A. C. Bradley was born in Cheltenham in 1851, the son of a
clergyman. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he
studied classics. He first taught literature at Liverpool
University, then in 1889 became professor of English language and
literature at Glasgow. From 1901 to 1906 he was professor of poetry
at Oxford University. His lectures appeared in book form as
Shakespearean Tragedy in 1904, and five years later he published
Oxford Lectures on Poetry, which includes a memorable one on Antony
and Cleopatra. A. C. Bradley died in 1935.
John Bayley is a former Thomas Warton Professor of
English Literature at the University of Oxford and is the author of
books on Tolstoy, Hardy, and Housman. He has also written several
novels and a memoir, Elegy for Iris.
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