David Morse (writer)

David Morse (born 1938) is a British literary author and former lecturer in the School of English and American Studies at the University of Sussex.^[1][2][3] He was an early authority on Motown^[4][5][6] but is now best known for his work on Romanticism and the culture and times of the Victorian age. His seminal work, High Victorian Culture, was described by The Times Literary Supplement as ‘an illuminating survey work by a robust and powerful intelligence with an impressive grasp of a great deal of material’.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Life

David Morse was born in 1938 and educated at Bedford Modern School^[11] and King's College, Cambridge, where he contributed to Granta, was editor of The Cambridge Review^[1] and was awarded an ACLS Fellowship to study American theatre.^[1]

Morse became a lecturer in the School of English and American Studies at the University of Sussex.^[11] He was an early authority on Motown^[4][5][6] but is now best known for his work on Romanticism and the culture and times of the Victorian age. His seminal work, High Victorian Culture, was described by The Times Literary Supplement as ‘an illuminating survey work by a robust and powerful intelligence with an impressive grasp of a great deal of material’.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Selected bibliography

• Motown And The Arrival Of Black Music. Published by Macmillan Publishers, New York City, 1971^[12][13]
• Grandfather Rock: The New Poetry And The Old. Published by Delacorte Press, New York City, 1972^[14]
• Perspectives On Romanticism: A Transformational Analysis. Published by Barnes & Noble, 1981^[15]
• Romanticism: A Structural Analysis. Published by Barnes & Noble, 1982^[16][17]
• American Romanticism. Published by Barnes & Noble, 1987^[18]
• American Romanticism. Vol.1, From Cooper To Hawthorne: Excessive America. Published by Macmillan Publishers, London, 1987^[19][20]
• American Romanticism. Vol.2, From Melville To James. Published by Macmillan Publishers, 1987^[21][22]
• England's Time Of Crisis: From Shakespeare To Milton: A Cultural History. Published by St. Martin’s Press, New York City, 1989^[23]
• High Victorian Culture. Published by New York University Press, 1993^[8][24][25]
• The Age Of Virtue: British Culture From The Restoration To Romanticism. Published by St. Martin’s Press, New York City, 2000^[26][27]

References

1. David Morse. "The Age of Virtue". Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
2. JSTOR. Review of The Age of Virtue. Reviewed by Ronnie Young in Albion:A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. Vol.33, No.2 (Summer, 2001), pp311-313
3. "Journal of American Studies - David Morse, American Romanticism, 2 Vols.; Vol. 1, From Cooper to Hawthorne: Excessive America; Vol. 2, From Melville to James: The Enduring Excessive (London: Macmillan, 1987, £40). Pp. 228 & 189. ISBN 0 333 40712 1.
   
   Donald E. Pease, Visionary Compacts: American Renaissance Writings in Cultural Context (Madison & London: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987, $32.50). Pp. 303. ISBN 0 299 11000 1. - Cambridge Journals Online". cambridge.org. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
4. "Rock Eras". google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
5. "Motown". virginmedia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
6. "California Soul". google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
7. David Morse. "High Victorian Culture". Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
8. "The Wake of Wellington". google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
9. "Writing and Victorianism". google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
10. "Savage Songs and Wild Romances". google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
11. Bedford Modern School of the Black and Red, by A.G. Underwood (1981). Published by Bedford Modern School, Bedford, 1981
12. "Motown and the arrival of black music.". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
13. "American Studies". google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
14. "Grandfather rock: the new poetry and the old.". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
15. "Perspectives on romanticism : a transformational analysis". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
16. "Romanticism, a structural analysis". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
17. "Romanticism, a Structural Analysis". google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
18. "American Romanticism". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
19. "American romanticism. Vol.1, From Cooper to Hawthorne,: excessive America". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
20. "American romanticism / David Morse. Vol.1., From Cooper to Hawthorne : excessive America. - Version details - Trove". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
21. "American romanticism. 2. From Melville to James.". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
22. "Journal of American Studies - David Morse, American Romanticism, 2 Vols.; Vol. 1, From Cooper to Hawthorne: Excessive America; Vol. 2, From Melville to James: The Enduring Excessive (London: Macmillan, 1987, £40). Pp. 228 & 189. ISBN 0 333 40712 1.
    
    Donald E. Pease, Visionary Compacts: American Renaissance Writings in Cultural Context (Madison & London: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987, $32.50). Pp. 303. ISBN 0 299 11000 1. - Cambridge Journals Online". cambridge.org. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
23. "England's time of crisis : from Shakespeare to Milton : a cultural history". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
24. "High Victorian culture". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
25. JSTOR. Review of High Victorian Culture. Reviewed by Richard D. Altick in Nineteenth Century Literature. Vol 48, No.4 (Mar 1994). pp537-540
26. "The age of virtue : British culture from the Restoration to Romanticism". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
27. "The Orders of Knighthood and the Formation of the British Honours System ...". google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

External links

• David Morse at WorldCat Identities