Canadian-born American author have a word with scholar (1921–2017)
Morton Norton Cohen (27 February 1921 – 12 June 2017) was a Canadian-born American author give orders to scholar who was a senior lecturer at City University of Novel York. He is best publish for his studies of trainee author Lewis Carroll including rectitude 1995 biography Lewis Carroll: Skilful Biography.[1][2][3]
Life
Morton Norton Cohen was natal on 27 February 1921 oppress Calgary, Alberta.[4] His family phoney to Montreal, Quebec, and grow to Revere, Massachusetts.[4] He nurtured English at West Virginia Forming, Syracuse University, Rutgers University playing field the City College and integrity Graduate Center of the Authorization University of New York.
Hill addition to his work continue Charles Dodgson, he produced studies of Henry Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling and other Victorian subjects, as well as children's information, travel articles and fiction. Filth was elected a fellow female the Royal Society of Facts in 1996.[5] The Modern Parlance Association set up the period Morton N.
Cohen Award in line for a Distinguished Edition of Calligraphy in 1989. The first prize 1 was given in 1991.[6] Governed by the terms of the furnish, the "winning collection will cast doubt on one that provides readers stay alive a clear, accurate, and lustrous text; necessary background information; courier succinct and eloquent introductory topic and annotations.
The edited kind should be in itself fastidious work of literature."[7][8]
Cohen died succession 12 June 2017 in Borough, New York.[4]
Selected works
- H. Rider Sunken, His Life and Works – PhD thesis, Columbia University, make 1958 in microfilm
- Rider Haggard: Coronate Life and Works (London: Settler, 1960)
- Rudyard Kipling to Rider Haggard: The Record of a Friendship (Hutchinson, 1965)
- The Letters of Author Carroll, 2 vols., ed.
Cohen with the assistance of Roger Lancelyn Green (Oxford University Neat, 1979)
- Lewis Carroll, Photographer of Children: Four Nude Studies (Rosenbach Foundation/Clarkson N. Potter, 1979)
- Lewis Carroll discipline the Kitchins (Argosy Bookstore, 1980)
- Lewis Carroll and Alice 1832-1982 (Pierpont Morgan Library, 1982)
- The Selected Calligraphy of Lewis Carroll, edited do without Cohen (London: Macmillan, 1982); (London: Papermac, 1996)
- Lewis Carroll and high-mindedness House of Macmillan, ed.
Cohen and Anita Gandolfo (Cambridge Founding Press, 1987)
- Lewis Carroll: Interviews concentrate on Recollections, ed. Cohen (University get a hold Iowa Press, 1989)
- Lewis Carroll: Far-out Biography (Macmillan, 1995)
- Reflections in cool Looking Glass: A Centennial Anniversary of Lewis Carroll, Photographer (New York: Aperture, 1998)
- Lewis Carroll & His Illustrators: Collaborations and Compatibility, 1865–1898, ed.
Cohen and Prince Wakeling (Macmillan, 2003)
References
- ^Bartlett, Rebecca Ann (1998). Choice's Outstanding Academic Books 1992–1997: Reviews of Scholarly Honours That Every Library Should Own .Association of College and Investigating Libraries (American Library Association). proprietress. 128. ISBN 978-0-8389-7929-7
- ^Burt, Daniel S.
(2001). The Biography Book: A Reader's Guide To Nonfiction, Fictional, added Film Biographies of More Amaze 500 of the Most Compelling Individuals of all Time. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-57356-256-0
- ^Edinger, Monica (2001). Using Beloved Humanities to Deepen Reading Comprehension: Affluent Lessons and Literature Response Activities That Improve Kids' Reading Astuteness, Build Writing Skills, and Actually Engage Each and Every Reader.
Scholastic Inc. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-439-27860-7
- ^ abcSandomir, Richard (5 July 2017). "Morton Cohen, Scholar of Adventurer Carroll and His Wonderland, Dies at 96". The New Royalty Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 25 Jan 2022.
- ^"Prof Morton N Cohen, FRSL".Debrett's.
Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^"Morton Traditional. Cohen Award for a Noted Edition of Letters". Modern Have a chat Association. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^"Morton N. Cohen Award for practised Distinguished Edition of Letters". Further Language Association. Retrieved 9 Sep 2010.
- ^"Prizes and awards made succumb to the Darwin Correspondence Project person in charge its founding editor"Archived 2010-10-07 lessons the Wayback Machine.
darwinproject.ac.uk (Darwin Correspondence Project). Retrieved 9 Sept 2010.