Philip Tew
Encyclopedia
Professor Philip Tew is an English
academic. A professor
in English (Post-1900 Literature) in the School of Arts at Brunel University
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sa, Tew is a literary critic and theorist in the field of contemporary and modern British fiction
after 1945, and of various strands of critical or 'high' theory, particularly metarealism
and materialism
. He has been an opponent of the essentialism
and anti-realist orthodoxies underlying much of postmodernist and postcolonial criticism. Tew is the author of standard works on B.S. Johnson, Jim Crace
, Zadie Smith
, and the contemporary British novel. He has edited academic collections, series and journals. His recent work has focused on social gerontology and the use of narrative theories in social, cultural and policy analysis.
English
family in the London Borough of Enfield
. Tew's secondary education
took place at Enfield Grammar School
, which he entered in 1965. The school became comprehensive in Tew's second year.
After A-levels Tew attended the University of Leicester
, where he gained a BA (Upper Second Class Hons.) in American Studies
(with English and History). Subsequently he was awarded a PGCE
in English (Middle and Secondary Schools), studying at Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University
). He worked in both primary and secondary schools in Leicester
, Leicestershire
and London
. He also lectured in Further Education Colleges in English for the ILEA
(Inner London Education Authority
).
After part-time research, Tew gained an MPhil in modern American literature
in 1985, his thesis focusing on the novels of Kurt Vonnegut
. In 1995, Tew left full-time employment to enter the PhD programme at the University of Westminster
. He completed his doctorate - on avant-garde, working class author, B.S. Johnson - in 1997: Manchester University Press
published a revised version as an academic monograph in 2001.
Tew has held various full and part-time appointments at the following higher education establishments since 1990: University of Wolverhampton
; University of Westminster
; Jesus College, Cambridge
; Debrecen University (Hungary); Szeged University (Hungary); Birmingham City University
; University of Northampton
and Brunel University
. He was Reader (Associate Professor) in English at Debrecen University (Hungary) and Birmingham City University
(formerly UCE Birmingham), and Professor of English at the University of Northampton
and Brunel University
(appointed in May 2006).
Tew has also had jobs outside education, including in the early 1980s as a playleader on a GLC
(Greater London Council
) inflatable scheme, and as an occasional stage hand at the English National Opera
based at the London Coliseum theatre. From 1997–2001 Tew combined academic work with freelance assignments in television research and production for Café Productions and Dai-4 Films.http://www.dai4films.com/ He continues as an occasional consultant for the latter.
Tew has lectured in North America
, Taiwan
, and Europe
. His academic criticism is both recommended reading on university courses and stocked in college and university libraries worldwide. http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:ErkvG6IB67gJ:foi.st-andrews.ac.uk/PublicationScheme/servlet/core.generator.gblobserv%3Fid%3D861+English+Bibliography+Philip+Tew&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=11&gl=uk http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:zUe7rr99A_IJ:www.abdn.ac.uk/local/handbooks/viewer.php3//English/Level_3_English_Course_Guides/EL35DM_Writing_and_Gender.doc%3Fhandbook/English/Level%25203%2520English%2520Course%2520Guides/EL35DM%2520Writing%2520and%2520Gender.doc+English+Bibliography+Philip+Tew&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=36&gl=uk http://www.english.fsu.edu/courses/courses_orderby_coursenumber.php http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:lIq_hAgyGy0J:www.uni-tuebingen.de/angl/reinfandt/reinfandt/web/englsem/The%2520Novel%2520Today/The%2520Novel%2520Today%2520Lecture%25201.pdf+English+Bibliography+Philip+Tew&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=43&gl=uk http://kotelezok.freeblog.hu/ http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:Z531AJJ8QBsJ:www.bbk.ac.uk/eh/programmes/undergraduate/ba_english/ba_english_ch+English+Bibliography+Philip+Tew&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=64&gl=uk http://www.lhds.bcu.ac.uk/english/?page=modern-british-fiction http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergrd/honours/4year/2007-2008/coursedesc/lm4spr2.html http://www.screenmedia.group.cam.ac.uk/naturalism_2006_07.html http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/docentes/cceia/lit-inglesa-cont.htm http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:pFvItzrPm_QJ:www.uib.es/ca/infsobre/estudis/primer_segon/programes/p4933_1.pdf+English+List+Philip+Tew+University&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=48&gl=uk http://www.answers.com/topic/dermot-bolger http://www.unipr.it/arpa/dipling/didattica/20CENGLIT/20Cenglit_bibliogr.html
Peer Review College) and Social Research in the ESRC Peer Review College. He is founding co-editor of Critical Engagements, a peer-reviewed journal affiliated to the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies, Since 1998 he has been a member of the Northeast Modern Languages Association (NEMLA), a regional scholarly organization for professionals in English
, French
, German
, Italian
, Spanish
, and other modern languages based in the USA http://www.nemla.org/. He is currently Director of the Brunel Centre for Contemporary Writing (BCCW), and Principal Investigator of the Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project (FCMAP), based at Brunel, funded by the Joint Research Councils (part of the New Dynamics of Ageing Initiative or NDA
).
: A Critical Reading (Manchester UP, 2001), Contemporary British Fiction (Polity, 2003) co-edited with Richard J. Lane and Rod Mengham (Reader in English, Jesus College, Cambridge
), The Contemporary British Novel (Continuum, 2004; Svetovi Press Serbian
translation 2006; second rev. ed. 2007), Jim Crace: A Critical Introduction (Manchester UP, 2006) , British Fiction Today co-edited with Rod Mengham (Continuum, 2006) http://www.continuumbooks.com/Books/detail.aspx?ReturnURL=/Subjects/default.aspx&CountryID=1&ImprintID=2&BookID=124410 and Re-reading B. S. Johnson
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) a collection co-edited with Glyn White http://www.palgrave-usa.com/catalog/product.aspx?isbn=0230524923, and Writer's Talk co-edited with Fiona Tolan and Leigh Wilson (Continuum, 2008). Recent years have seen the publication of first Re-Envisioning the Pastoral
(Fairleigh Dickinson UP) co-edited with David James, followed by Modernism Handbook (Continuum) co-edited with Alex Murray, and Beckett and Death (Continuum), and even more recently Tew has produced Zadie Smith
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) and Beckett and Death (Continuum, 2009) co-edited with Steve Barfield and Matthew Feldman. Tew is co-editor of two series: Palgrave Macmillan
's New British Fiction (with Rod Mengham) and Continuum
's Literature and Culture Handbooks (the first phase edited with Steven Barfield).
from 1972–1980, in Hackney
and Islington
variously until 1988 from which time he resided mainly in Tufnell Park
in north London
until 2009. Married in 1976, he was divorced in 1981. He has one son, born in 1980. Currently Tew lives in the Enfield Lock
/Enfield Wash
area in Middlesex
(Greater London
).
Chapters and Essays in Books & Collections:
Periodical and Journal Publication:
Electronic / Online Publication:
Recordings from The Shanghai
To Shepperton
International Conference on J.G. Ballard (the University of East Anglia
, Norwich
, United Kingdom
, Saturday 5th & Sunday 6 May 2007, organized by Dr. Jeanette Baxter):
Reviews
Other
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
academic. A professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
in English (Post-1900 Literature) in the School of Arts at Brunel University
Brunel University
Brunel University is a public research university located in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom. The university is named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel....
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sa, Tew is a literary critic and theorist in the field of contemporary and modern British fiction
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
after 1945, and of various strands of critical or 'high' theory, particularly metarealism
Metarealism
Metarealism is a direction in Russian poetry and art that was born in the 1970s to the 1980s. The term was first used by Mikhail Epshtein, who coined it in 1981 and made it public in the Soviet magazine "Voprosy Literatury" in 1983; see below his "Theses on Metarealism and Conceptualism" from 1983...
and materialism
Materialism
In philosophy, the theory of materialism holds that the only thing that exists is matter; that all things are composed of material and all phenomena are the result of material interactions. In other words, matter is the only substance...
. He has been an opponent of the essentialism
Essentialism
In philosophy, essentialism is the view that, for any specific kind of entity, there is a set of characteristics or properties all of which any entity of that kind must possess. Therefore all things can be precisely defined or described...
and anti-realist orthodoxies underlying much of postmodernist and postcolonial criticism. Tew is the author of standard works on B.S. Johnson, Jim Crace
Jim Crace
James "Jim" Crace is a contemporary English writer. The winner of numerous awards, Crace also has a large popular following. He currently lives in the Moseley area of Birmingham with his wife...
, Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith is a British novelist. To date she has written three novels. In 2003, she was included on Granta's list of 20 best young authors...
, and the contemporary British novel. He has edited academic collections, series and journals. His recent work has focused on social gerontology and the use of narrative theories in social, cultural and policy analysis.
Education and career
Tew was born into a working classWorking class
Working class is a term used in the social sciences and in ordinary conversation to describe those employed in lower tier jobs , often extending to those in unemployment or otherwise possessing below-average incomes...
English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
family in the London Borough of Enfield
London Borough of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. It borders the London Boroughs of Barnet, Haringey and Waltham Forest...
. Tew's secondary education
Secondary education
Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
took place at Enfield Grammar School
Enfield Grammar School
Enfield Grammar School is a boys' comprehensive school in Enfield Town in the London Borough of Enfield in north London.-History:Enfield Grammar School was founded on the 25th. May 1558...
, which he entered in 1965. The school became comprehensive in Tew's second year.
After A-levels Tew attended the University of Leicester
University of Leicester
The University of Leicester is a research-led university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is a mile south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College....
, where he gained a BA (Upper Second Class Hons.) in American Studies
American studies
American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. It traditionally incorporates the study of history, literature, and critical theory, but also includes fields as diverse as law, art, the media, film, religious studies, urban...
(with English and History). Subsequently he was awarded a PGCE
PGCE
PGCE can stand for:* Postgraduate Certificate in Education, an English, Welsh and Northern Irish teacher-training qualification that includes master's credits...
in English (Middle and Secondary Schools), studying at Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University
De Montfort University
De Montfort University is a public research and teaching university situated in the medieval Old Town of Leicester, England, adjacent to the River Soar and the Leicester Castle Gardens...
). He worked in both primary and secondary schools in Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
and London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. He also lectured in Further Education Colleges in English for the ILEA
ILEA
ILEA may refer to:* Inner London Education Authority* International Law Enforcement Academies* A new collection of Baume et Mercier* Iowa Law Enforcement Academy* Ileea Daniel,patronul din Athos,Baia Mare....
(Inner London Education Authority
Inner London Education Authority
The Inner London Education Authority was the education authority for the 12 inner London boroughs from 1965 until its abolition in 1990.-History:...
).
After part-time research, Tew gained an MPhil in modern American literature
American literature
American literature is the written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. For more specific discussions of poetry and theater, see Poetry of the United States and Theater in the United States. During its early history, America was a series of British...
in 1985, his thesis focusing on the novels of Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle , Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions blend satire, gallows humor and science fiction. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.-Early...
. In 1995, Tew left full-time employment to enter the PhD programme at the University of Westminster
University of Westminster
The University of Westminster is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. Its origins go back to the foundation of the Royal Polytechnic Institution in 1838, and it was awarded university status in 1992.The university's headquarters and original campus are based on Regent...
. He completed his doctorate - on avant-garde, working class author, B.S. Johnson - in 1997: Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press is the university press of the University of Manchester, England and a publisher of academic books and journals. Manchester University Press has developed into an international publisher...
published a revised version as an academic monograph in 2001.
Tew has held various full and part-time appointments at the following higher education establishments since 1990: University of Wolverhampton
University of Wolverhampton
The University of Wolverhampton is a British university located on four campuses across the West Midlands and Shropshire. The city campus is located in Wolverhampton city centre with a second campus at Compton Park, Wolverhampton; a third in Walsall and a fourth in Telford...
; University of Westminster
University of Westminster
The University of Westminster is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. Its origins go back to the foundation of the Royal Polytechnic Institution in 1838, and it was awarded university status in 1992.The university's headquarters and original campus are based on Regent...
; Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
; Debrecen University (Hungary); Szeged University (Hungary); Birmingham City University
Birmingham City University
Birmingham City University is a British university in the city of Birmingham, England. It is the second largest of three universities in the city, the other two being the Aston University and University of Birmingham...
; University of Northampton
University of Northampton
The University of Northampton is a university in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.-History:In 1924, Northampton Technical College was opened at St George's Avenue, site of the current Avenue Campus. A new building for the college was formally opened by the then Duke and Duchess of York in 1932...
and Brunel University
Brunel University
Brunel University is a public research university located in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom. The university is named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel....
. He was Reader (Associate Professor) in English at Debrecen University (Hungary) and Birmingham City University
Birmingham City University
Birmingham City University is a British university in the city of Birmingham, England. It is the second largest of three universities in the city, the other two being the Aston University and University of Birmingham...
(formerly UCE Birmingham), and Professor of English at the University of Northampton
University of Northampton
The University of Northampton is a university in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.-History:In 1924, Northampton Technical College was opened at St George's Avenue, site of the current Avenue Campus. A new building for the college was formally opened by the then Duke and Duchess of York in 1932...
and Brunel University
Brunel University
Brunel University is a public research university located in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom. The university is named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel....
(appointed in May 2006).
Tew has also had jobs outside education, including in the early 1980s as a playleader on a GLC
GLC
GLC may refer to:* GLC * GLC * GLC * GLC , an American rapper signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D...
(Greater London Council
Greater London Council
The Greater London Council was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council which had covered a much smaller area...
) inflatable scheme, and as an occasional stage hand at the English National Opera
English National Opera
English National Opera is an opera company based in London, resident at the London Coliseum in St. Martin's Lane. It is one of the two principal opera companies in London, along with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden...
based at the London Coliseum theatre. From 1997–2001 Tew combined academic work with freelance assignments in television research and production for Café Productions and Dai-4 Films.http://www.dai4films.com/ He continues as an occasional consultant for the latter.
Tew has lectured in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. His academic criticism is both recommended reading on university courses and stocked in college and university libraries worldwide. http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:ErkvG6IB67gJ:foi.st-andrews.ac.uk/PublicationScheme/servlet/core.generator.gblobserv%3Fid%3D861+English+Bibliography+Philip+Tew&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=11&gl=uk http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:zUe7rr99A_IJ:www.abdn.ac.uk/local/handbooks/viewer.php3//English/Level_3_English_Course_Guides/EL35DM_Writing_and_Gender.doc%3Fhandbook/English/Level%25203%2520English%2520Course%2520Guides/EL35DM%2520Writing%2520and%2520Gender.doc+English+Bibliography+Philip+Tew&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=36&gl=uk http://www.english.fsu.edu/courses/courses_orderby_coursenumber.php http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:lIq_hAgyGy0J:www.uni-tuebingen.de/angl/reinfandt/reinfandt/web/englsem/The%2520Novel%2520Today/The%2520Novel%2520Today%2520Lecture%25201.pdf+English+Bibliography+Philip+Tew&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=43&gl=uk http://kotelezok.freeblog.hu/ http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:Z531AJJ8QBsJ:www.bbk.ac.uk/eh/programmes/undergraduate/ba_english/ba_english_ch+English+Bibliography+Philip+Tew&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=64&gl=uk http://www.lhds.bcu.ac.uk/english/?page=modern-british-fiction http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergrd/honours/4year/2007-2008/coursedesc/lm4spr2.html http://www.screenmedia.group.cam.ac.uk/naturalism_2006_07.html http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/docentes/cceia/lit-inglesa-cont.htm http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:pFvItzrPm_QJ:www.uib.es/ca/infsobre/estudis/primer_segon/programes/p4933_1.pdf+English+List+Philip+Tew+University&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=48&gl=uk http://www.answers.com/topic/dermot-bolger http://www.unipr.it/arpa/dipling/didattica/20CENGLIT/20Cenglit_bibliogr.html
Memberships and other roles
Tew is the founding and executive Director of the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studieshttp://www.modern-fiction-network.org/, joint managing editor of Symbiosis: a Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relationshttp://www.symbiosisonline.org.uk, and a member of a national panel to assess research funding submissions in the humanities (the AHRCAHRC
AHRC can refer to:* Asian Human Rights Commission* Arts and Humanities Research Council* Association for the Help of Retarded Children* American Homeowners Resource Center* Australian Human Rights Commission...
Peer Review College) and Social Research in the ESRC Peer Review College. He is founding co-editor of Critical Engagements, a peer-reviewed journal affiliated to the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies, Since 1998 he has been a member of the Northeast Modern Languages Association (NEMLA), a regional scholarly organization for professionals in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, and other modern languages based in the USA http://www.nemla.org/. He is currently Director of the Brunel Centre for Contemporary Writing (BCCW), and Principal Investigator of the Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project (FCMAP), based at Brunel, funded by the Joint Research Councils (part of the New Dynamics of Ageing Initiative or NDA
NDA
NDA is an abbreviation that may refer to:* National Dance Association, the oldest American organization for dance education* National Defence Academy , a military academy in India...
).
Notable publications
Tew's publications include the following books: B. S. JohnsonB. S. Johnson
B. S. Johnson was an English experimental novelist, poet, literary critic, producer of television programmes and film-maker.-Biography:...
: A Critical Reading (Manchester UP, 2001), Contemporary British Fiction (Polity, 2003) co-edited with Richard J. Lane and Rod Mengham (Reader in English, Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
), The Contemporary British Novel (Continuum, 2004; Svetovi Press Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
translation 2006; second rev. ed. 2007), Jim Crace: A Critical Introduction (Manchester UP, 2006) , British Fiction Today co-edited with Rod Mengham (Continuum, 2006) http://www.continuumbooks.com/Books/detail.aspx?ReturnURL=/Subjects/default.aspx&CountryID=1&ImprintID=2&BookID=124410 and Re-reading B. S. Johnson
B. S. Johnson
B. S. Johnson was an English experimental novelist, poet, literary critic, producer of television programmes and film-maker.-Biography:...
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) a collection co-edited with Glyn White http://www.palgrave-usa.com/catalog/product.aspx?isbn=0230524923, and Writer's Talk co-edited with Fiona Tolan and Leigh Wilson (Continuum, 2008). Recent years have seen the publication of first Re-Envisioning the Pastoral
Pastoral
The adjective pastoral refers to the lifestyle of pastoralists, such as shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasturage. It also refers to a genre in literature, art or music that depicts such shepherd life in an...
(Fairleigh Dickinson UP) co-edited with David James, followed by Modernism Handbook (Continuum) co-edited with Alex Murray, and Beckett and Death (Continuum), and even more recently Tew has produced Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith is a British novelist. To date she has written three novels. In 2003, she was included on Granta's list of 20 best young authors...
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) and Beckett and Death (Continuum, 2009) co-edited with Steve Barfield and Matthew Feldman. Tew is co-editor of two series: Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan is an international academic and trade publishing company, headquartered in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom and with offices in New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong, Delhi, Johannesburg. It was created in 2000 when St...
's New British Fiction (with Rod Mengham) and Continuum
Continuum International Publishing Group
The Continuum International Publishing Group is a publisher of books, with its editorial offices in London and New York City. It had been owned by Nova Capital Management since 2005...
's Literature and Culture Handbooks (the first phase edited with Steven Barfield).
Personal life
Tew lived in LeicesterLeicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
from 1972–1980, in Hackney
London Borough of Hackney
The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough of North/North East London, and forms part of inner London. The local authority is Hackney London Borough Council....
and Islington
Islington
Islington is a neighbourhood in Greater London, England and forms the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is a district of Inner London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street...
variously until 1988 from which time he resided mainly in Tufnell Park
Tufnell Park
Tufnell Park is an area of north London, England which straddles the border of the London Borough of Islington and the London Borough of Camden.-Origins:...
in north London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
until 2009. Married in 1976, he was divorced in 1981. He has one son, born in 1980. Currently Tew lives in the Enfield Lock
Enfield Lock
Enfield Lock is an area in the London Borough of Enfield, North London. It is approximately located east of the Hertford Road between Turkey Street and the Holmesdale Tunnel overpass, to the River Lee Navigation, including the Enfield Island Village. The locality gains its name from the lock on the...
/Enfield Wash
Enfield Wash
Enfield Wash is an area in the London Borough of Enfield, North London. It is approximately located in the area either side of Hertford Road between Turkey Street and Albany Road.- Etymology :...
area in Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
(Greater London
Greater London
Greater London is the top-level administrative division of England covering London. It was created in 1965 and spans the City of London, including Middle Temple and Inner Temple, and the 32 London boroughs. This territory is coterminate with the London Government Office Region and the London...
).
Selected works
Books :- Coming of Age. Bazalgette, L., Holden, J., Tew, P., Hubble, N. and Morrison, J., London: DemosDemosDemos may refer to:* Demos, a rhetorical term for the population of an ancient Greek state** Deme or Demoi, the term for an ancient subdivision of Attica, Greece...
, 2011. - Zadie SmithZadie SmithZadie Smith is a British novelist. To date she has written three novels. In 2003, she was included on Granta's list of 20 best young authors...
[Palgrave Macmillan New British Fiction Series, Gen. Eds. Philip Tew and Rod Mengham] London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 [ISBN 0230516769 / 978-0230516762]. - Beckett and Death. Steve Barfield, Philip Tew and Matthew Feldman (eds). London: Continuum, 2009 [ISBN 0826498353 / 978-0826498359].
- New Versions of Pastoral: Post-romantic, Modern, and Contemporary Responses to the Tradition. David James and Philip Tew (eds). Madison / Teeaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 2009. pp. 295. [ISBN 083864189X / 978-0838641897].
- Writers Talk: Interviews with Contemporary British Novelists. (With Fiona Tolan and Leigh Wilson). London: Continuum, 2008. pp. 257(ISBN 1847140246 / 978-1847140241).
- Re-Reading B. S. JohnsonB. S. JohnsonB. S. Johnson was an English experimental novelist, poet, literary critic, producer of television programmes and film-maker.-Biography:...
. Philip Tew and Glyn White (eds.) LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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, 2007. pp. 240. (ISBN 978-0-230-52492-7) (ISBN 0-230-52492-3). - The Contemporary British Novel, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
: ContinuumContinuum International Publishing GroupThe Continuum International Publishing Group is a publisher of books, with its editorial offices in London and New York City. It had been owned by Nova Capital Management since 2005...
, 2007. Second Revised Edition. pp. 257 (ISBN 082647349) (ISBN 0826493203 / 978-0826493200 ). - British Fiction Today. Philip Tew and Rod Mengham (eds.) London: Continuum, 2006 (ISBN 08264 87319) (ISBN 08264 873 27).
- Jim CraceJim CraceJames "Jim" Crace is a contemporary English writer. The winner of numerous awards, Crace also has a large popular following. He currently lives in the Moseley area of Birmingham with his wife...
. Contemporary British Fiction series (gen. ed. Dr. Daniel Lea). Manchester: Manchester UP, 2006. (P/B 0719069130/ 978-0719069130; H/B 0719069122/ 978-0719069123). - The Contemporary British Novel, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
: ContinuumContinuum International Publishing GroupThe Continuum International Publishing Group is a publisher of books, with its editorial offices in London and New York City. It had been owned by Nova Capital Management since 2005...
, 2004, pp. 206 (ISBN 082647349) (ISBN 0 8624 7350 4). Reviewed in TLSThe Times Literary SupplementThe Times Literary Supplement is a weekly literary review published in London by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation.-History:...
No. 5294, 17 Sept. 2004.
Chapters and Essays in Books & Collections:
- ‘Childhood, longing, sexuality, violence and sacrifice in ‘’The River’’, ‘’An Episode of Sparrows’’, and ‘’The Greengage Summer’’. In ‘’Rumer Godden: International and Intermodern Storyteller’’. Phyllis Lassner and Lucy Le-Guilcher (eds). Ashgate, 2010 forthcoming [ISBN 978-0-7546-6828-2].
- 'Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night (1961) Howard W. Campbell, Jr., and the Banalities of Evil,' in New Critical essays on Kurt Vonnegut. David Simmons (ed). New York: Palgrave Macmilla, 2009: 11 - 26.
- ‘Situating the Violence of J.G. Ballard's Postmillennial Fiction: The Possibilities of Sacrifice, the Certainties of Trauma,’ in J. G. Ballard: Contemporary Critical Perspectives. Jeanette Baxter (ed). London: Continuum, 2008: 107 - 119.
Periodical and Journal Publication:
- 'Zadie SmithZadie SmithZadie Smith is a British novelist. To date she has written three novels. In 2003, she was included on Granta's list of 20 best young authors...
’s On BeautyOn BeautyOn Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith. It takes its title from an essay by Elaine Scarry . The story follows the lives of a mixed-race British/American family living in the United States...
: Art and transatlantic antagonisms in the anglo-american academy.' Symbiosis 15 (2) 2011: 219- 236 - ‘Across the Prairies, and Beyond the Postmodern: A. L. Kennedy, Linda HutcheonLinda HutcheonLinda Hutcheon, O.C. is a Canadian academic working in the fields of literary theory and criticism, opera, and Canadian Studies. Hutcheon describes her herself as "intellectually promiscuous", as she brings a cross-disciplinary approach to her work She is University Professor in the Department of...
and Realizing the Contemporary.’ Wascana Review of Contemporary Poetry and Fiction. Spring 2003 (38:1): 51 – 65. (ISSN 0043 0412). - ‘Introduction.’ New Formations: A Journal of Culture / Theory / Politics. Philip Tew and Wendy Wheeler (eds.). 49 (Spring 2003): 7 – 13. (ISSN 09502378; ISBN 0-85315-974-2).
Electronic / Online Publication:
- ‘B. S. Johnson.’ The Literary Encyclopaedia. Published 9 Mar 2003. http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2376
- ‘Teaching the Contemporary: Fiction.’ English Subject Centre project, Prof.. Philip Tew & Dr. Mark Addis. Completed & published April 2007. http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/projects/archive/contemp/contemp1.php.
External links
RecordingsRecordings from The Shanghai
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, Saturday 5th & Sunday 6 May 2007, organized by Dr. Jeanette Baxter):
- Tew’s opening Plenary Session: ‘The Violence of J.G. Ballard's Postmillennial Fiction: the Possibilities of Sacrifice, the Certainties of Trauma’. http://www.rickmcgrath.com/jgballard/jgb_uea_conference/philip_tew.html
- A roundtable discussion featuring Tew, novelist Toby LittToby LittToby Litt is an English writer, born in Bedford in 1968. He studied at Bedford Modern School, read English at Worcester College, Oxford and studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia where he was taught by Malcolm Bradbury....
http://www.tobylitt.com/ and leading scholar, Professor Roger Luckhurst http://www.bbk.ac.uk/eh/staff/LuckhurstRoger (Birkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of LondonBirkbeck, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It offers many Master's and Bachelor's degree programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all teaching is...
). http://www.rickmcgrath.com/jgballard/jgb_uea_conference/tew_litt_luckhurst.html
Reviews
- Review of B. S. Johnson: A critical reading http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/incomingFeeds/article758879.ece
- Review of The Contemporary British Novel: From John Fowles to Zadie Smith. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/incomingFeeds/article748214.ece
- Review of The Contemporary British Novel: From John Fowles to Zadie Smith. http://www.equinoxjournals.com/ojs/index.php/JCR/article/view/1489/986
Other
- Tew's views on the Booker shortlist: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article622001.ece