Alan M. Kent

Alan M. Kent (1967 – 20 July 2022) was a Cornish poet, dramatist, novelist, editor, academic and teacher. He was the author of a number of works on Cornish and Anglo-Cornish literature.

Kent was born in 1967 in St Austell, Cornwall and died after a short illness on 20 July 2022, aged 55.

Plagiarism

In August 1997 The Times reported that poems by Kent had copied from the Scottish Gaelic language poet Derick Thomson. Kent had apparently copied a number of poems and just changed the names of places and people, locating them in Cornwall, instead of Scotland.

Selected works

Academic work

Kent, A. M., 1996, ‘“Art Thou of Cornish Crew?”: Shakespeare, Henry V and Cornish Identity’, in Payton, P., ed., Cornish Studies Four, Exeter: University of Exeter Press, pp. 7–25. ISBN 0859895238
Kent, A. M., 1998, Wives, Mothers and Sisters: Feminism, Literature and Women Writers in Cornwall, Penzance: The Patten Press in association with The Hypatia Trust. ISBN 9781872229331
Kent, A. M., 1999, ‘“At the Far End of England…”: Construction of Cornwall in Children’s Literature’, in Whetter, J. C. A., ed., An Baner Kernewek / The Cornish Banner, No. 98, Gorran Haven: Lyfrow Trelyspen Publications.
Kent, A. M., 2000, The Literature of Cornwall: Continuity, Identity, Difference 1000-2000, Bristol: Redcliffe. ISBN 1900178281
Kent, A. M., 2002, Pulp Methodism: The Lives and Literature of Silas, Joseph and Salome Hocking, St. Austell: Cornish Hillside Publications. ISBN 9781900147248
Kent, A. M., 2002, ‘“In Some State…”: A Decade of the Literature and Literary Studies of Cornwall’, in Payton, P., ed., Cornish Studies Ten, Exeter: University of Exeter Press, pp 212–239. ISBN 0859897338
Kent, A. M., 2003, ‘Screening Kernow: Authenticity, Heritage and the Representation of Cornwall in Film and Television’, 1913-2003, in Payton, P., ed., Cornish Studies Eleven, Exeter: University of Exeter Press, pp. 110–141. ISBN 0859897478
Kent, A. M., 2004, ‘“Drill Cores”: A Newly-Found Manuscript of Cousin Jack Narratives from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA’, in Payton P., ed., Cornish Studies Twelve, Exeter: University of Exeter Press, pp. 106–143. ISBN 0859897567
Kent, A. M., 2004, ‘Song of Our Motherland’: Making Meaning of the Life and Work of Katherine Lee Jenner 1853-1936, in Williams, D. R., Henry and Katherine Jenner: A Celebration of Cornwall’s Culture, Language and Identity, London: Francis Boutle Publishers
Kent, A. M., 2005, ‘Scatting it t’lerrups: Provisional Notes Towards Alternative Methodologies in Language and Literary Studies in Cornwall’, in Payton, P., ed., Cornish Studies Thirteen, Exeter: University of Exeter Press, pp. 23–52. ISBN 0859897710
Kent, A. M., 2006, ‘“Bringin’ the Dunkey Down from the Carn”: Cornu-English in Context 1549-2005 – A Provisional Analysis’, in Tristram, H. L. C., The Celtic Englishes III: The Interface between English and the Celtic Languages, Potsdam: Potsdam University Press
Kent, A. M., 2007, ‘“Mozeying on down…”: The Cornish Language in America’, in Tristram, H. L. C., The Celtic Englishes IV: The Interface between English and the Celtic Languages, Potsdam: Potsdam University Press. ISBN 9783939469063
Kent, A. M., 2007, ‘Some ancientry that lingers: Dissent, difference and dialect in the Cornish and Cornu-English Literature of Robert Morton Nance’, in Thomas, P. W., and Williams, D., eds, Setting Cornwall on its Feet: Robert Morton Nance 1873-1959, London: Francis Boutle, pp. 98–152. ISBN 9781903427347
Kent, A. M., 2007, ‘Alex Parks, Punks and Pipers: Towards a History of Popular Music in Cornwall 1967-2007’, in Payton P., ed., Cornish Studies Fifteen, Exeter: University of Exeter Press, pp. 209–247. ISBN 9780859898089
Kent, A. M., 2009, ‘Mending the gap in the Medieval, Modern and Post-modern in New Cornish Studies: ‘Celtic’ materialism and the potential of presentism’, in Payton, P., Cornish Studies Twenty, Exeter, Exeter University Press, pp. 13–31. ISBN 9780859898744
Kent, A. M., 2009, ‘A Sustainable Literature? Ecocriticism, Environment and a New Eden in Cornwall’s China-Clay Mining Region’, in Payton, P., Cornish Studies Seventeen, Exeter: Exeter University Press, pp. 51–79. ISBN 9780859898492
Kent, A. M., 2010, The Theatre of Cornwall: Space, Place and Performance, Bristol, Redcliffe/Westcliffe Books. ISBN 9781904537991
Kent, A. M., 2012, From Igraine Ingrained to Callin’ ‘ome Mouzel: Two Paradigms of Memory, Language and Literature in Cornwall, in Tregidga, G., Memory, Place and Identity: The Cultural Landscapes of Cornwall, London, Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 9781903427736
Beard, A. & Kent, A. M., 2012, AQA English Literature B AS; 2nd ed., Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes Ltd. ISBN 9781408515334
Kent, A. M. & Staunton, M,. 2013, Towards a Cornish Philosophy: Values, Thought, and Language for the West Britons in the Twenty-First Century, Cathair na Mart: Evertype. ISBN 9781782010456

Editorial work

Kent, A. M. & Saunders T., eds. and trs., 2000, Looking at the Mermaid: A Reader in Cornish Literature 900-1900, London: Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 9781903427019
Hale, A., Kent, A. M. & Saunders T. eds., 2000, Inside Merlin’s Cave: a Cornish Arthurian Reader, London: Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 978190342704 0
Kent, A. M., ed., 2000, Voices from West Barbary: An Anthology of Anglo-Cornish Poetry, 1549-1928, London: Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 9780953238880
Hurst, J., Kent, A. M. & Symons, A. C., eds., 2003, The Awakening: Poems Newly Found by Jack Clemo. London: Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 9781903427170
Kent, A. M., ed., 2005, The Dreamt Sea: An Anthology of Anglo-Cornish Poetry 1928-2004. London: Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 9781903427224
Kent, A. M. & McKinney G., eds., 2008, The Busy Earth: A Reader in Global Cornish Literature 1700-2000, St. Austell: Cornish Hillside Publications. ISBN 9781900147484
Kent, A. M., ed., 2009, Charles Valentine Le Grice: Cornwall’s ‘Lost’ Romantic Poet, Selected Poems, St. Austell: Lyonesse Press. ISBN 9781898795155
Kent, A. M. & Williams D. R., 2010, The Francis Boutle Book of Cornish Short Stories, London, Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 9781903427552
Kent, A. M., ed., 2010, Four Modern Cornish Plays, London: Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 9781903427576
Kent, A. M., ed., 2013, Charles Causley Theatre Works, London: Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 9781903427774

Other works on Cornwall and the Cornish

Kent, A.M., 2004, Cousin Jack’s Mouth-Organ: Travels in Cornish America, St. Austell, Cornish Hillside Publications. ISBN 9781900147378
Kent, A.M., Merrifield D.L.J., 2004, The Book of Probus: Cornwall’s Garden Parish, Tiverton, Halsgrove. ISBN 9781841143279
Kent, A.M., Beare J., 2012, Celtic Cornwall: Penwith, West Cornwall & Scilly, Wellington, Halsgrove. ISBN 9780857040787

Creative writing - poetry

Kent, A.M., 1994, Grunge, St Austell, Lyonesse Press. ISBN 9781898795001
Kent, A.M., Hodge P., 1995, Out of the Ordinalia, St. Austell, Lyonesse Press. ISBN 9781898795018
Kent, A.M., Hodge, P., Biscoe B,. 1995, Modern Cornish Poets/Berdh Arnowydh Kernewek, St. Austell, Lyonesse Press. ISBN 9781898795025
Kent, A.M., 2002, The Hensbarrow Homilies, Penzance, The Hypatia Trust. ISBN 978-1872229447
Kent, A.M., 2002, Love and Seaweed, St. Austell, Lyonesse Press. ISBN 9781898795117
Kent, A.M., trs, 2005, Ordinalia: The Cornish Mystery Play Cycle – A Verse Translation, London, Francis Boutle Publishers. 978-1903427279
Kent, A.M., 2005, Assassin of Grammar, Penzance, Hypatia Publications. ISBN 9781872229560
Kent, A.M., 2006, Stannary Parliament, St. Austell, Lyonesse Press. ISBN 9781898795124
Kent, A.M., 2008, Druid Offsetting, St. Austell, Lyonesse Press. ISBN 9781898795094
Kent, A.M., 2010, The Hope of Place: Selected Poems in English 1990-2010. London, Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 9781903427637

Creative writing - plays

Kent, A.M., 2006, Nativitas Christi / The Nativity: A New Cornish Mystery Play, London, Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 9781903427316
Kent, A.M., 2007, Oogly Es Sin: The Lamentable Ballad of Anthony Payne, Cornish Giant, London, Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 9781903427385
Kent, A.M., 2008, 2012, The Tin Violin, The adventures of Joseph Emidy: A Cornish tale, London, Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 9781903427422
Kent, A.M., 2009, Surfing Tommies: A Cornish Tragedy, London, Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 9781903427484
Kent, A.M., 2010, A Mere Interlude, London, Francis Boutle Publishers. ISBN 9781903427569

Creative writing - novels

Kent, A.M., 1991, Clay, Launceston, Amigo Books ISBN 1872416012
Kent, A.M., 1996, Yowann and the Knot of Time, St. Austell, Lyonesse Press Ltd. ISBN 1898795037
Kent, A.M., 2005, Proper Job, Charlie Curnow! Tiverton, Halsgrove. ISBN 9781841144887
Kent, A.M., 2007, Electric Pastyland, Wellington, Halgrove. ISBN 9780955647727
Kent, A.M., Williams N., tr., 2010, The Cult of Relics: Devocyon dhe Greryow, Cathair na Mart, Evertype. Hardback ISBN 9781904808411
Kent, A.M., Williams N., tr., 2011, The Cult of Relics: Devocyon dhe Greryow, Cathair na Mart, Evertype. Paperback ISBN 9781904808794
Kent, A.M., 2011, Voodoo Pilchard, Wellington, Halgrove. ISBN 9781906551278
Kent, A.M., 2012, Voog’s Ocean, Wellington, Ryelands Publishing ISBN 9781906551353

Creative writing - children's literature

Kent, A. M.; Cailes, G. & Kennedy, N. 2011, Beast of Bodmin Moor, Cathair na Mart: Evertype. ISBN 9781904808770

References

↑ Beal, J. (2006). Language and Region. Taylor & Francis. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-134-22551-4.
↑ Vergnault, Olivier (23 July 2022). "Alan Kent tributes pour in for Cornwall's true champion, poet, writer and academic; Cornwall loses true champion, hero and 'proud Cornish boy'". CornwallLive.
↑ Hoey, Michael; Scott, Mike; Thompson, Geoff (2001). Patterns of Text: In Honour of Michael Hoey. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 241. ISBN 978-90-272-2572-6.
↑ Simon de Bruxelles (28 August 1997). "Plagiarism claim leaves Celtic poets lost for words". The Times. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

[Beal_2006_p._99-1] Beal, J. (2006). Language and Region. Taylor & Francis. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-134-22551-4.

[2] Vergnault, Olivier (23 July 2022). "Alan Kent tributes pour in for Cornwall's true champion, poet, writer and academic; Cornwall loses true champion, hero and 'proud Cornish boy'". CornwallLive.

[3] Hoey, Michael; Scott, Mike; Thompson, Geoff (2001). Patterns of Text: In Honour of Michael Hoey. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 241. ISBN 978-90-272-2572-6.

[4] Simon de Bruxelles (28 August 1997). "Plagiarism claim leaves Celtic poets lost for words". The Times. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

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