John William Cunliffe (January 20, 1865 - 1946) was a scholar and writer. He was a professor and English department chairman at

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and also directed the school's journalism department. He was born in England.

Career

Cunliffe was one of the contributing editors to the '' Library of the World's Best Literature''. He coauthored an introduction to one of the revised, updated, and expanded editions. He was succeeded at Columbia by

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. In March 1928,

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announced a plan to publish a survey of literature chaired by Cunliffe. Columbia University has a collection of English department correspondence that includes Cunliffe.

Bibliography

*''Poems of the Great War'' by John William Cunliffe, The Macmillan Company, 1916 on behalf of the Belgian scholarship committee *''Leaders of the Victorian revolution'' (1934) by John William Cunliffe *''The influence of Seneca on Elizabethan tragedy'' (1893) by John William Cunliffe *''English literature during the last half-century'' (1919) by John William Cunliffe, a collection of essays *''English literature in the twentieth century'' (1933) by John William Cunliffe *''The complete works of George Gascoigne'' (1907) by George Gascoigne edited by John William Cunliffe *''Modern English playwrights; a short history of the English drama from 1825'' (1927) by John William Cunliffe *''The Columbia University Course in Literature : Writers of Modern America'', John W. Cunliffe (Chairman), Columbia University Press, New York, 1929 *''Early English classical tragedies'' (1912) by John William Cunliffe *''Century readings for a course in English literature'' (1910) by John William Cunliffe *''Writing of Today : Models of Journalistic Prose'' by John William Cunliffe *College English Composition (article)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cunliffe, John William 1865 births 1946 deaths Columbia University faculty English literary historians English non-fiction writers English emigrants to the United States English male non-fiction writers English literary critics