G. Blakemore Evans
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Gwynne Blakemore Evans (31 March 1912 – 23 December 2005) was an American scholar of Elizabethan literature best known for editing the Riverside Shakespeare edition in 1974.
Biography
Evans was born on 31 March 1912 in
From 1942 to 1945, Evans served in the United States Army Signal Corps Intelligence during World War II at Bletchley Park in England, a centre of Allied spying and decoding and became a sergeant.[1]
After the war, Evans became a professor of English literature, working at the
Evan's first book was The Plays and Poems of William Cartwright (1951), an edition of the obscure poet and playwright William Cartwright. He also edited Shakespeare Prompt-Books of the 17th Century (1960–80), a series of editions of rare promptbooks.
His popular edition of Shakespeare's complete works, the Riverside Shakespeare, was published in 1974 by
Gwynne Blakemore Evans died on December 23, 2005, aged 93 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2]
Legacy
Evans's last book was The Poems of Robert Parry, a study of the little-known poet Robert Parry.
References
- ^ 2 Guggenheim Fellowships Go To U. W. Men", The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, volume 59, number 122, April 13, 1947, pages 1 and 6. (subscription required)
- ^ Wolfgang Saxon (January 11, 2006). "G. Blakemore Evans, 93, Shakespeare Scholar, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-10-06.