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Ellis, Frank Hale was born on January 18, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank Hale and Gay (Shepherd) Ellis.
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The ABC of Lit Crit (Hardback) - Common
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The ABC of Lit Crit
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The ABC of Lit Crit
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This work has a single focus: how to say something about literature and how to organize oneself through use of technical terminology and general awareness to say something worthwhile. Key topics such as structure, theme, tone, genre and effects are discussed among others and a generous sample of essays are provided. Academica Press is an independent scholarly press specializing in publishing monographs and reference material in the humanities and social sciences. We are particularly interested in producing works of scholarly interest English language studies, literary history and criticism ,drama, sociology, education and Irish studies. (Our dedicated imprint, Maunsel & Co., specializes in scholarly research in Irish studies.) We have recently developed projects in African and Afro-American research areas as well as Theology and Legal Studies. Some select areas where we publish include: -American 19th- and 20th-Century Language and Literature -British 19th- and 20th-Century Language and Literature -Irish Studies -African Studies and African-American Studies -Law, including Sports Law -Higher Education -English Church History
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Sentimental Comedy: Theory and Practice (Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought)
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Sentimental comedy became a distinctive dramatic form on the London stage in the eighteenth century, featuring a complex blend of humour and pathos. Frank Ellis's authoritative study of the genre expounds a theory of sentimental comedy derived from detailed knowledge of a comprehensive range of plays in this period. Women, the lower classes, money and the past are shown to be typical objects of sentimental attitudes, which are not always merely comic, but also potentially indicative of social revolutions such as the growing sympathy towards negro slaves. The practice of sentimental comedy is illustrated by detailed analysis of sentimental attitudes in ten popular plays from 1696 to 1793. An appendix comprises the texts of The School for Lovers by William Whitehead (1762) and Elizabeth Inchbald's Every One Has His Fault (1793). This major study, providing a wealth of fascinating detail about eighteenth-century performance and stage production, will also appeal to scholars interested in revising the current understanding of sentimentalism.
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Frank Hale Ellis
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Frank Hale Ellis, American English literature educator. Decorated Bronze Star; Morse fellow, 1950-1951; Huntington Library fellow, 1975. Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations and PTO. Member Cum Laude Society, Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa.
Education
Bachelor of Science with honors, Northwestern University, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1948.
Career
Member faculty University Buffalo, 1941-1942. Member faculty Yale University, 1945-1951, 1955—1957. With Department State, Washington, 1951-1954.
Member faculty Smith College, 1958-1986, Mary Augusta Jordan professor English literature, 1974-1986. Retired, 1986.
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The ABC of Lit Crit
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Sentimental Comedy: Theory and Practice (Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought)
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The ABC of Lit Crit (Hardback) - Common
(The ABC of Lit Crit)
- Robinson Crusoe (20th Century Interpretations)
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The ABC of Lit Crit
Membership
Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations and PTO. Member Cum Laude Society, Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Elizabethan, Lawn (New Haven).
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Married Constance Dimock, December 20, 1940. 1 daughter, Gay.
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American
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1939
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1948
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1941 - 1942
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1945 - 1951
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1951 - 1954
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1955 - 1957
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1986