Maynard Mack

Maynard Mack
Born	(1909-10-27)October 27, 1909 New Haven, Connecticut
Died	March 17, 2001(2001-03-17) (aged 91) Hillsdale, Michigan
Occupation	Literary critic, writer, professor
Spouse	Florence Brocklebank (m. 1934; 2 children)

Maynard Mack (October 27, 1909 – March 17, 2001) was an American literary critic and English professor. Mack earned both his bachelor's degree (1932) and Ph.D. (1936) at Yale. An expert on Shakespeare and Alexander Pope, Mack taught at Yale University for many years, starting as an instructor of English in 1936 and ending his career as Sterling Professor Emeritus of English. He was remembered as an inspiring lecturer whose lectures on Shakespeare were described in one account as "unforgettable."

Works

Books

• King Lear in Our Time (1965)
• The Garden and the City (1969)
• Collected in Himself (1982)
• Poetic Traditions of the English Renaissance (1982)
• The Last and Greatest Art (1984)
• Alexander Pope (1985)
• Prose and Cons: Monologues on Several Occasions (1989)
• Everybody's Shakespeare: Reflections Chiefly on the Tragedies (1993).
• (as editor) The Twickenham Edition of the Poems of Alexander Pope (1939-1969) (12 vols.)

See also

• Literary criticism
• English studies
• Alexander Pope
• William Shakespeare
• Sterling Professor

Sources

• "Maynard Mack; English Professor; 90". New York Times. 21 March 2001. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
• "Obituary: Maynard Mack, Distinguished Yale Scholar and Literature Teacher". YaleNews. 19 March 2001. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
• "Prof Maynard Mack". The Telegraph. 28 March 2001. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

External links

• Maynard Mack Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.