MacDonald P. Jackson

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MacDonald Pairman Jackson FNZAH

Shakespeare's texts.[1][2]

Personal background

Jackson was born in Auckland on 13 October 1938, the son of Donald Leslie Jackson and Margaret Wyld Pairman.[2] He married Nicole Phillipa Cameron Lovett in 1964. He is currently Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Auckland.[3]

Academic history and awards

Jackson was educated at

Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ).[7]

Writing and research

Jackson's research includes a year-long examination of the disputed authorship of the classic poem "The Night Before Christmas", also called "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Jackson applied modern computational stylistics techniques to the corpora of verse left by both claimants, Clement Clarke Moore and Henry Livingston Jr., including a new test, statistical analysis of phonemes. His 2016 book, Who Wrote "The Night Before Christmas"?[8] argues that Livingston is the true author and makes a significant contribution to the field of attribution studies.

Jackson's Studies in Attribution: Middleton and Shakespeare (Salzburg, 1979) helped establish the dramatic canon of Thomas Middleton. From 1984 to 1991 Jackson contributed the annual reviews of "Editions and Textual Studies" to Shakespeare Survey.

Jackson has written thirteen books as either author or editor. His works include:

  • Determining the Shakespeare Canon: Arden of Faversham and A Lover's Complaint (Oxford, 2015)
  • Defining Shakespeare: 'Pericles' as Test Case (Oxford, 2003) – author
  • Second and third volumes of the Cambridge edition of The Works of John Webster (2003 and 2007) – co-editor with two others
  • The Oxford Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works (2007) – associate general editor
  • Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture (2007) – associate general editor
  • The Revenger's Tragedy and writing the essay "Early Modern Authorship: Canons and Chronologies" – editor and author

The later three works won the Modern Language Association Award for the best edition of the year and the Elizabeth Dietz Memorial Award for the best book published in early modern studies.[9] In the field of early modern drama he has made over 200 contributions to books and academic journals.[citation needed]

As of 2010 his research projects included Shakespeare and his contemporaries, New Zealand literature, Poetry in English, and a major project: a fourth volume of the Cambridge Works of John Webster. Jackson was working on this together with David Carnegie and David Gunby.[10]

Further interests

In addition Jackson is an anthologist, literary historian, and critic of New Zealand poetry. He contributed to the Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English (1991) edited by Terry Sturm, writing the chapter on "Poetry: Beginnings to 1945". He is a member of the editorial boards for the Shakespeare Quarterly, the Arden Critical Companions series, the Digital Renaissance Editions series, and The New Oxford Shakespeare. He was elected a Life Member of the Australian and New Zealand Shakespeare Association in 2004.

Jackson has been involved in broadcasting, introducing

New Zealand Book Awards
judge. He has been a competitor in veterans running and his interests include music, theatre, film, and gardening. He currently resides in Auckland.

References

  1. ^ Reid, Nicholas (28 April 2010). "The best Will in the world". Stuff. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b Who's Who in New Zealand 1991 and 1998 Editions
  3. ^ "MacDonald Pairman Jackson | NZETC". Nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  4. ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 532.
  5. ^ "Past Visiting Fellows | School of Advanced Study, University of London". Sas.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  6. ^ Driven by a passion for the greatest playwright, Peter Calder, New Zealand Herald, Auckland, 4 February 2004
  7. ^ "Council Report « 2009 « Academy Annual Reports and Yearbooks « Reports « Publications « Royal Society of New Zealand". Royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  8. ISBN 978-1476664439
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  9. ^ "2011". Sel.rice.edu. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  10. ^ "Mac Jackson | English | Faculty of Arts Staff | The University of Auckland". Artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2013.

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