Stephen Bernard
Stephen Jarrod Bernard
Career and education
He studied English literature at
Bernard specialises in the History of the Book and was awarded research fellowships at the William Andrews Clarke Memorial Library, UCLA, the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC, and the Katharine F. Pantzer Research Fellowship by the Bibliographical Society.[23] His research focusses on English literature of the long eighteenth century, particularly manuscript letters. He also works on legal and financial records concerning booksellers, including, for example, The Letters of Jacob Tonson in Bodleian MS. Eng. lett., c129[24] (Oxford Bibliographical Society, 2019 [2020])[25] and ‘The Tonson publishing house and the 18th century book trade’ (The Book Collector, 2020).[26] Turning more fully to writers and the creation rather than production of literature, he has comprehensively edited The correspondence of John Dryden,[27] with the assistance of John McTague (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2022), which had not been included in the definitive Works of John Dryden, 20 vols (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1956-2002).[28]
Personal life
Bernard was diagnosed with mental illness as a result of his childhood experiences, recounted in his memoir. He resides in Oxford.[29]
References
- ^ "Dr Stephen Bernard | Faculty of English". www.english.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Dr Stephen Bernard | Faculty of English". www.english.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ Bernard, Stephen. Paper Cuts.
- ^ "IICSA CP determination" (PDF). IICSA. 5 December 2019.
- ^ "University Prizes" (PDF). Brazen Nose: 23. 2004–2005.
- ^ Hood, Sir John (8 October 2008). ""Oration of the Vice-Chancellor", Oxford Gazette" (PDF). University of Oxford. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "Faculty of English | Language & Literature". www.english.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Bernard, Stephen (2015). "The Literary Correspondences of the Tonsons". Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ Reviews of The Literary Correspondences of the Tonsons:
- Calvert, Ian (October 2015), The Review of English Studies, 67 (278): 179–181, doi:10.1093/res/hgv095)
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- Calvert, Ian (October 2015), The Review of English Studies, 67 (278): 179–181,
- Clarke, Norma (January 2016), "Sherry and proofs", The Times Literary Supplement
- Keymer, Thomas (May 2016), "Mastering the Art of Understating Your Wealth", London Review of Books, 38 (9): 21–22
- Wilkinson, Hazel (July 2016), Critical Quarterly, 58 (2): 123–126, doi:10.1111/criq.12243)
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- ^ Bernard, Stephen (2011). The correspondence of Jacob Tonson the elder (Thesis). Thesis DPhil--University of Oxford.
- ^ Murphy, Kara. "International prize rankings". National Academy of Sciences and the Humanities. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "MLA press release" (PDF). 5 December 2017.
- ^ Reviews of The Plays and Poems of Nicholas Rowe:
- Marsden, Jean I (July 2017), The Review of English Studies, 69 (288): 171–173, doi:10.1093/res/hgx078)
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- Marsden, Jean I (July 2017), The Review of English Studies, 69 (288): 171–173,
- Rogers, Pat (31 October 2018), "Inheritor of unfufilled [sic] renown: An extensive treatment of a sometimes overlooked writer", The Times Literary Supplement
- ^ Reviews of Paper Cuts a memoir:
- Parkinson, Hannah Jane (11 February 2018), "Fire on All Sides by James Rhodes and Paper Cuts by Stephen Bernard review – surviving child rape", The Guardian
- Womersley, Kate (10 March 2018), "Why I now find listening to Beethoven nauseating: Stephen Bernard describes how much of literature and classical music are soiled pleasures for him, as a result of his local priest's abuse", The Spectator
- Turner, Jenny (16 February 2018). "Paper Cuts by Stephen Bernard review – a powerful memoir of sexual abuse". the Guardian. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "The best books of 2018". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Prize procedure announcement". 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Deleted long-list for 2018 prize". Baillie Gifford Prize. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Campbell, Colin (1 March 2018). "Clergyman's headstone 'should be smashed'". BBC News. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ "Church destroys accused priest's headstone". BBC News. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "Church destroys headstone of Sussex accused priest". BBC News. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "Britain: Abuse crisis – buried memories | Catholic Herald". Catholic Herald. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Bibliographical Society of London".
- ISBN 9780901420640.
- ISBN 9780901420640.
- ^ Bernard, Stephen (Autumn 2020). "The Tonson Publishing House and the Eighteenth-Century Book Trade: a Superb Discovery". The Book Collector. 69 (3): 479–86.
- ISBN 9781526136367.
- ISBN 9781526136367.
- ^ Turner, Jenny (16 February 2018). "Paper Cuts by Stephen Bernard review – a powerful memoir of sexual abuse". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 November 2018.