Nevill Coghill

Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer Coghill ( born April 19, 1899 in Castle Townshend in County Cork, Ireland; † 6 November 1980) was an Irish- British literary scholar, who primarily for its modern English version of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales ( built around 1387 ) was known. He was also active as a screenwriter and director.

Life

Nevill Coghill was the son of Sir Egerton Bushe Coghill and Elizabeth Hildegarde Augusta Somerville and was born in the " Castle Townshend ". He attended Haileybury College in Hertfordshire. During the First World War, where he was employed from 1917 to 1919, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Field Artillery. In 1922 Coghill graduated from Exeter College, Oxford University with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). In 1925 he made ​​there his Master of Arts (MA) and was until 1967 a Fellow at Exeter College. In addition, he was 1957-1966 Professor of English Literature at Merton College, also in Oxford.

He translated Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales ( by Coghill in 1957 published), which he adapted for theatrical productions, or as a musical. These and lyrics by William Langland, which was prepared for BBC Radio, and later they were released. He was director of the Oxford University Dramatic Society in 1949 and produced The Tempest by William Shakespeare. In addition, he was a member of the literary circle " The Inklings ", including JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis and Owen Barfield belonged.

Coghill married on March 24, 1927 Elspeth Nora Harley, daughter of Richard James Harley, of which he was divorced in 1933. The marriage produced a daughter, Rose Mary Caroline Coghill emerged ( born July 25, 1928).

Filmography

Writings

  • The Pardon of Piers Plowman. Oxford University Press, 1945.
  • The Masque of Hope. Oxford University Press, 1948. ( Special edition on the occasion of the visit of Queen Elizabeth at Oxford University on May 25, 1948).
  • The Poet Chaucer. Oxforf University Press, 1949.
  • Nevill Coghill, Muriel Clara Bradbrook, John William Robinson: Geoffrey Chaucer. - Writers and their work. 1956th (new edition: Longman, ISBN 978-0-582-01079-6 ).
  • Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales. Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1957 (new edition: Penguin Classics, 2012, ISBN 978-0140424386 ). .
  • Nevill Coghill (Editor): The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The Folio Society, London 1960, DNB 1001584627, ( William Shakespeare).
  • Shakespeare 's Professional Skills 1964.
  • Langland: Piers Plowman. In 1964.
  • Chaucer 's Idea of What Is Noble. 1971, ISBN 0-19-721485-1.
  • Collected Papers. 1988, ISBN 0-7108-1233-7.
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