Molly Mahood
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Molly Maureen Mahood (17 June 1919 – 14 February 2017) was a British
Early life and education
The daughter of
Academic career
From 1947 to 1954, Mahood was a
Mahood taught at four universities in three countries. Notable former students of hers include Robert Mugabe (President of Zimbabwe), Abiola Irele (Nigerian literary scholar), and Wole Soyinka (Nobel prizewinner).[1]
Later life
In retirement, Mahood studied for and completed a degree in
Mahood died on 14 February 2017, aged 97.[1] Her funeral was held on 3 March 2017 at Clayton Wood Natural Burial Ground near Hassocks, Sussex, England.[5]
Honours
In 1972, Mahood was selected to give the Annual Shakespeare Lecture at the British Academy, the United Kingdoms national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[6][7] In 2009, she was awarded the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize by the British Academy for The Poet as Botanist.[8] In July 2010, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) degree by the University of Kent.[2]
Selected works
- Poetry and Humanism. London: Cape. 1950.
- Shakespeare's Wordplay. London: Methuen Publishing. 1957.
- Joyce Cary's Africa. London: Methuen. 1964. ISBN 978-0416223200.
- "1972 Annual Shakespeare Lecture - Unblotted Lines: Shakespeare at Work" (PDF). Proceedings of the British Academy (58): 163–176. 1974.
- The Colonial Encounter: A Reading of Six Novels. London: ISBN 978-0860360162.
- Bit Parts in Shakespeare's Plays. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1992. ISBN 978-0521416122.
- Playing Bit Parts in Shakespeare. London: Routledge. 1998. ISBN 978-0415182423.
- The Poet as Botanist. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0521862363.
- A John Clare Flora. Nottingham: Trent Editions. 2016. ISBN 978-1842331590.
References
- ^ a b c d e Innes, Lyn (26 March 2017). "Molly Mahood obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ a b c "Professor Molly Mahood: Doctor of Letters". University of Kent. July 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ Bukenya, Austin (4 November 2016). "Miss Molly Maureen Mahood and the others who taught us". Daily Nation. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ Jackson-Houlston, C. M. "M. M. Mahood, The Poet as Botanist". The British Society for Literature and Science. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Raeside, Wendy (23 February 2017). "Condolences for Molly Mahood". University of Kent. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "Shakespeare Lectures". British Academy. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ Mahood, M. M. (1974). "Annual Shakespeare Lecture – Unblotted Lines: Shakespeare at Work" (PDF). Proceedings of the British Academy (58): 163–176. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Rose Mary Crawshay Prize". British Academy. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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