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Malcolm Bradbury Biography and Timeline

Follow Malcolm Bradbury through 42 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Malcolm Bradbury, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

42Distinct records
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1932–1997Years on this page

1932

Birth of Malcolm Bradbury

Arts / Literature

Birth of Malcolm Bradbury

1959

Eating People Is Wrong

Arts / Literature

Malcolm Bradbury published his debut novel Eating People Is Wrong, satirizing university life and social attitudes.

1960

Phogey Humour Collection

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published Phogey, a humorous examination of status and class in British society.

1962

All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published a humour book exploring the contradictions of contemporary British life.

Evelyn Waugh Critical Study

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published a critical introduction to Evelyn Waugh's fiction and satirical methods.

1965

Forster Critical Essays

Arts / Literature

Bradbury edited a collection of critical essays addressing the novels of E M Forster.

Stepping Westward

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published Stepping Westward, a campus novel about a British writer visiting the United States.

1969

Puddnhead Wilson Edition

Arts / Literature

Bradbury edited an edition of Mark Twain's Puddnhead Wilson with scholarly apparatus.

What Is a Novel

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published What Is a Novel, an introductory examination of fictional form.

1970

Metaphysical Poetry Studies

Arts / Literature

Bradbury coedited a volume in the Stratford Upon Avon Studies series on metaphysical poetry.

Passage to India Casebook

Arts / Literature

Bradbury edited a critical casebook on E M Forster's A Passage to India.

1971

Penguin Companion to Literature

Arts / Literature

Bradbury contributed to editing a reference volume covering American and Latin American literature.

Social Context of Modern English Literature

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published a study linking modern English writing to changing social conditions.

1972

Possibilities Essays on the Novel

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published Possibilities, an essay collection discussing the state of the novel.

1975

The History Man

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published The History Man, his well-known satire of politics and academic life.

1976

Modernism Literary Survey

Arts / Literature

Bradbury coedited Modernism 1890 to 1930, a survey of European experimental literature.

1977

The Novel Today Anthology

Arts / Literature

Bradbury edited The Novel Today, bringing contemporary novelists' perspectives on fiction together.

1978

The Outland Dart Lecture

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published The Outland Dart, a lecture on American writers and European modernism.

1980

History Man Television Adaptation

Arts / Literature

A television adaptation of Bradbury's university satire The History Man reached British audiences.

1981

Introduction to American Studies

Arts / Literature

Bradbury coedited a collection introducing the interdisciplinary study of the United States.

1982

Expatriate Tradition Pamphlet

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published an essay on expatriate themes in American literary history.

1983

Rates of Exchange

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published Rates of Exchange, a comic novel concerned with travel and ideological misunderstanding.

Saul Bellow Critical Study

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published a critical study examining the fiction of American novelist Saul Bellow.

The Modern American Novel

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published The Modern American Novel, a survey of American fiction in the modern era.

1984

Red Badge of Courage Edition

Arts / Literature

Bradbury prepared a scholarly edition of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.

1986

Why Come to Slaka

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published Why Come to Slaka, a humorous guidebook to a fictional Eastern European country.

1987

Mensonge Satirical Novella

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published My Strange Quest for Mensonge, satirizing academic literary theory.

Modern British Short Stories Anthology

Arts / Literature

Bradbury edited an anthology of modern British short stories for Penguin.

No Not Bloomsbury Essays

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published No Not Bloomsbury, collecting essays on literary culture and fiction.

1988

The Modern World Writers

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published The Modern World, discussing ten major writers of modern literature.

Unsent Letters Humour

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published Unsent Letters, a collection of comic letters and reflections.

1991

From Puritanism to Postmodernism

Arts / Literature

Bradbury coauthored a history of American literature with Richard Ruland.

The Great Gatsby Scholarly Edition

Arts / Literature

Bradbury contributed an introduction and critical materials to an edition of The Great Gatsby.

1992

Doctor Criminale

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published Doctor Criminale, a satirical novel concerning celebrity intellectuals and European politics.

1993

The Modern British Novel

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published a critical history of British fiction from the late nineteenth century onward.

Who Do You Think You Are

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published a collection combining stories and literary parodies.

1994

Present Laughter Comic Anthology

Arts / Literature

Bradbury edited Present Laughter, an anthology exploring comic fiction.

1995

Dangerous Pilgrimages Literary Study

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published Dangerous Pilgrimages, investigating transatlantic literary mythologies.

1996

Atlas of Literature Editing

Arts / Literature

Bradbury edited The Atlas of Literature, an illustrated reference work about writers and literary geography.

1997

Inside Trading Stage Comedy

Arts / Literature

Bradbury published Inside Trading, an adaptation of an earlier European stage comedy.

Records, sources and methodology

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