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259:, which had also been released to the press. The letter admonished Enright for "involv in political affairs which are the concern of local people", not "visitors, including mendicant professors", and said that the government " no time for asinine sneers by passing aliens about the futility of 'sarong culture complete with pantun competitions' particularly when it comes from beatnik professors". There was also some criticism that Enright had been insensitive towards Malays and their so-called "sarong culture". 396: 136:" - and Welsh chapel-goer mother Grace (nÊe Cleaver); he wrote about his "working-class, Black Country upbringing". Enright stated in his poem "Anglo-Irish" that his "father claimed to be descended from a king called Brian Boru, an ancient hero of Ireland..." but his "mother said that all Irishmen claimed descent from kings but the truth was they were Catholics." 262:
With some mediation from the Academic Staff Association of the university, it was agreed that to put the matter to rest, Enright would write a letter of apology and clarification, the government would reply, and both were to be printed in the newspapers. Although the affair was "essentially dead"
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Leave the people free to make their own mistakes, to suffer and to discover. Authority must leave us to fight even that deadly battle over whether or not to enter a place of entertainment wherein lurks a juke-box, and whether or not to slip a coin into the
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after that, according to Enright, it would still be brought up periodically in discussions of local culture and academic freedom. Enright gave his account of the incident in
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Enright's early life was characterised by poverty, the loss of his father, and relationship with his "overworked mother". He was educated at Clapham Terrace Primary School,
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The following day, Enright was summoned by the Ministry for Labour and Law regarding his foreigner work permit, and was handed a letter by the Minister for Culture,
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on 17 November 1960, titled "Robert Graves and the Decline of Modernism". His introductory remarks on the state of culture in Singapore were the subject of a
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to remain "culturally open", that culture was something to be left for the people to build up, and that for the government to institute "a
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Art does not begin in a test-tube, it does not take its origin in good sentiments and clean-shaven, upstanding young thoughts.
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article. "'Hands Off' Challenge to 'Culture Vultures'", the next day. Among other things, he stated that it was important for
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D. J. Enright- Poet of Humanism, William Walsh, Cambridge University Press, 1974, pp. 1, 104
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A Mania for Sentences: Essays on G. Grass, H. Boll, Frisch, Flaubert & Others
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Enright gained some notoriety in Singapore after his inaugural lecture at the
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Fields of Vision: Essays on Literature, Language, and Television
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Walking in the Harz Mountains, Faust Senses the Presence of God
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of the following year. Returning to London in 1970, he edited
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British novelist, poet, academic, and critic (1920–2002)
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The Terrible Shears – Scenes from a Twenties Childhood
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Encyclopedia of British Writers, 1800 to the Present
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Literary criticism, memoirs and general anthologies
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Enright 294:: Organising Tutor, Extra-Mural Department, 1151:Officers of the Order of the British Empire 662:In the Basilica of the Annunciation (1971), 1136:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature 762:Robert Graves and the Decline of Modernism 750:The World of Dew: Aspects of Living Japan 828:The Alluring Problem – An Essay on Irony 547:Under the Circumstances: Poems and Prose 512:(1978), poems (translated into Dutch by 238:competitions and so forth" was futile. 1116:Academics of the University of Warwick 1093: 580:(1958), editor with Takamichi Ninomiya 870:Interplay: A Kind of Commonplace Book 810:Fair of Speech: The Uses of Euphemism 770:(1963), editor with Ernst de Chickera 746:, Wydawnictwo Lubelskie, Lublin 1984. 390: 864:The Oxford Book of the Supernatural 854:(1991), editor with David Rawlinson 792:Man is an Onion: Reviews and Essays 13: 887:Signs and Wonders: Selected Essays 846:The Faber Book of Fevers and Frets 738:(1949), translated into Polish by 438:The Laughing Hyena and other poems 14: 1172: 1059: 1044:Jacqueline Simms (editor; 1990). 946:Blake Morrison (1 January 2003). 912:Stade, G.; Karbiener, K. (2010). 355:: Honorary Professor of English, 172:As a poet he was identified with 780:Memoirs of a Mendicant Professor 394: 265:Memoirs of a Mendicant Professor 114:Memoirs of a Mendicant Professor 67:Academic, poet, novelist, critic 1070:The Royal Society of Literature 1032:D. J. Enright: Poet of Humanism 386: 349:: Director, Chatto & Windus 165:and his short association with 1111:20th-century English novelists 1034:, Cambridge University Press, 1012: 1003: 994: 974: 965: 939: 736:A Commentary on Goethe's Faust 1: 1024: 366:Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 322:: British Council Professor, 1161:Translators of Marcel Proust 786:Shakespeare and the Students 615: 7: 1048:, Oxford University Press, 270: 10: 1177: 1156:People from Leamington Spa 816:Instant Chronicles: A Life 584:A Choice of Milton's Verse 578:The Poetry of Living Japan 559:Collected Poems: 1948–1998 444:Bread Rather than Blossoms 145:Downing College, Cambridge 852:Oxford Book of Friendship 680: 618: 426: 315:Free University of Berlin 79: 71: 63: 49: 45:, England, United Kingdom 30: 23: 1121:English literary critics 899: 822:The Oxford Book of Death 331:: Professor of English, 324:Chulalongkorn University 287:University of Alexandria 882:Play Resumed: A Journal 590:Penguin Modern Poets 26 520:in a bilingual edition) 333:University of Singapore 285:: Lecturer in English, 234:culture, complete with 214:University of Singapore 119: 59:England, United Kingdom 1126:English male novelists 1068:, Fellows Remembered, 1030:William Walsh (1974): 982:"Obituary: DJ Enright" 774:Conspirators and Poets 450:The Year of the Monkey 303:: Visiting Professor, 253: 247: 756:The Apothecary's Shop 518:Het paradijs in beeld 456:Some Men Are Brothers 357:University of Warwick 313:: Visiting Lecturer, 296:Birmingham University 248: 243: 241:Some quotes include: 100:Dennis Joseph Enright 628:Reprinted/collected 566:Anthologies (edited) 536:Collected Poems 1987 510:Paradise Illustrated 408:adding missing items 267:(pp. 124–151). 208:The "Enright Affair" 126:Royal Leamington Spa 124:Enright was born in 39:Royal Leamington Spa 34:Denis Joseph Enright 1079:Library of Congress 541:Selected Poems 1990 1131:English male poets 858:The Way of The Cat 699:Insufficient Poppy 693:Heaven Knows Where 572:Poets of the 1950s 553:Old Men and Comets 486:Daughters of Earth 406:; you can help by 182:Poets of the 1950s 141:Leamington College 925:978-1-4381-1689-1 798:Rhyme times rhyme 723:Beyond Land's End 705:Figures of Speech 658: 657: 642:Meanjin Quarterly 480:Unlawful Assembly 424: 423: 97: 96: 1168: 1019: 1016: 1010: 1007: 1001: 998: 992: 991: 978: 972: 969: 963: 962: 960: 958: 943: 937: 936: 934: 932: 909: 717:Wild Ghost Chase 649: 625:First published 616: 419: 416: 398: 397: 391: 382:: Died in London 380:31 December 2002 305:Konan University 56: 53:31 December 2002 21: 20: 1176: 1175: 1171: 1170: 1169: 1167: 1166: 1165: 1091: 1090: 1062: 1027: 1022: 1017: 1013: 1008: 1004: 999: 995: 990:. 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His 1955 1095:Categories 1025:References 462:Addictions 404:incomplete 64:Occupation 668:The Rebel 648:(1): 102. 342:Encounter 224:Singapore 197:Encounter 191:New Lines 178:anthology 157:Singapore 151:, Japan, 957:12 April 543:, Oxford 504:Sad Ires 271:Timeline 251:machine. 162:Scrutiny 153:Thailand 112:(1955), 72:Language 707:(1965 ) 353:1975–80 347:1974–82 338:1970–72 329:1960–70 320:1967–69 311:1956–67 307:, Japan 301:1953–56 292:1950–53 283:1947–50 88:fiction 75:English 1052:  1038:  931:27 May 922:  895:(2003) 889:(2001) 878:(1999) 872:(1995) 860:(1992) 836:(1988) 830:(1986) 818:(1985) 806:(1983) 800:(1974) 794:(1972) 788:(1970) 782:(1969) 776:(1966) 764:(1960) 758:(1957) 752:(1955) 701:(1960) 695:(1957) 689:(1955) 681:Novels 619:Title 574:(1955) 561:(1998) 549:(1991) 532:(1981) 500:(1973) 482:(1968) 476:(1968) 470:(1965) 440:(1953) 427:Poetry 236:pantun 232:sarong 228:Malaya 134:Fenian 92:essays 84:Poetry 900:Notes 636:1965 622:Year 149:Egypt 80:Genre 1050:ISBN 1036:ISBN 959:2014 933:2021 920:ISBN 596:and 371:1991 362:1981 226:and 143:and 120:Life 106:FRSL 50:Died 31:Born 1077:at 410:. 375:OBE 103:OBE 1097:: 984:. 950:. 646:24 644:. 373:: 364:: 180:, 128:, 90:, 86:, 41:, 961:. 935:. 742:: 417:) 413:(

Index

Royal Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
Poetry
fiction
essays
OBE
FRSL
Royal Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
Fenian
Leamington College
Downing College, Cambridge
Egypt
Thailand
Singapore
Scrutiny
F. R. Leavis
the Movement
anthology
Robert Conquest
New Lines
Encounter
Melvin J. Lasky
University of Singapore
Straits Times
Singapore
Malaya
sarong
pantun
S. Rajaratnam

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