William Lyon Phelps
William Lyon Phelps (born January 2, 1865 in New Haven , Connecticut , † August 21, 1943 ibid) was an American writer and literary scholar who was best known for his book Essays on Modern Novelists .
Life
After attending school, Phelps first studied at Yale University , where he not only earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1887 , but also a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) in 1891 . After he had obtained a Master of Arts (MA) at Harvard University in 1891, he took over a professorship there between 1891 and 1892 .
In 1892 he returned as a professor at Yale University and taught there until his retirement in 1933, where he held the Lampson Chair of Literature at Yale University between 1901 and 1933 .
In addition to his teaching activities, Phelps wrote numerous specialist books in which he dealt in particular with English-language novels and their authors , but also with modern dramas and poetry .
In 1910 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and in 1921 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1937 he was honored by the American Philosophical Society , of which he had been a member since 1927, with its Benjamin Franklin Medal .
Works (selection)
- Essays on Modern Novelists (1910)
- Advance of the English Novel (1916)
- Essays on Modern Dramatists (1921-22)
- As I Like It (1923)
- What I Like in Poetry (1934)
- Autobiography with Letters (1939)
- Marriage (1940)
Web links and sources
- Literature by and about William Lyon Phelps in the catalog of the German National Library
- William Lyon Phelps in the nndb (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Members: William Lyon Phelps. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 20, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Phelps, William Lyon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American literary scholar and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Haven , Connecticut |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1943 |
| Place of death | New Haven , Connecticut |