Thomas Raddall and His Works (Canadian Author Studies series) - Softcover

Young, Alan

9781550220315: Thomas Raddall and His Works (Canadian Author Studies series)

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ISBN 10: 1550220314 ISBN 13: 9781550220315

Publisher: ECW Press, 1990

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This volume explores the life and works of Thomas Raddall. These studies of Canadian authors fulfill a real need in the study of Canadian literature. Each monograph is a separately bound study that contains a biography of the author, a description of the tradition and milieu that influenced the author, a survey of the criticism on the author, a comprehensive essay on all the author’s key works, and a detailed bibliography of primary and secondary works.

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About the Author

Alan R. Young is Professor Emeritus of Acadia University. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol, the University of East Africa, the University of East Anglia, and the University of Alberta. He began his teaching career as a Government Education Officer in Kenya and later taught English at Simon Fraser University, the University of Alberta, and Acadia University. He is Professor Emeritus of Acadia University. He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Emblematica and has published extensively on the Renaissance emblem, Shakespeare, the tournament, and Atlantic Canadian Literature. His books that deal with emblematic topics include a facsimile edition of Henry Peacham's Emblemata Varia (1976),Henry Peacham (1979), Tudor and Jacobean Tournaments (1987), The English Tournament Imprese (1988), His Majesty's Royal Ship: A Critical Edition of Thomas Heywood's "A True Description" (1990), The Art of the Emblem: Essays in Honor of Karl Josef H�ltgen (ed. with Michael Bath and John Manning) (1993), Emblematic Flag Devices of the English Civil Wars 1642-1660 (1995), and Henry Peacham's Manuscript Emblem Books (1998). He has long been interested in the application of computer technology to research in the humanities. Three of the books mentioned above - The English Tournament Imprese, Emblematic Flag Devices of the English Civil Wars, and Henry Peacham's Manuscript Emblem Books - were based upon computer databases that recorded information concerning collections of emblematic material. His most recent books - Hamlet and the Visual Arts, 1709-1900 (2002) and Punch and Shakespeare in the Victorian Era (2007) - also made use of extensive databases of visual materials compiled by the author. The database for Hamlet has been published separately as part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Shakespeare Electronic Archive.