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Dear me - - I mis-remembered the name of the author of "Heathcliff's
toothbrush" - - John Sutherland, not Sanford.
Interesting Wikipedia article:
John Sutherland (born 1938) is an English lecturer, emeritus professor,
newspaper columnist and author.
Now Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at
University College London, John Sutherland began his academic career as an
assistant lecturer in Edinburgh in 1964. [1]He specialises in Victorian
fiction, 20th century literature, and the history of publishing.
Apart from writing a regular column in the Guardian newspaper, Sutherland
has published seventeen (as of 2004) books and (as of 2005) is editing the
forthcoming Oxford Companion to Popular Fiction. The series of books which
starts with Was Heathcliff a murderer? has brought him a wide readership.
The books in the series are collections of essays. Each essay takes a piece
of classic fiction, almost always from the Victorian period. Carefully going
over every word of the text, Sutherland highlights apparent inconsistencies,
anachronisms and oversights, and explains references which the modern reader
is likely to overlook. In some cases he demonstrates the likelihood that the
author simply forgot a minor detail. In others, apparent slips on the part
of the author are presented as evidence that something is going on beyond
the surface of the book which is not explicitly described (such as his
explanation for why Sherlock Holmes should mis-address Miss Stoner as Miss
Roylott in The Adventure of the Speckled Band).
In 2005, he was involved in Dot Mobile 's project to translate summaries and
quotes of classic literature into text messaging shorthand. In the same year
he was also Chair of Judges for the Booker Prize.
[edit] Partial bibliography
* Is Heathcliff a murderer? Puzzles in nineteenth-century fiction, ISBN
0-19-282516-X 1996, OUP
* Can Janes Eyre be happy? More puzzles in classic fiction, ISBN
0-19-283309-X, 1997, OUP
* Who betrays Elizabeth Bennet? Further puzzles in classic fiction 1999,
OUP
* (With Cedric Watts) Henry V, war criminal? & other Shakespeare puzzles,
ISBN 0-19-283879-2, 2000 OUP
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toothbrush" - - John Sutherland, not Sanford.
Interesting Wikipedia article:
John Sutherland (born 1938) is an English lecturer, emeritus professor,
newspaper columnist and author.
Now Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at
University College London, John Sutherland began his academic career as an
assistant lecturer in Edinburgh in 1964. [1]He specialises in Victorian
fiction, 20th century literature, and the history of publishing.
Apart from writing a regular column in the Guardian newspaper, Sutherland
has published seventeen (as of 2004) books and (as of 2005) is editing the
forthcoming Oxford Companion to Popular Fiction. The series of books which
starts with Was Heathcliff a murderer? has brought him a wide readership.
The books in the series are collections of essays. Each essay takes a piece
of classic fiction, almost always from the Victorian period. Carefully going
over every word of the text, Sutherland highlights apparent inconsistencies,
anachronisms and oversights, and explains references which the modern reader
is likely to overlook. In some cases he demonstrates the likelihood that the
author simply forgot a minor detail. In others, apparent slips on the part
of the author are presented as evidence that something is going on beyond
the surface of the book which is not explicitly described (such as his
explanation for why Sherlock Holmes should mis-address Miss Stoner as Miss
Roylott in The Adventure of the Speckled Band).
In 2005, he was involved in Dot Mobile 's project to translate summaries and
quotes of classic literature into text messaging shorthand. In the same year
he was also Chair of Judges for the Booker Prize.
[edit] Partial bibliography
* Is Heathcliff a murderer? Puzzles in nineteenth-century fiction, ISBN
0-19-282516-X 1996, OUP
* Can Janes Eyre be happy? More puzzles in classic fiction, ISBN
0-19-283309-X, 1997, OUP
* Who betrays Elizabeth Bennet? Further puzzles in classic fiction 1999,
OUP
* (With Cedric Watts) Henry V, war criminal? & other Shakespeare puzzles,
ISBN 0-19-283879-2, 2000 OUP
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