Jethro Bithell

Jethro Bithell (29 January 1878 – 26 February 1962 in Paignton) was a collier's son, born at Birchall Farm, Hindley, near Wigan. He graduated with first-class honours in Modern Languages from Owens College, Manchester, in 1900. After gaining his M.A. there, he continued his studies in Munich and Copenhagen and then returned to Manchester as Lecturer in German. In 1910 he was appointed Head of the German Department at Birkbeck College, London, where he remained until his retirement in 1938.

Selected publications

• Contemporary German Poetry, 1909
• Contemporary Belgian Poetry, 1911
• Contemporary Belgian Literature, 1911
• Contemporary French Poetry, 1912
• Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck, 1913
• Turandot, Princess of China: A Chinoiserie in Three Acts. (1913) (Translation of libretto for Ferrucio Busoni's opera Turandot by Carlo Gozzi and Karl Vollmöller)
• Germany: a Companion to German Studies (1932)
• Modern German Literature, 1880–1938 (1939)
• Anthology of German Poetry, 1880–1940 (1941)

References

External links

• Jethro Bithell: A biographical note Wiley online. (First page only without subscription)
• Jethro Bithell at the Online Books Page

1. Henrik Wergeland
2. Turandot (Gozzi)
3. Great Writers series
4. Maurice Maeterlinck
5. The Miracle (1912 film)
6. Herbert Böhme
7. Turandot Suite
8. Turandot (Busoni)
9. Frankenburger Würfelspiel
10. Geoffrey Malcolm Gathorne-Hardy
11. John Antoine Nau
12. Charles van Lerberghe
13. Ernst Kreuder
14. Heinrich Leuthold
15. Institute of Modern Languages Research
16. History of Germany
17. Cultural depictions of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
18. Fritz Brun
19. Intruder (play)
20. Early Germanic culture