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'''Reginald A. Foakes''' (18 October 1923 - 22 December 2013 in Stratford Upon Avon) was an English author and [[Shakespeare]] scholar. He has published works on Shakespeare and the [[Romanticism|Romantic]] poets and edited many of Shakespeare's plays in the ''Arden'' and ''New Cambridge'' editions. He also helped found the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was Professor [[Emeritus]] in the department of [[English literature]] at [[UCLA]].<ref>[http://www.english.ucla.edu/index.php/Faculty/foakes-reginald Faculty profile], UCLA, retrieved 2011-11-05.</ref><ref>[http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/f/1775/Reginald+Anthony.aspx Prof Reginald Foakes], [[Debrett's]], retrieved 2011-11-05.</ref> He died at his home in Stratford-upon-Avon. |
'''Reginald A. Foakes''' (18 October 1923 - 22 December 2013 in Stratford Upon Avon) was an English author and [[Shakespeare]] scholar. He has published works on Shakespeare and the [[Romanticism|Romantic]] poets and edited many of Shakespeare's plays in the ''Arden'' and ''New Cambridge'' editions. He also helped found the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was Professor [[Emeritus]] in the department of [[English literature]] at [[UCLA]].<ref>[http://www.english.ucla.edu/index.php/Faculty/foakes-reginald Faculty profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415013132/http://www.english.ucla.edu/index.php/Faculty/foakes-reginald |date=2012-04-15 }}, UCLA, retrieved 2011-11-05.</ref><ref>[http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/f/1775/Reginald+Anthony.aspx Prof Reginald Foakes], [[Debrett's]], retrieved 2011-11-05.</ref> He died at his home in Stratford-upon-Avon. |
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Beyond Shakespeare, his scholarly work also included editing the theatrical papers of [[Philip Henslowe]], work on [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]'s literary criticism.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jan/17/reg-foakes|title=Reg Foakes obituary|first=Grace|last=Ioppolo|date=17 January 2014|accessdate=18 January 2014|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>[http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2014/reg-foakes.aspx Professor Reginald Foakes, 1923-2013], [[University of Birmingham]] (January 6, 2014)</ref> |
Beyond Shakespeare, his scholarly work also included editing the theatrical papers of [[Philip Henslowe]], work on [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]'s literary criticism.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jan/17/reg-foakes|title=Reg Foakes obituary|first=Grace|last=Ioppolo|date=17 January 2014|accessdate=18 January 2014|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>[http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/shakespeare/news/2014/reg-foakes.aspx Professor Reginald Foakes, 1923-2013], [[University of Birmingham]] (January 6, 2014)</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:33, 27 November 2017
Reginald A. Foakes (18 October 1923 - 22 December 2013 in Stratford Upon Avon) was an English author and Shakespeare scholar. He has published works on Shakespeare and the Romantic poets and edited many of Shakespeare's plays in the Arden and New Cambridge editions. He also helped found the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was Professor Emeritus in the department of English literature at UCLA.[1][2] He died at his home in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Beyond Shakespeare, his scholarly work also included editing the theatrical papers of Philip Henslowe, work on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's literary criticism.[3][4]
In 2001, the University of Birmingham gave Foakes an honorary degree in honor of the 50th anniversary of their Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon.[5]
References
- ^ Faculty profile Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine, UCLA, retrieved 2011-11-05.
- ^ Prof Reginald Foakes, Debrett's, retrieved 2011-11-05.
- ^ Ioppolo, Grace (17 January 2014). "Reg Foakes obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ Professor Reginald Foakes, 1923-2013, University of Birmingham (January 6, 2014)
- ^ "Glittering prizes", Times Higher Education, 7 September 2001.
Additional reading
- Honouring Professor Reg Foakes
- In memory of Reg Foakes
- Imagined Places: A life in the twentieth century (Xlibris, 2005, ISBN 978-1-4134-9914-8), Foakes' autobiography.
- Shakespeare Performed: Essays in Honor of R.A. Foakes (Grace Ioppolo, ed., University of Delaware Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-87413-732-3)
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