Introduction and Bibliography

NOTES

• The term ‘redbrick’, now widely used to describe provincial universities in England, was coined by E. Allison Peers to describe Liverpool University. Gilmour Professor of Spanish at Liverpool (1922–52), renowned scholar and founder-editor of the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, Peers was also author, under the pseudonym ‘Bruce Truscot’, of Redbrick University (London: Faber and Faber, 1943) and Redbrick and these Vital Days (London: Faber and Faber, 1945). I am currently editing, with Adrian Allan, Peers’ hitherto unpublished pseudo-autobiography, in which he describes his early experiences at Redbrick University—that is, at the University of Liverpool (forthcoming from Liverpool University Press).
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• See Oliver Elton, concerning the late James Fitzmaurice Kelly, first holder of the Gilmour Chair, in Revue Hispanique, LX (1924), 7. I am indebted, for much information about the Gilmour Chair, to my colleague, Adrian Allan, assistant archivist, University of Liverpool.
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• Unfortunately, the reference from Galdós, in support of Arteaga, if it was indeed received, has not survived. Ayala, unlike Arteaga, was not shortlisted. A letter to Ayala sent from the Vice- Chancellor, in reply to one evidently sent by the novelist enquiring about the Chair, is in the University's archives. Galdós’ letter to Ayala, in which he expresses regret that he cannot support him for the Liverpool appointment, is published in Cartas a Galdós, ed. Soledad Ortega (Madrid: Revista de Occidente, 1964), 436–37.
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• These and other extracts are taken from records concerning the Gilmour Chair kept in Liverpool University's archives.
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• For the full text, see Geoffrey W. Ribbans, ‘Preamble’ to Reality Plain or Fancy? Some Reflections on Galdós’ Concept of Realism, E. Allison Peers Lectures 1 (Liverpool: Liverpool U. P., 1986), 1–4.
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• The journal's original title, Bulletin of Spanish Studies, was followed by the subtitle ‘A Record and Review of their Progress’.
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• See Timothy McFarland, Review of Golden-Age Studies in Honour of A. A. Parker (BHS, LXI [1984], No. 3), in Times Literary Supplement, 24 May 1985, at p. 590.
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• See Ribbans ‘Preamble’ to Reality Plain or Fancy?, at p. 3.
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• See Albert E. Sloman, ‘Foreword’ to the ‘Memorial Number’ in honour of H. B. Hall, edited by Ann L. Mackenzie and Joan-Lluís Marfany, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, LIX (July 1982), 190.
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• For this review of Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, L (December 1973), Supplement, see ‘Bibliographical Notes’, Romance Philology, XXIX (1975), at pp. 138–39.
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• See Geoffrey W. Ribbans, ‘The Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (Bulletin of Spanish Studies 1923–1948), 1923–1973’, BHS, L (December 1973), Supplement, 433–37, at p. 437.
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• For an assessment of Ribbans’ tenure as editor offered within a detailed history of the journal, see the article by Ann L. Mackenzie and Dorothy S. Severin, ‘Bulletin of Hispanic Studies’, Romanische Forschungen, C (1988), Nos. 1–3, 31–40.
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• See Donald Shaw, Review of Geoffrey Ribbans, Niebla y soledad (Madrid: Gredos, 1971), in BHS, L (1973), 100–01.
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• See James Whiston, Review of Geoffrey Ribbans, Pérez Galdós: ‘Fortunata y Jacinta’, Critical Guides to Spanish Texts (London: Grant & Cutler/Tamesis, 1977), in BHS, LVI (1979), 261–62.
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• See ‘Palabras de acogida de Geoffrey W. Ribbans, presidente de la Comisión Local Organizadora’, Actas del VIII Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas, Brown University, 22–27 agosto 1983, ed. A. David Kossoff, J. Amor y Vázquez, Ruth H. Kossoff, Geoffrey W. Ribbans (Madrid: Ediciones Istmo, 1986), Vol. I, xvii–xxii, at p. xx.
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