L. Perry Curtis
Lewis Perry Curtis Jr. (born 1932) is an American historian specializing in 19th century Irish history. He also covers modern culture and media.
The son of Lewis Perry Curtis, associate professor of history at Yale (1900-1976),[1] and educated at Yale and Nuffield College, Oxford,[2] L. Perry Curtis has written a number of books on 19th-century Ireland, including two books on political cartooning. Apes and Angels: The Irishman in Victorian Caricature covers how the Irish were caricatured by English and American cartoonists. Images of Erin in the Age of Parnell covers how Irish cartoonists depicted the female personification of Ireland, Erin. This was one of his most recognized books.[3]
Curtis had a teaching career of four decades, including at Princeton, and then became emeritus professor of history at Brown University, US. In 1959, he married Alison (b. 1934), daughter of Francis Leader MacCarthy-Willis-Bund, a Chaplain, Fellow and Dean of Balliol College, Oxford, in 1959.[2][4] Before her marriage she had been private secretary at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[2] Her great-grandfather was the writer John William Willis-Bund.
Selected books
Curtis has written the following books:[5][6]
- Apes and Angels: The Irishman in Victorian Caricature, 1997.
- Images of Erin in the Age of Parnell.
- Jack the Ripper and the London Press.
- The Depiction of Eviction in Ireland 1845–1910.
- The historian's workshop;: Original essays by sixteen historians.
References
- ^ Stark, by Bruce P. "Guide to the Lewis Perry Curtis Family Papers". Drs.library.yale.edu. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ a b c The Bridgeport Post, April 28, 1959, pg 26
- ^ http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1394312270l/2285969.jpg
- ^ Social Register New York, 1960, Social Register Association, pg 177
- ^ "L. Perry Curtis Jr.'s Books". Goodreads. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Books by L. Perry Curtis". Amazon.com. Retrieved 3 June 2014.