Haynes, Kenneth

Kenneth Haynes

Professor of Comparative Literature, Chair of Comparative Literature, Professor of Classics

Overview

Haynes joined the Brown faculty in 2003. He has written English Literature and Ancient Languages (Oxford, 2003) and The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English , vol. 4: 1790–1900 (Oxford, 2006), which he co-edited with Peter France. Other books include a translation of Heidegger (with Julian Young), an edition of Swinburne, and an historical anthology of English translations of Horace (with D. S. Carne-Ross).

He translated and annotated a collection of essays by Johann Georg Hamann (Cambridge, 2007) and published an essay on him, " 'There is an Idol in the Temple of Learning': Hamann and the History of Philosophy"

He works on the poet Geoffrey Hill, having edited the Collected Critical Writings , (Oxford, 2008), Broken Hierarchies: Poems 1952–2012 (Oxford, 2013), and The Book of Baruch by the Gnostic Justin (Oxford, 2019) and having published several essays on him.

He is the editor and a contributor to vol. 5 (covering the period after 1880) of the multi-authored The Oxford History of the Classical Reception within English Literature (2019).

He has written articles and chapters on varied topics, including the use of Greek and Latin as markers of identity in the Victorian novel, the role of commentarial traditions in producing classic texts, and the history of error.

Brown Affiliations

Research

Research Overview

Kenneth Haynes studies the reception of classics in European literature and philosophy.

Research Statement

Haynes investigates the reception of classical works in European literature and philosophy with a particular focus on the phenomenon of literary multilingualism. He has written, edited, annotated, or translated six books relating to the topic. Two of them involved large-scale historical and critical studies of the topic: the monograph, English Literature and Ancient Languages , and volume four of The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English (1790–1900), which he co-edited with Peter France. In addition, he has published two 'case studies,' namely Horace in English (with D. S. Carne-Ross) and an edition of Swinburne's Poems and Ballads & Atalanta in Calydon , which elucidated the poet's indebtedness both to English and to foreign literature. Finally, he has translated works by two philosophers, Johann Georg Hamann and Martin Heidegger, who exemplify, in their different ways, multilingualism and explore its philosophical implications.

Funded Research

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Scholarly Work

Editor, Geoffrey Hill, Collected Critical Writings (Oxford, 2008).

"Modernism, 1900-1950," A Companion to the Classical Tradition, ed. Craig Kallendorf (Blackwell, 2007) 101–14.

"The Modern Reception of Greek Epigram," Brill's Companion to Hellenistic Epigram, ed. Peter Bing and Jon Steffen Bruss (Brill, 2007) 565–83.

Editor and translator, Johann Georg Hamann: Writings on Language and Philosophy (Cambridge, 2007)

"On Guy Davenport's Fiction: An Overview of the Stories," Literary Imagination 6:2 (Spring 2006) 307–313.

Co-editor (with Peter France), The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English: Vol. 4, 1790-1900 (Oxford, 2006).

English Literature and Ancient Languages (Oxford, 2003).

Co-translator (with Julian Young), Martin Heidegger, Off the Beaten Track (Cambridge, 2002).

Editor, Algernon Charles Swinburne's Poems and Ballads and Atalanta in Calydon (Penguin, 2000).

Co-editor (with D. S. Carne-Ross), Horace in English, with D. S. Carne-Ross (Penguin, 1996).

Background

Education and Training

Year	Degree	Institution
1995	PhD	Boston University
1988	BS	California Institute of Technology

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