Peter Martin (professor)
Peter Martin | |
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| Born | 1940 (age 83–84) Buenos Aires, Argentina[1] |
| Nationality | Argentina, United States, England, Spain |
| Education | Principia College (1962), Syracuse University (2020) |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, biographer, English literature scholar |
| Known for | English literature scholar |
Peter Martin (born 1940) is an English literature scholar, biographer, and an 18th century garden historian. He was educated and has taught in the United States. He lives in England and Spain.
Biography
Martin has been a professor at
He has written several books on historical and biographical topics, including Samuel Johnson: A Biography, A Life of James Boswell, and about Edmond Malone.[7] His has written about gardens and gardening in Williamsburg and Colonial Virginia, including British and American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century,[6] The Gardening World of Alexander Pope and Pursuing Innocent Pleasures.[8] He also created 'the dictionary wars' in American lexicography[7] and A Dog Called Perth about the 21-year relationship with his dog.[5]
Martin was born and lived in Argentina until the age of ten. He is a 1962 graduate of the Principia College in Elsah, Illinois.[5] He has lived in a village in Sussex, England and El Campello, Spain.[5]
Published works
- Martin, Peter, ed. (1984). British and American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century: Eighteen Illustrated Essays. ISBN 978-0-87935-105-2.
- Martin, Peter (1984). Pursuing Innocent Pleasures: The Gardening World of Alexander Pope. Archon Books. ISBN 978-0-208-02011-6.
- Martin, Peter (1991). The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia: From Jamestown to Jefferson. Princeton: ISBN 978-0-8139-2053-5.
- Martin, Peter (1995). Edmond Malone, Shakespearean Scholar: A Literary Biography. ISBN 978-0-521-61982-0.
- Martin, Peter (1999). A Life of James Boswell. London: ISBN 978-0-297-81809-0.
- Martin, Peter (2001). A Dog Called Perth: The True Story of a Beagle. ISBN 978-1-55970-652-0.
- Martin, Peter, ed. (2003). The Essential Boswell: Selections from the Writings of James Boswell. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-60718-2.
- Martin, Peter (2008). Samuel Johnson: A Biography. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-60719-9.
- Martin, Peter (2009). Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings. ISBN 978-0-674-03585-0.
- Martin, Peter (2019). The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight over the English Language. ISBN 978-0-691-18891-1.
References
- ^ "Peter Martin". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- ISBN 978-1-58729-115-9.
- ^ a b c "Colonists changed to natural style". The Daily News Leader. 1980-08-14. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- ^ "A Life of James Boswell – Martin, Peter – Yale University Press". Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Principia Alumni - 50th Class" (PDF). Principia College. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- ^ a b "Curtis Square Research Design" (PDF). Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. November 2018. pp. 1, 52. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- ^ a b "Peter Martin – American professor". Oak Lawn Library Friends. 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
Further reading
- Craig, Robert M. (1992). "Review of The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia: From Jamestown to Jefferson". JSTOR 2739262.
- Wilson, David Scofield (1993). "Review of The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia: From Jamestown to Jefferson". JSTOR 2947253.
- Linden-Ward, Blanche (1992). "Review of The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia: From Jamestown to Jefferson". JSTOR 3123984.
- Quitt, Martin H. (1993). "Review of The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia: From Jamestown to Jefferson". JSTOR 4249335.
- O'Malley, Therese (1992). "Appropriation and Adaptation: Early Gardening Literature in America". JSTOR 3817685.
- Scanlan, J. T. (1998). "Review of Edmond Malone, Shakespearean Scholar: A Literary Biography". JSTOR 27711715.
- Taylor, Christopher (9 August 2008). "Blame it on Boswell". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- Hensher, Philip (2 August 2008). "Not tired of this life". The Spectator. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- Fergusson, James (17 August 2008). "Samuel Johnson: A Biography by Peter Martin". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- Price, Leah (30 January 2009). "Lives of Johnson". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- Robshaw, Brandon (20 December 2009). "Samuel Johnson: A Biography, By Peter Martin". The Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- Kirsch, Adam (23 February 2009). "Money Made Him Do It: What Samuel Johnson can teach us about writing". Slate. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- Johnston, George Sim (18 September 2008). "A Melancholy Man of Letters". The Wall Street Journal. p. A23. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- Cook, Daniel (2010). "Dr Johnson's Heart". .
- Rawson, Claude (7 January 2001). "Boswell's Boswell". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
Martin's is not the first biography to make use of the Yale archive. Boswell's earlier and later careers were written up by Frederick A. Pottle and Frank Brady, in two densely documented, though readable, works of record. This new life of James Boswell makes available to nonscholarly readers a vivid and sensitively observed narrative that takes account of the full range of new information.
- Shinagel, Michael (2001). "Review of A Life of James Boswell". JSTOR 27568530.
- Korshin, Paul J. (2003). "Review of A Life of James Boswell". JSTOR 27712365.
- Baruth, Philip (2002). "Something Old, Something New: Two Recent (and Contradictory) Portraits of James Boswell". S2CID 162310261.
- Hitchings, Henry (6 September 1999). "A-whoring we go". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 2011-01-11. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
In conveying a picture of this constant wavering, Martin's treatment of his material is dextrous and assured, and he offers a refreshingly ambiguous portrait of his subject.
- Holmes, Richard (20 September 2001). "Triumph of an Artist". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
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