Richard Ellmann
Richard Ellmann · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Definitive biographer of Joyce, Wilde and Yeats
1918, Highland Park, Michigan, United States — 1987, Oxford, England
United States · United Kingdom
Richard Ellmann is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Definitive biographer of Joyce, Wilde and Yeats
Richard Ellmann was a literary critic and biographer whose definitive lives of James Joyce, Oscar Wilde and W. B. Yeats set the standard for modern literary biography and made him one of the most cited scholars in the arts and humanities. Born to Jewish immigrant parents, his Jewish background is documented. He was Jewish.
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Definitive biographer of Joyce, Wilde and Yeats
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews among the 250 most-cited scholars in the Arts & Humanities
