M. C. Bradbrook
Muriel Clara Bradbrook (1909–1993), usually cited as M. C. Bradbrook, was a British literary scholar and authority on
Cambridge University, and Mistress[a] of Girton College, Cambridge
.
Biography
Born on 27 April 1909, Bradbrook was the eldest child of Annie Wilson (née Harvey) and her husband Samuel Bradbrook, superintendent of
Elizabethans.[3]
In all, she wrote some 17 books, including works on
centenary (for which she wrote a history, That Infidel Place [4]
) and the decision was taken to admit men. She retired in 1976 and became a Life Fellow of Girton College. She died on 11 June 1993.
Recognition
In 2016, the Council of the University of Cambridge approved the use of Bradbrook's name to mark a physical feature within the
North West Cambridge Development.[5]
Works
- Elizabethan Stage Conditions: A Study of Their Place in the Interpretation of Shakespeare's Plays (1932)
- Themes and Conventions of Elizabethan Tragedy (1935)
- The School of Night: A Study in the Literature Relationships of Sir Walter Raleigh (1936)
- Andrew Marvell (1940) with M. G. Lloyd Thomas
- Joseph Conrad: Poland's English Genius (1941)
- Ibsen - The Norwegian : A Revaluation (1946)
- T. S. Eliot (1950)
- Shakespeare and Elizabethan Poetry: A Study of His Earlier Work in Relation to the Poetry of the Time (1951)
- Themes & Convention of Elizabethan Tragedy (1952)
- The Queen's Garland : Tudor Poems Now Collected in Honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1953) editor
- The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy (1955)
- Sir Thomas Malory (1958)
- The Rise of the Common Player: A Study of Actor and Society in Shakespeare's England (1962)
- English Dramatic Form: A History of Its Development (1965)
- Shakespeare's Primitive Art (1965)
- The Tragic Pageant of 'Timon of Athens' (1966)
- That Infidel Place - a Short History of Girton College 1869 – 1969 (1969)
- Shakespeare the Craftsman (1969) Clark Lectures 1968
- Literature in Action: Studies in Continental and Commonwealth Society (1972)
- T.S. Eliot: the Making of 'The Waste Land' (1972)
- Malcolm Lowry: His art and Early Life - a study in transformation (1974)
- The Living Monument : Shakespeare and the Theatre of His Time (1976)
- George Chapman (1977)
- Shakespeare : The Poet in His World (1978)
- In defence of Plato's love in modern literature (1979)
- John Webster, Citizen and Dramatist (1980)
- The Artist and Society in Shakespeare's England (1982) Collected Papers I
- Women and Literature 1779-1982 (1982) Collected Papers II
- Aspects of Dramatic Form in the English and Irish Renaissance (1983) Collected Papers III
- Muriel Bradbrook on Shakespeare (1984)
- Shakespeare in His Context: The Constellated Globe (1989) Collected Papers IV
Notes
- ^ The heads of the traditionally female colleges in Cambridge and Oxford are referred to as Mistress and those of the traditionally male colleges as Master.
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- OCLC 31307435.
- ^ Muriel Clara Bradbrook (1909-1993) profile Archived 2008-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, girton.etianen.com; accessed 24 March 2016.
- ISBN 0-7011-1344-8
- ^ Administrator (29 January 2015). "Street Naming". www.nwcambridge.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
External links
- M. C. Bradbrook, 84, Shakespeare Scholar, Obituary, The New York Times, June 21, 1993. [1]
- Official website of Girton College, University of Cambridge.
Portraits of Muriel Bradbrook
- Portrait by Bassano, 9 January 1969, National Portrait Gallery, London.
- Portrait by Bassano, 9 January 1969, National Portrait Gallery, London.
- Portrait by Mayotte Magnus, August 1976, National Portrait Gallery, London.
