Randall, Dale B(ertrand) J(onas)

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RANDALL, Dale B(ertrand) J(onas)

RANDALL, Dale B(ertrand) J(onas). American, b. 1929. Genres: History, Literary criticism and history, Theatre, Biography. Career: Professor Emeritus of English, and Professor Emeritus of the Practice of Drama, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1999- (Assistant Professor, 1960-65; Associate Professor, 1965-70; Professor of English, 1970-99; Assistant Dean of the Graduate School, then Assoc Dean, 1970-74; Professor of Dramatic Literature, 1991-94; Interim Director, Duke Program in Drama, 1991-92; Professor of the Practice of Theater, 1994-99). Ed., Renaissance Papers, 1984-91. Co-Chairman, 1968-69, 1974-75, and Chairman, 1970-74, 1975-76, Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Vice President, 1992-93, President, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, 1993-94. Publications: The Golden Tapestry: A Critical Survey of Non-Chivalric Spanish Fiction in English Translation 1543-1657, 1963; Joseph Conrad and Warrington Dawson: The Record of a Friendship, 1968; Jonson's Gypsies Unmasked: Background and Theme of The Gypsies Metamorphos'd, 1975; Gentle Flame: The Life and Verse of Dudley, Fourth Lord North (1602-1677), 1983; Theatres of Greatness: A Revisionary View of Ford's Perkin Warbeck, 1986; Winter Fruit: English Drama, 1642-1660, 1995; Soliloquy of a Farmer's Wife: The Diary of Annie Elliott Perrin, 1999. EDITOR: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, vol. VI, 1976, vol. VIII, 1979; (with G.W. Williams) Studies in the Continental Background of Renaissance English Literature: Essays Presented to John L. Lievsay, 1977. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Dept of English, Duke University, 314 Allen Bldg Box 90015, Durham, NC 27708, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]