David Morse (writer)

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David Morse (born 1938) is a British literary author and former lecturer in the School of English and American Studies at the University of Sussex. [1] [2] [3] He was an early authority on Motown [4] [5] [6] but is now best known for his work on Romanticism and the culture and times of the Victorian age. His seminal work, High Victorian Culture, was described by The Times Literary Supplement as ‘an illuminating survey work by a robust and powerful intelligence with an impressive grasp of a great deal of material’. [7] [8] [9] [10]

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Life

David Morse was born in 1938 and educated at Bedford Modern School [11] and King's College, Cambridge, where he contributed to Granta , was editor of The Cambridge Review [1] and was awarded an ACLS Fellowship to study American theatre. [1]

Morse became a lecturer in the School of English and American Studies at the University of Sussex. [11] He was an early authority on Motown [4] [5] [6] but is now best known for his work on Romanticism and the culture and times of the Victorian age. His seminal work, High Victorian Culture, was described by The Times Literary Supplement as ‘an illuminating survey work by a robust and powerful intelligence with an impressive grasp of a great deal of material’. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Selected bibliography

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  1. 1 2 3 David Morse. "The Age of Virtue". Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. ↑ JSTOR. Review of The Age of Virtue. Reviewed by Ronnie Young in Albion:A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. Vol.33, No.2 (Summer, 2001), pp311-313
  3. ↑ Pease, Donald E. (1987). Journal of American Studies – David Morse, American Romanticism, 2 Vols.; Vol. 1, From Cooper to Hawthorne: Excessive America; Vol. 2, From Melville to James: The Enduring Excessive (London: Macmillan, 1987, £40). Pp. 228 & 189. ISBN 0 333 40712 1.

    Donald E. Pease,     Visionary Compacts: American Renaissance Writings in Cultural Context (Madison & London: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987, $32.50). Pp. 303. – Cambridge Journals Online    . cambridge.org. ISBN   0-299-11000-1 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 Curtis, James M.; Curtis, Jim (1987). Rock Eras. ISBN   9780879723699 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Motown". virginmedia.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  6. 1 2 Djedje, Jacqueline Cogdell; Meadows, Eddie S. (12 May 1998). California Soul. ISBN   9780520206281 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  7. 1 2 David Morse. "High Victorian Culture". Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 Sinnema, Peter W. (21 April 2006). The Wake of Wellington. ISBN   9780821442098 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  9. 1 2 Bullen, J. B. (6 June 2014). Writing and Victorianism. ISBN   9781317888468 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  10. 1 2 O'Leary, John (2011). Savage Songs and Wild Romances. ISBN   978-9401206860 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  11. 1 2 Bedford Modern School of the Black and Red, by A.G. Underwood (1981). Published by Bedford Modern School, Bedford, 1981
  12. ↑ Motown and the arrival of black music. worldcat.org. OCLC   376050 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
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  14. ↑ Grandfather rock: the new poetry and the old. worldcat.org. OCLC   222036 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  15. ↑ Perspectives on romanticism : a transformational analysis. worldcat.org. OCLC   7965496 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  16. ↑ Romanticism, a structural analysis. worldcat.org. OCLC   8417902 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
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  18. ↑ American Romanticism. worldcat.org. OCLC   12162763 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  19. ↑ American romanticism. Vol.1, From Cooper to Hawthorne,: excessive America. worldcat.org. OCLC   59019518 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
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  21. ↑ American romanticism. 2. From Melville to James. worldcat.org. OCLC   180395990 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
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  23. ↑ England's time of crisis : from Shakespeare to Milton : a cultural history. worldcat.org. OCLC   18105545 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  24. ↑ High Victorian culture. worldcat.org. OCLC   26013889 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  25. ↑ JSTOR. Review of High Victorian Culture. Reviewed by Richard D. Altick in Nineteenth Century Literature. Vol 48, No.4 (Mar 1994). pp537-540
  26. ↑ The age of virtue : British culture from the Restoration to Romanticism. worldcat.org. OCLC   40881483 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  27. ↑ Matikkala, Antti (2008). The Orders of Knighthood and the Formation of the British Honours System ... ISBN   9781843834236 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.
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