Neil Roberts (author) explained

Neil Roberts (born 1946, Manchester) is an Emeritus Professor of English literature at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of critical studies of Ted Hughes, D. H. Lawrence, George Eliot and George Meredith, including the first critical study of Peter Redgrove.^[1]

Roberts's book A Lucid Dreamer was shortlisted for the 2013 East Midlands Book Award.^[2]

Life

Neil Roberts was born in Manchester in 1946 and educated in Latymer Upper School, London, and Clare College, Cambridge.^[3]

Selected publications

• Book: Roberts, Neil. A Companion to 20th-Century Poetry. 2003. Wiley-Blackwell. 9781405113618 .
• Book: Roberts, Neil. D.H. Lawrence, Travel and Cultural Difference. 2004. Palgrave Macmillan. 9781349507399 .
• Book: Roberts, Neil. Ted Hughes: A Literary Life. 2006. Palgrave Macmillan. 9781403936059 .
• Book: Roberts, Neil. A Lucid Dreamer: The Life of Peter Redgrove. 2012. Jonathan Cape. 9780224090292 .
• Book: Roberts, Neil. Sons and Lovers: The Biography of a Novel. 2016. Liverpool University Press. 9781942954279 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Crow. The Ted Hughes Society. 2021-08-01.
2. Web site: LeftLion - Neil Roberts. leftlion.co.uk. 2021-08-01.
3. Web site: Neil Roberts - Writing East Midlands. https://web.archive.org/web/20150612165752/https://writingeastmidlands.co.uk/featured/neil-roberts/. 2021-08-01. 2015-06-12.