page=193}} 3. ^{{cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=Harold |title=My Paper Chase |journal=Castellum |date=2009 |issue=62 |page=44 |url=http://www.castlealumni.uk/castle-society/castellum/castellum-62 |accessdate=30 August 2018 |language=en}} 4. ^1 {{cite book|editor=Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards|title=Seven Viking Romances|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=reuZ0FPahhsC&pg=PA1|accessdate=17 October 2012|year=2005|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-14-044474-2|page=1}} 5. ^1 University of Edinburgh Journal, Vol. 35 (1992), p.262 6. ^1 {{cite book|author=Anastasia Natsina|title=Teaching Literature at a Distance: Open, Online and Blended Learning|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5y1i31uOPvsC&pg=PA45|accessdate=17 October 2012|year=2010|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8264-2703-8|page=45}} 7. ^Library of Congress Name Authority File 8. ^{{cite book|last=Fyfe|first=Christopher|authorlink=Christopher Fyfe|editor=William Martin and Michael West|title=Out of One, Many Africas: Reconstructing the Study and Meaning of Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ogXchrP-4-cC&pg=PA60|accessdate=17 October 2012|year=1999|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-06780-8|page=60|chapter=The Emergence and Evolution of African Studies in the United Kingdom}} 9. ^Paul Hullah, ed., Romanticism and Wild Places: Essays In Memory of Paul Edwards, Edinburgh: Quadriga, 1998 9 : 1926 births|1992 deaths|British literary historians|Icelandic–English translators|Academics of the University of Edinburgh|Alumni of Durham University|Alumni of the University of Cambridge|Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham|20th-century translators |
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