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'''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 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]].
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'''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]].


[[File:Photograph_of_Arthur_Henry_Bullen.jpg|thumb|Photograph of A. H. Bullen by [[Emery Walker]]]]
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His father George Bullen (d. 1894) was 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 (dramatist)|John Day]]'' in 1881 and continued with series of ''English Dramatists'' and a seven-volume set of ''Old English Plays'', 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 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]].
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 [[William Butler Yeats|Yeats]] from their [[The Chaucer Head Bookshop|base]] in Stratford-on-Avon. Bullen was admired by literary figures like [[Algernon Charles Swinburne|Swinburne]] and was well known in his time for his enthusiastic scholarship and for rediscovering forgotten works of literature, like 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. It is not to be confused with an Australian imprint of the same name, publishing mostly children's books, sold in the 1970s by [[Kerry Packer]]'s group to the American [[Western Publishing Company]]<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VRM7i0OhEIkC&pg=PA48&dq=Shakespeare+Head+Press+Australia&hl=en&ei=OgwMTaX8IcqwhQer2Li4Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Shakespeare%20Head%20Press%20Australia&f=false Sixties Larrikins]</ref> and now (?) part of [[Random House]].


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 [[William Butler Yeats|Yeats]] from their [[The Chaucer Head Bookshop|base]] in Stratford-on-Avon.
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== External links ==
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Bullen was admired by literary figures like [[Algernon Charles Swinburne|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.
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==References==
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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==
*Richard Storer's article on Bullen in the ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' (2004)
*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)
*H. F. B. Brett-Smith's article on Bullen in the ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (1927)


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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.

Photograph of A. H. Bullen by Emery Walker

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The works of Thomas Middleton : in eight volumes. 1 ..., worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  2. ^ A. H. Bullen, ed., A Collection of Old English Plays (Volume I), upenn.edu. Retrieved 4 November 2021,

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