About Arthur Kirsch
Born 1932. Arthur Kirsch is an American literary critic, journalist and literary scholar.
Arthur C. Kirsch (born 1932) is an American literary critic noted for his scholarly writings on Shakespeare, Dryden, and W. H. Auden. He taught for many years at the University of Virginia, where he is now professor emeritus.
Books:
Jacobean Dramatic Perspectives, 1972 Dryden's Heroic Drama, 1972 The Passions of Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes, 1990 Shakespeare and the Experience of Love, 1991 W. H. Auden, Lectures on Shakespeare (editor), 2002 W. H. Auden, The Sea and the Mirror: A Commentary on Shakespeare' "The Tempest" (editor), 2005 Auden and Christianity, 2005
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Who is Arthur Kirsch?
American literary critic
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Arthur Kirsch was born on 22 August 1932.
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Arthur Kirsch is a literary critic, journalist and literary scholar.
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Arthur Kirsch is American.
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