Occupation Literary critic Nationality American | Name Donald Stauffer Role Novelist | |
Alma mater Princeton UniversityA.B. (1923) A.M. (1924)Merton College, OxfordD.Phil (1928) Books Shakespeare's world of images, The nature of poetry Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada | ||
Donald Alfred Stauffer (4 July 1902 - 8 August 1952) was an American literary critic, novelist and Professor of English who spent the majority of his career at Princeton University.
Biography
Stauffer studied at Princeton University where he completed his A.B. degree in 1923 and A.M. degree in 1924. He received both a Guggenheim Fellowship and Rhodes Scholarship to Merton College, Oxford where he completed his D.Phil degree in 1928. After completing his doctorate he returned to Princeton, where he spent most of his career as Professor of English and English Department Chairman.
He held the Eastman Professorship at the University of Oxford from 1951-52. He unexpectedly died in Oxford in August 1952, aged 50.
His books included English Biography Before 1700 (Harvard, 1930). and 'The Nature of Poetry (Norton, 1946).