Morris Bishop (1893–1973)
Auteur van The Middle Ages
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Morris Bishop (1893-1973) was educated & taught for many years at Cornell University. One of the worlds most lucid & knowledgeable commentators on the Middle Ages, he was also a biographer, a translator, & a masterly writer of light verse. (Bowker Author Biography)
Fotografie: painting by Alison Mason Kingsbury
Werken van Morris Bishop
The Exotics: Being A Collection Of Unique Personalities And Remarkable Characters (1969) 13 exemplaren
A gallery of eccentrics; or, A set of twelve originals & extravagants from Elagabalus,: The waggish emperor to Mr.… (1928) 10 exemplaren
Paramount Poems 2 exemplaren
"Four Indian Kings in London," 1 exemplaar
Spilt milk 1 exemplaar
Pascal; the life of genius 1 exemplaar
We Have Been Here Before (Manuscript) 1 exemplaar
Saint Francis of Assisi 1 exemplaar
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The Tavern Lamps Are Burning: Literary Journeys through Six Regions and Four Centuries of New York State (1964) — Medewerker — 19 exemplaren
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- Officiële naam
- Bishop, Morris Gilbert
- Geboortedatum
- 1893-04-15
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1973-11-20
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- New York, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Ithaca, New York, USA
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Yonkers, New York, USA - Opleiding
- Cornell University (BA)
Cornell University (MA) - Beroepen
- scholar
historian
biographer
essayist
translator
anthologist - Organisaties
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1973)
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- 33
- Ook door
- 15
- Leden
- 1,398
- Populariteit
- #18,384
- Waardering
- 3.7
- Besprekingen
- 19
- ISBNs
- 51
- Talen
- 3
Johnson's mystery set in an academic library has layers of humor and intrigue, which makes this an overall enjoyable book. Gilda's character was delightful - parts stereotypical librarian but yet parts struggling to break away from the confines of 1940s mores - and I would have loved to read further books featuring Gilda as the amateur sleuth. The quirks of the professors and other library staff were amusing, and the mystery itself held my interest. A great example of a classic mystery novel, and I can see why Penzler Publishers selected this as part of the American Mystery Classics series.
As for the voice narration, it took me some time to adapt to the various voices and characterizations. Admittedly, it is not often I listen to a male reader - it just seems the books I listen to tend to be voiced by a female - so it takes me some time to adapt to the narration. However, once I did, I thought it was well done.… (meer)