Ronald Jack


Ronald Dyce Sadler Jack FRSE was a scholar of Scottish literature and medieval literature and professor at the University of Edinburgh.

Education

Jack studied at Ayr Academy and then at Glasgow University where he achieved First Class Honours in English Language and Literature. He completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh under Professor Jack MacQueen on the topic "The Scottish Sonnet and Renaissance Poetry".

Academic Career at the University of Edinburgh

  • Assistant Lecturer: 1965
  • Lecturer: 1968
  • Reader: 1978
  • Personal Chair, Scottish and Medieval Literature: 1987–2004
  • Professor Emeritus/Honorary Fellow: 2004
  • Honorary Research Fellow: 2007

Awards

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Research

His academic work focused on medieval and renaissance Scottish literature, Scottish literature in translation, Italian influences in Scottish literature and culture, Robert Burns, J. M. Barrie, Alexander Montgomerie, and other subjects.

Works

Robert Maclellan's Jamie the Saxt, edited, with Ian CampbellThe Italian Influence on Scottish Literature Scottish Prose 1550–1700 A Choice of Scottish Verse 1560–1660 The Art of Robert Burns, edited, with Andrew NobleSir Thomas Urquhart, "The Jewel", with R. J. LyallAlexander Montgomerie Scotland's Literary Debt to Italy Leopardi: A Scottis Quair, with M. L. McLaughlin and Christopher WhyteThe History of Scottish Literature, Volume 1, Origins to 1660, editedPatterns of Divine Comedy in Medieval Drama The Road to the Never Land: A Re-assessment of J.M. Barrie's Dramatic Art  The Poetry of William Dunbar, as part of the Scotnotes series published by Association for Scottish Literary Studies
  • ''J. M. Barrie: Myths and the Mythmaker''

Jack Medal

In 2018, the International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures launched the Jack Medal, named in Jack's honour. The medal is awarded every year for the best newly published academic article on a subject dealing with Scottish literature and related to reception and/or diaspora.
Jack Medal Awardees