Editions of Harley Granville-Barker's Uncollected Shakespearean Criticism

FAIN: FT-10778-70

Edward M. Moore
Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA 50112-2227)

Fellow to edit, with full introduction and notes, the uncollected Shakespearean criticism of Harley Granville-Barker, generally recognized as one of the handful of critics who have made a permanent contribution to Shakespearean studies in this century. Both as a critic and as a theater director, Granville-Barker advocated a return to Elizabethan staging. His major work, Prefaces to Shakespeare (Princeton University Press, 1927-47), has been a major influence on 20th century Shakespearean scholars. Chapter on Granville-Barker in fellow's dissertation, Changes in Shakespearean Production from the Age of Irving to Granville-Barker, to serve as groundwork for introduction to the edition.