William H. Quillian
Encyclopedia
William H. Quillian is an American
literary critic and James Joyce
scholar. He is currently Professor of English on the Emma B. Kennedy Foundation at Mount Holyoke College
.
in 1965, an B.A. and M.A. from Cambridge University
in 1973, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University
in 1975.
's group in the envisioning and development of Joyce's Ulysses as hypertext
and hypermedia
as well as other aspects of the digital humanities.
United States
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literary critic and James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
scholar. He is currently Professor of English on the Emma B. Kennedy Foundation at Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...
.
Background
Quillian received a B.A. from Princeton UniversityPrinceton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 1965, an B.A. and M.A. from Cambridge University
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
in 1973, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 1975.
Select articles
- "Composition of Place': Joyce's Notes on the English Drama." James Joyce Quarterly, vol. 13, pp. 4–26, 1975.
- "Shakespeare in Trieste: Joyce's 1912 Hamlet Lectures." James Joyce Quarterly, vol. 12, pp. 7–63, 1975.
New York Times - Letters
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in light of T. S. EliotT. S. EliotThomas Stearns "T. S." Eliot OM was a playwright, literary critic, and arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century. Although he was born an American he moved to the United Kingdom in 1914 and was naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39.The poem that made his...
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Book
- Hamlet and the New Poetic: James Joyce and T. S. EliotHamlet and the New Poetic: James Joyce and T. S. EliotHamlet and the New Poetic is a 1983 book of literary criticism on James Joyce, T. S. Eliot and Hamlet by American professor William H. Quillian.-Overview:...
(Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1983).
Joyce and hypertext
He has also been involved with Michael GrodenMichael Groden
Michael Groden is Professor of English at The University of Western Ontario.Groden received a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1969 and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1975. He is known for his involvement in the envisioning and development of James Joyce's Ulysses as hypertext and...
's group in the envisioning and development of Joyce's Ulysses as hypertext
Hypertext
Hypertext is text displayed on a computer or other electronic device with references to other text that the reader can immediately access, usually by a mouse click or keypress sequence. Apart from running text, hypertext may contain tables, images and other presentational devices. Hypertext is the...
and hypermedia
Hypermedia
Hypermedia is a computer-based information retrieval system that enables a user to gain or provide access to texts, audio and video recordings, photographs and computer graphics related to a particular subject.Hypermedia is a term created by Ted Nelson....
as well as other aspects of the digital humanities.