P. N. Furbank
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Philip Nicholas Furbank FRSL (born 1920) is an English writer, scholar and critic, and a professor (now emeritus
) of the Open University
.
(1977/8), and Diderot: A Critical Biography (1992), which won a Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
. He has also edited the works of Daniel Defoe
and made major contributions to the question of attributions to Defoe in A Critical Bibliography of Daniel Defoe, The Canonisation of Daniel Defoe, and A Political Biography of Daniel Defoe all written with W. R. Owens, in addition to many others on aspects of Defoe.
He was a friend of Alan Turing
, becoming his Executor
, and now general editor of Turing's collected works. He is also known also as a reviewer.
Furbank's other books include one the poet Mallarmé
and the painter Poussin
, Italo Svevo: The Man and the Writer (1966) and Behalf (1999) on political thought.
Emeritus
Emeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...
) of the Open University
Open University
The Open University is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom...
.
Works
He is known for significant biographies, including E. M. Forster: A LifeE. M. Forster
Edward Morgan Forster OM, CH was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society...
(1977/8), and Diderot: A Critical Biography (1992), which won a Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
The Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism is awarded for literary criticism by the University of Iowa on behalf of the Truman Capote Estate. The value of the award is $30,000 , and is said to be the largest annual cash prize for literary criticism in the English language...
. He has also edited the works of Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe , born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain and along with others such as Richardson,...
and made major contributions to the question of attributions to Defoe in A Critical Bibliography of Daniel Defoe, The Canonisation of Daniel Defoe, and A Political Biography of Daniel Defoe all written with W. R. Owens, in addition to many others on aspects of Defoe.
He was a friend of Alan Turing
Alan Turing
Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS , was an English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist. He was highly influential in the development of computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of "algorithm" and "computation" with the Turing machine, which played a...
, becoming his Executor
Executor
An executor, in the broadest sense, is one who carries something out .-Overview:...
, and now general editor of Turing's collected works. He is also known also as a reviewer.
Furbank's other books include one the poet Mallarmé
Stéphane Mallarmé
Stéphane Mallarmé , whose real name was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and Futurism.-Biography:Stéphane...
and the painter Poussin
Poussin
Poussin refers to:*Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin Belgian mathematician*Charles-Louis-Joseph-Xavier de la Vallée-Poussin Belgian geologist and mineralogist, father of Charles Jean*Nicolas Poussin , French painter...
, Italo Svevo: The Man and the Writer (1966) and Behalf (1999) on political thought.
External links
- List of works by Furbank on worldcat.org Retrieved on 6 January 2011
- Misreading Gulliver's Travels