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R.D.S. Jack


Born
Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died
December 14, 2016

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Ronald D.S. Jack, F.R.S.E., F.E.A. (1941 - 2016) was Emeritus Professor of Mediaeval and Scottish Literature at Edinburgh University. He was a distinguished scholar of medieval drama, early Scottish literature, Robert Burns, and J.M. Barrie.

His books include Scottish Prose 1550-1700 (1972); The Italian Influence on Scottish Literature (1972); Scottish Verse 1560-1660 (1978); Alexander Montgomerie (1985); History of Scottish Literature, Volume 1 (1988); Patterns of Divine Comedy (1989); William Dunbar (1996), The Mercat Anthology of Early Scottish Literature (2000, with P.A.T. Rozendaal) and Scotland in Europe (2006, with Tom Hubbard). In 2010, the 150th anniversary of Barrie's birth, a reprint appeared, from humming earth, of The Road to th
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The Mercat Anthology of Ear...

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The Art of Robert Burns

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Patterns of Divine Comedy: ...

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The Road to the Never Land:...

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Myths and the Mythmaker: A ...

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The Italian Influence on Sc...

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Alexander Montgomerie

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A Choice of Scottish Verse,...

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Scottish Literature's Debt ...

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The Poetry of William Dunbar

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