Alfred Harbage

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Alfred Bennett Harbage (born July 18, 1901 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † May 2, 1976 ibid) was an American English scholar and Shakespeare scholar.

Life

After finishing school in his hometown, Harbage began to study there ( University of Pennsylvania ). He specialized early on in William Shakespeare and his time and was able to successfully complete his degree on this subject in 1929 with a doctorate .

Subsequently, Harbage stayed until 1947 as a lecturer at this university. He then moved to Columbia University in New York , where he made a name for himself as the editor of a Shakespeare edition. Between 1952 and 1970 he taught at Harvard University ( Cambridge ). In 1959 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society and in 1960 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Shortly before his 75th birthday, Alfred Harbade died in Philadelphia and found his final resting place there.

reception

Harbag's works on Shakespeare were highly acclaimed in their time and are still not entirely forgotten today. In addition to these literary works, Harbage also wrote some detective novels , which he published under the pseudonym Thomas Kyd . He chose this pseudonym in honor of the writer Thomas Kyd from the 16th century. In one of these novels, "Cover his face", he addressed an unknown work by the writer Samuel Johnson , because it has disappeared .

Quote

"Harbage treats pomposity with sarcasm, hypocrisy with irony, and failure with gentleless."

Works (selection)

Fiction
  • Blood is a beggar . 1946.
  • Blood of vintage . 1947.
  • Blood on thew bosom devine . 1948.
  • Cover his face . 1949.
Non-fiction
  • Annals of English Drama. 975-1700; an analytical record of all plays, extant or lost, chronologically arranged . Routledge, London 1989, ISBN 0-415-01099-3 (together with Samuel Schoenbaum and Sylvia Wagonheim).
  • As they liked it. A study of Shakespeare's moral artistry . University Press, Philadelphia, Penn. 1972.
  • Cavalier drama. An historical and critical supplement to the study of the Elizabethan and Restoration stage . Russell & Russell, New York 1964.
  • Shakespeare and the rival traditions . University Press, Bloomington, Ind. 1970, ISBN 0-253-20129-2 .
  • Shakespeare without words and other essays . University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1972, ISBN 0-674-80395-7 .
  • Shakespeare's audience . University Press, New York 1969.
  • Sir William Davenant . Poet, Venturer, 1606-1668 . Octagon Books, New York 1971, ISBN 0-374-93659-5 .
  • Thomas Killigrew , Cavalier dramatist. 1612-1683 . Blom Press, New York 1967.
  • William Shakespeare. A reader's guide . Octagon Books, New York 1974.

literature

  • Armin Arnold (Ed.): Reclams Kriminalromanführer . Reclam, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-15-010278-2 , p. 221.
  • Alfred B. Harbage (1901-1976) . In: Clare D. Kinsman (Ed.): Contemporary Authors. A bio-bibliographical guide to current authors and their works . Gale Books, Detroit, Me. 2001.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Member History: Alfred Bennett Harbage. American Philosophical Society, accessed September 21, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Harbage, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harbage, Alfred Bennett (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American English scholar and Shakespeare scholar
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1976
Place of death Philadelphia , Pennsylvania