Robert Lumiansky
Robert Mayer Lumiansky (1913–1987) was an American scholar of Medieval English and president of the American Council of Learned Societies.
Born in Darlington, South Carolina, Robert Lumiansky received a bachelor's degree from The Citadel, a master's degree from the University of South Carolina, and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina. He was professor and chairman of the English Department at the University of Pennsylvania from 1965 to 1973 and professor of English at New York University from 1975 to 1983. He was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.[1][2] He died April 2, 1987.
Works[edit]
- A Study of the English Ablaut Verbs, 1935
- Of Sondry Folk: The Dramatic Principle in the Canterbury Tales, 1955
- Critical Approaches to Six Major English Works: Beowulf Through Paradise Lost, 1968 (as editor with Herschel Clay Baker)
- The Chester Mystery Cycle, 1974[3][4]
- Malory's Originality: A Critical Study of Le Morte Darthur, 1977[5]
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, 1979
- Le Morte Darthur, 1982
- "Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, 1947-1987: Author, Title, Text". Speculum Vol. 62, No. 4 (Oct., 1987), pp. 878–897. The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Medieval Academy of America
References[edit]
- ^ "Robert Mayer Lumiansky". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ "Lumiansky, R. M., and David Mills (Eds.), "The Chester Mystery Cycle: Essays and Documents" (Book Review)".
{{cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires|journal=
(help) - ^ ""The Chester Mystery Cycle: A Reduced Facsimile of Huntington Library MS 2". Leeds Texts and Monographs. Intro. R. M. Lumiansky and David Mills (Book Review)".
{{cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires|journal=
(help) - ^ ""Malory's Originality: A Critical Study of le Morte Darthur", ed. By R. M. Lumiansky (Book Review)".
{{cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires|journal=
(help)
Categories:
- New York University faculty
- University of Pennsylvania faculty
- American academics of English literature
- 1913 births
- 1987 deaths
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- The Citadel alumni
- American English academic biography stubs
- Members of the American Philosophical Society
- Presidents of the American Council of Learned Societies