Hugh Maxton Explained

Hugh Maxton
Birth Name:William John McCormack
Birth Date:1947
Nationality:Irish
Occupation:Poet, Literary critic
Alma Mater:Trinity College Dublin
Thesis Title:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and the fiction of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy in the nineteenth century
Thesis Url:https://catalogue.library.ulster.ac.uk/items/248341?query=William+J.+McCormack&resultsUri=items%3Fquery%3DWilliam%2BJ.%2BMcCormack%26facet%255B0%255D%3Dformat%253A%2522thesis%2522&facet%5B0%5D=format%3A%22thesis%22
Thesis Year:1974
Discipline:Literature
Sub Discipline:Irish literature
Workplaces:Ulster University. University of Leeds, Goldsmiths, University of London

Hugh Maxton (born 1947), alias W. J. McCormack, is an Irish poet and academic.

Biography

William (Bill) John McCormack was born near Aughrim, County Wicklow in 1947. His parents were Irene (née King) and Charles Elliott McCormack. His father died from a heart attack when William was 13 years old.[1] He attended Rathgar (Methodist) National School and won a scholarship to Wesley College, Dublin (1959-65). He proceeded to Trinity College Dublin from which he graduated with a BA (1971). He was awarded a D.Phil. by the New University of Ulster (1974). He lectured both at the Coleraine and Magee College campuses of that university before proceeding to the University of Leeds. He was awarded a personal chair in Literary History at Goldsmiths, University of London in 1995.[2]

Writing

As a poet, he adopted the name Hugh Maxton, supposedly from the Scottish socialist James Maxton. He has written a large number of books of poetry as well as translations from Hungarian and German.[3]

As a literary critic, he has written using his registered name William J. McCracken. His specialism is 19th- and 20th-century Irish literature.[4]

Works

Poetry

Literary criticism

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Maxton . Hugh . Waking: An Irish Protestant Upbringing . 1998 . Lagan Press . Belfast . 221.
  2. Web site: W.J. McCormack . Ricorso . 15 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Hugh Maxton . Aosdana . 16 January 2024.
  4. Book: Bradley, Anthony. Contemporary Irish poetry: an anthology. 1980. University of California Press. 978-0-520-03389-4. 357. registration.
  5. Web site: Hugh Maxton . Aosdana . 16 January 2024.