Sturla the Historian E-Book

William Paton Ker

• Herausgeber: Edizioni Aurora Boreale
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

William Paton Ker (1855-1923) was a Scottish literary scholar and essayist. An absolute master in the comparative study of literature, he was among the most erudite critics of his time: no branch of literary activity and almost no European literature remained alien to him. He was an active member of the Dante Society of Oxford and played a leading part in the development of the University College of London.
During his life Ker wote many essays. Among his most important works it is necessary to mention: Epic and Romance (1897), The Dark Ages (1904), Essays on Medieval Literature (1905), The Art of Poetry (1923), Collected Essays (post., 1925), Form and Style in Poetry (post., 1928).
In the essay Sturla the Historian (Claredon Press, Oxford 1906), Ker addresses the fascinating and amazing world of the Viking sagas and the figure of Sturla Thórdarson, an Icelandic chieftain and writer of sagas and contemporary history during the 13th century, whose life was chronicled in the Sturlunga Saga.

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SYMBOLS & MYTHS

WILLIAM PATON KER

STURLA THE HISTORIAN

Edizioni Aurora Boreale

Title: Sturla the Historian

Author: William Paton Ker

Publishing series: Symbols & Myths

Editing by Nicola Bizzi

ISBN: 979-12-5504-056-9

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INTRODUCTION BY THE PUBLISHER

William Paton Ker (1855-1923) was a Scottish literary scholar and essayist. An absolute master in the comparative study of literature, he was among the most erudite critics of his time: no branch of literary activity and almost no European literature remained alien to him. He was an active member of the Dante Society of Oxford and played a leading part in the development of University College London.

Born in Glasgow in 1855, Ker studied at Glasgow Academy, the University of Glasgow, and Balliol College, Oxford. He was appointed to a fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, in 1879, became Professor of English Literature and History at the University College of South Wales, Cardiff, in 1883, and moved to University College London as Quain Professor in 1889.

However Ker retained his links with Oxford and was there almost every week during the 1910s, and available to keen students there. He was later the Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1920 to his death, at 67, of a heart attack while climbing the Pizzo Bianco (a minor summit in Macugnaga in northern Italy). A plaque commemorates his death in the Old Church cemetery in Macugnaga. A William Paton Ker Memorial Lecture is held at Glasgow University in his honour.