Donald Greene

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rdf:langString Donald Johnson Greene, né le 21 novembre 1914 à Moose Jaw (Saskatchewan, Canada) et mort en 1997, est un critique littéraire, professeur d'anglais et universitaire spécialiste de la littérature britannique, en particulier celle du XVIIIe siècle. Il est surtout connu pour ses travaux sur Samuel Johnson, et a aussi beaucoup étudié des auteurs plus récents, comme Jane Austen, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene et Donald Davie. Portion de texte anglais à traduire en français Texte anglais à traduire :He began teaching in rural elementary schools and was a non-degreed teacher in Saskatchewan and Alberta. World War II interrupted his academic pursuits; from 1941 to 1945 Greene was a lieutenant and captain in the . Following the war he received a graduate fellowship from the , and he received his M.A. in 1948 at the University College, London. He twice received a Guggenheim Fellowship, in and . Greene had achieved a considerable scholarly contribution even before graduating, with commentary on Samuel Johnson appearing in Notes and Queries, , , and the Review of English Studies. Later, he was the editor of and Johnsonian News Letter, along with holding the position as president of the Johnson Society and served on the board of directors for the Johnson Society of Southern California. He taught at the University of Saskatchewan beginning in 1948 and in 1952 he began Ph.D. studies in Columbia University's English department, whose faculty included —another Samuel Johnson specialist—and . Greene taught at least six other universities, including Brandeis University, the University of California at Riverside, the University of New Mexico, the University of Toronto, and the University of Wisconsin. He ended his career as Professor of English at the University of Southern California from 1968 to 1984. Traduire ce texte • Outils • (+)