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Edmond Malone
Edmond Malone 1741–1812, English literary critic and Shakespearean scholar, b. Ireland. His studies (1778) in the chronology of Shakespeare's plays are still considered highly valuable. He was among the first to see through the supposed antiquity of the poems of Thomas Chatterton , and in 1796 he exposed the Shakespearean forgeries of William Ireland. His monumental edition of Shakespeare was left unfinished at his death and was completed (21 vol., 1821) by Boswell's son James. The Malone Society, founded in 1907 for the purpose of furthering the study of early English drama by printing dramatic texts and documents, was named after him. |
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"Edmond Malone." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Edmond Malone." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Malone-E.html "Edmond Malone." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Malone-E.html |
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Malone, Edmond
Malone, Edmond (1741–1812), literary critic and Shakespearian scholar, published in 1778 his An Attempt to Ascertain the Order in Which the Plays Attributed to Shakespeare Were Written, and edited the works of Goldsmith (1780), Reynolds (1791), and the prose works of Dryden (1800). He was a friend of Boswell, and a member of the Club, and gave great assistance with Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson (1791). He exposed the forgeries of Chatterton and Ireland. His new edition of Shakespeare was issued posthumously in 1821 in 21 volumes by James Boswell the younger.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Malone, Edmond." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Malone, Edmond." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-MaloneEdmond.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Malone, Edmond." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-MaloneEdmond.html |
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