ALEXANDER, M(ichael) J(oseph)

ALEXANDER, M(ichael) J(oseph). British, b. 1941. Genres: Poetry, Literary criticism and history, Translations. Career: Employed by William Collins, publishers, London, 1963-65; Princeton University Graduate School, NJ, Fellow, 1965-66; University of California at Santa Barbara, lecturer, 1966-67; Andre Deutsch, publishers, London, editor, 1967-68; University of East Anglia, Norwich, lecturer in English, 1968-69; University of Stirling, Scotland, lecturer, 1969-77, sr. lecturer, 1977-85, reader in English studies, 1985; University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Berry Professor of English Literature, 1985-. Publications: The Poetic Achievement of Ezra Pound, 1979, 2nd ed., 1998; Twelve Poems, 1980; The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, 1980, 2nd ed., 1999; The Knight's Tale, 1981; A History of Old English Literature, 1983, 3rd ed., 2002; The Miller's Tale, 1986; A History of English Literature, 2000. TRANSLATOR: The Earliest English Poems, 1966, 3rd ed., 1991; Beowulf: A Verse Translation, 1973, rev. ed., 2001; Old English Riddles from the Exeter Book, 1980, 3rd ed., 1984; Beowulf and Grendel, 1995. EDITOR/CO-EDITOR: Macmillan Anthologies of English Literature, Vols. 1-5, 1989; Beowulf: A Glossed Text, 1995; Sons of Ezra, 1995; The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment, 1996; The Canterbury Tales: Illustrated Prologue, 1996; The Merchant of Venice, 1998. Author of articles and essays on Hardy, T.S. Eliot, David Jones and more recent poets. Address: School of English, The University, St. Andrews KY16 9AL, Scotland. Online address: [email protected]