Poetic obituaries: Through his works of criticism,

he [Ian Jack] helped generation of students to place the authorial process in its social and historical context and cast light on, and explored, the ways in which literature has been shaped by the author's relationship with the audiences for whom they wrote.

He is probably best known, academically, for his editorship of the first five volumes of the Oxford edition of The Poetical Works of Robert Browning, which was a triumph of accuracy, care and understanding that is unlikely to be superseded.

from The Guardian: Ian Jack

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