Background
Mack, Maynard was born on October 27, 1909 in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. Son of Jesse Floyd and Pearl (Vore) Mack.
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This edition first published in 1966. Previous edition published 1965 by the University of California Press. Perhaps more than any other play of Shakespeare's King Lear has been subjected to almost totally contradictory interpretations. In the first historical section of the book the author describes the varying concepts of the play and the distortions of text and even plot that have been widely used. Garrick's playing of Lear as a pathetic and down-trodden old man. Laughton's and Olivier's versions and Herbert Blaus's theory of the 'subtext' are described and analysed. The central section of the book examines the medieval, folk and romance sources of the play. The final chapter illustrates how the action of the play and its pervading violence and evil are not explained in terms of human motive and rely for their meaning more on their effects than their antecedents. An important theme is the play's examination of society and the ties of service and family love.
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(A collection of various essays about Pope and the eightee...)
A collection of various essays about Pope and the eighteenth century written by Professor Mack during the past four decades. An appendix includes a finding list of books surviving from Pope's library and a selection of letters by, to, and about Pope, most of them unpublished.
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The first comprehensive biography of the greatest English poet of the classical age. Winner of the Christian Gauss Award of Phi Beta Kappa and the Robert Kirsch Award of the Los Angeles Times.
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Mack, Maynard was born on October 27, 1909 in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. Son of Jesse Floyd and Pearl (Vore) Mack.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1936. Doctor of Letters, Duke University.
Doctor of Letters, Lawrence University. Doctor of Letters, Northern Michigan University. Doctor of Letters, Oberlin College.
Doctor of Letters, Kalamazoo College. Doctor of Humane Letters, Towson (Maryland) State University.
From instructor to Professor of English, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1936-1948;
Sterling professor, Yale University, New Haven, since 1965. Department chairman English Yale University, 1965-1968, director division humanities Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 1962-1964, associate director Shakespeare Institute, 1953-1962. Director National Humanities Institute, 1974-1977.
Walker-Ames visiting professor U. Washington, Seattle, 1956. W.J. Alexander lecturer U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1963. Elizabeth M. Beckman visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1964.
Lord Northcliff lecturer U. London, 1972. Elizabeth Drew visiting professor Smith College, 1973. Charles Homer Haskins lecturer American Council Learned Socs., 1983.
(A collection of various essays about Pope and the eightee...)
( The first comprehensive biography of the greatest Engli...)
(This edition first published in 1966. Previous edition pu...)
(This edition first published in 1966. Previous edition pu...)
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Vice president New Haven Board Education, 1954-1959. Trustee American Shakespeare Theatre, Center for Theatre in Education, Public Broadcasting Associates. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, British Academy (correspondent).
Member Modern Language Association (president 1970, Lifetime Scholarly Achievement award 1996), American Council on Education (commission on faculty affairs 1971-1973), Shakespeare Association American (trustee 1972-1977, president 1975-1976), International Shakespeare Association (vice president 1976-1986), Modern Humanities Research Association (president 1984), International Association University Professors of English, Society Scholars and Critics.
Married Florence Brocklebank, August 5, 1933. Children: Prudence Allen, Sara Bennett, Maynard Junior.