Hugo Dyson

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Hugo Dyson , actually Henry Victor Dyson Dyson (born April 7, 1896 in Hove , East Sussex , † June 6, 1975 in Oxford ) was an English professor and literary scholar .

Life

Hugo Dyson worked at the University of Reading from 1924 , where he taught English . In 1945 he moved to Merton College of Oxford University , where he held a position as to 1963 Fellow and Tutor held. Dyson was an expert on William Shakespeare's literature and a member of the Inklings Association . He was friends with the writers CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien .

Dyson's grave is in Holywell on St. Cross Churchyard in Oxfordshire , England.

An anecdote

On one day in September 1931, CS Lewis is said to have invited two friends to Magdalen College to dine with them. One of them was Tolkien, the other Hugo Dyson. Lewis had met Dyson the year before through Nevill Coghill . During the evening the three men began to talk about metaphors and myths while walking around the school grounds. Lewis doubted the ancient myths could have any real core. He said: “As beautiful and moving such stories may be, they are ultimately untrue.” (Literally to Tolkien he said: myths are “lies and therefore worthless, even though breathed with silver.” - Myths are “lies and therefore worthless, even if breathed through with silver. ”)“ No ”, replied Tolkien,“ they are not lies. ”Then suddenly a cold wind came up and blew so many leaves down on them that they thought it would rain. They held their breath, spellbound.

Dyson on TV

In the mid-1960s, when the BBC was looking for someone to give lectures on Shakespeare on television, they turned to Hugo Dyson for his expertise. The BBC series was so successful that Dyson was asked to play a small role in the film "Darling" alongside Dirk Bogarde and Julie Christie . Dyson made a few minor appearances in film and television productions.

Filmography

  • 1965: Famous Gossips (three episodes)
  • 1965: Monsieur Sebastian Melmoth (in the introduction as himself)
  • 1965: The Years with Mother (in the introduction as himself)
  • 1965: The Antiquary (in the introduction as himself)
  • 1965: Darling (anonymous as a performer)

literature

  • Pope: Poetry and Prose. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1933. (With notes from HVD Dyson).
  • Henry V. Dyson, B. Dyson, John Butt: Augustans and Romantics, 1689-1830. Volume 1. The Cresset press, London 1940. (New edition by Reprint Services Corporation, 1999, ISBN 0-7812-0133-0 ).
  • David Bratman: Hugo Dyson: Inkling, Teacher, Bon Vivant. In: Mythlore. Volume 21, No. 4 (Winter), 1997, pp. 19-34.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jenn Raimundo: We Have an Inkling: Hugo Dyson. signumuniversity.org, archived from the original on May 9, 2016 ; Retrieved April 12, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Hugo Dyson on cs-lewis.de, accessed on February 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ Dyson's grave on findagrave.com, accessed February 6, 2013.
  4. ↑ The Inklings. ( Memento of August 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on romenu.skynetblogs.be, accessed on February 6, 2013.
  5. ↑ Joseph Pearce: JRR Tolkien: Truth and Myth ( February 17, 2010 memento on the Internet Archive ) on catholiceducation.org, accessed February 6, 2013.
  6. ↑ 1965 - 12426 Darling . In: British Film Catalog . tape 1 : Fiction film, 1895–1994 . Routledge, London / New York 2016, ISBN 978-1-317-74063-6 , pp. 749 ( books.google.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Dyson, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dyson, Henry Victor Dyson (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English literary scholar and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Hove , East Sussex
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1975
Place of death Oxford