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'''Arthur Henry Bullen''', often known as '''A. H. Bullen''' |
'''Arthur Henry Bullen''', often known as '''A. H. Bullen''' (9 February 1857, [[London]] – 29 February 1920, [[Stratford-on-Avon]]), was an English [[editor in chief|editor]] and [[publisher]], a specialist in [[16th century in literature|16th]]- and [[17th century in literature|17th-century literature]], and founder of the '''Shakespeare Head Press''', which for its first decades was a publisher of fine editions in the tradition of the [[Kelmscott Press]]. |
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[[File:Photograph_of_Arthur_Henry_Bullen.jpg|thumb|Photograph of A. H. Bullen by [[Emery Walker]]]] |
[[File:Photograph_of_Arthur_Henry_Bullen.jpg|thumb|Photograph of A. H. Bullen by [[Emery Walker]]]] |
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His father, [[George Bullen (librarian)|George Bullen]] (d. 1894), was a librarian at the [[British Museum]]. A. H. Bullen's interest in [[Elizabethan]] dramatists and poets started at the [[City of London School]], before he went to [[Worcester College, Oxford]] to study classics. |
His father, [[George Bullen (librarian)|George Bullen]] (d. 1894), was a librarian at the [[British Museum]]. A. H. Bullen's interest in [[Elizabethan literature|Elizabethan]] dramatists and poets started at the [[City of London School]], before he went to [[Worcester College, Oxford]], to study classics. |
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His publishing career began with a scholarly edition of the ''Works of [[John Day (dramatist)|John Day]]'' in 1881 and continued with series of ''The English Dramatists'' (London: John C. Nimmo, 1885–88)<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/831182452 The works of Thomas Middleton : in eight volumes. 1 ...], worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.</ref> and a four-volume set of ''A Collection of Old English Plays'' (London: Privately printed by Wyman & Sons, 1882–89),<ref>A. H. Bullen, ed., [https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=10388 A Collection of Old English Plays (Volume I)], upenn.edu. Retrieved 4 November 2021,</ref> some of which he had discovered in manuscript and published for the first time. He was also the first person to publish some early [[lyric poetry|lyric poems]]. Bullen wrote more than 150 articles for the ''[[Dictionary of National Biography]]'', lectured on Elizabethan dramatists at [[Oxford University]] and taught at [[Toynbee Hall]]. |
His publishing career began with a scholarly edition of the ''Works of [[John Day (dramatist)|John Day]]'' in 1881 and continued with series of ''The English Dramatists'' (London: John C. Nimmo, 1885–88)<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/831182452 The works of Thomas Middleton : in eight volumes. 1 ...], worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.</ref> and a four-volume set of ''A Collection of Old English Plays'' (London: Privately printed by Wyman & Sons, 1882–89),<ref>A. H. Bullen, ed., [https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=10388 A Collection of Old English Plays (Volume I)], upenn.edu. Retrieved 4 November 2021,</ref> some of which he had discovered in manuscript and published for the first time. He was also the first person to publish some early [[lyric poetry|lyric poems]]. Bullen wrote more than 150 articles for the ''[[Dictionary of National Biography]]'', lectured on Elizabethan dramatists at [[Oxford University]] and taught at [[Toynbee Hall]]. |
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Latest revision as of 11:33, 11 March 2024
Arthur Henry Bullen, often known as A. H. Bullen (9 February 1857, London – 29 February 1920, Stratford-on-Avon), was an English editor and publisher, a specialist in 16th- and 17th-century literature, and founder of the Shakespeare Head Press, which for its first decades was a publisher of fine editions in the tradition of the Kelmscott Press.
His father, George Bullen (d. 1894), was a librarian at the British Museum. A. H. Bullen's interest in Elizabethan dramatists and poets started at the City of London School, before he went to Worcester College, Oxford, to study classics.
His publishing career began with a scholarly edition of the Works of John Day in 1881 and continued with series of The English Dramatists (London: John C. Nimmo, 1885–88)[1] and a four-volume set of A Collection of Old English Plays (London: Privately printed by Wyman & Sons, 1882–89),[2] some of which he had discovered in manuscript and published for the first time. He was also the first person to publish some early lyric poems. Bullen wrote more than 150 articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, lectured on Elizabethan dramatists at Oxford University and taught at Toynbee Hall.
In 1891, he and H. W. Lawrence went into partnership as the publishers Lawrence & Bullen. This lasted until 1900, when Bullen moved on to publish as A. H. Bullen. With Frank Sidgwick as partner, he then formed the Shakespeare Head Press and published a collected Shakespeare and collected Yeats from their base in Stratford-on-Avon.
Bullen was admired by literary figures like Swinburne and was well known in his time for his enthusiastic scholarship and for rediscovering forgotten works of literature, most notably those of Thomas Campion. Because he modernised as he published, his texts are not used as standard editions by scholars today.
After Bullen's death the press was continued by a partnership including Basil Blackwell, the Oxford bookseller. It continues today as an imprint of Wiley-Blackwell, now printing on normal commercial presses.
Sources[edit]
- Richard Storer's article on Bullen in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004)
- H. F. B. Brett-Smith's article on Bullen in the Dictionary of National Biography (1927)
References[edit]
- ^ The works of Thomas Middleton : in eight volumes. 1 ..., worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ A. H. Bullen, ed., A Collection of Old English Plays (Volume I), upenn.edu. Retrieved 4 November 2021,
External links[edit]
Media related to Arthur Henry Bullen at Wikimedia Commons
Works by or about Arthur Henry Bullen at Wikisource- Works by Arthur Henry Bullen at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Arthur Henry Bullen at Internet Archive
- A. H. Bullen at Library of Congress, with 55 library catalogue records
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