John G. Demaray Explained

John George Demaray (November 27, 1930 – October 24, 2015) was an American medievalist.

Biography

Demaray was born in Bound Brook, New Jersey, to parents John and Marjorie Coyle Demaray and raised in Somerville, New Jersey, where he graduated from Somerville High School.^[1] He served in the United States Army, and studied at Notre Dame Law School before completing a doctorate at Columbia University. Demaray met Hannah Disinger while pursuing his doctoral degree and married her in 1960. He taught at several universities, and upon retirement, was granted emeritus status at Rutgers University. Demaray died, aged 84, at Lenox Hill Hospital, where he was seeking treatment for bilateral pneumonia.^[2]

Selected publications

• Book: Demaray . John G. . Milton and the Masque Tradition: The Early Poems, "Arcades," and Comus . 1968 . Harvard University Press . 9780674331549 . 10.4159/harvard.9780674331556. ^[3]
• Book: Demaray . John G. . The Invention of Dante's Commedia . 1974 . Yale University Press . 9780300169553. ^[4]
• Book: Demaray . John G. . Milton's Theatrical Epic: The Invention and Design of Paradise Lost . 1980 . Harvard University Press . 9780674331563 . 10.4159/harvard.9780674331570. ^[5]
• Book: Demaray . John G. . Cosmos and Epic Representation: Dante, Spenser, Milton, and the Transformation of Renaissance Heroic Poetry . 1991 . Duquesne University Press . 9780820702315. ^[6]
• Book: Demaray . John G. . Shakespeare and the Spectacles of Strangeness: The Tempest and the Transformation of Renaissance Theatrical Forms . 1998 . Duquesne University Press . 9780820702841. ^[7]
• Book: Demaray . John G. . Pilgrimage to History: The Renaissance and Global Historicism . 2006 . AMS Press . 9780404623418. ^[8]

Notes and References

1. Brown, Doris E. "Journey to Near East; Author discovers Mount Purgatory", The Home News, December 1, 1974. Accessed March 6, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The specialist in Renaissance literature was born in Bound Brook in 1930 and is a graduate of Somerville High School."
2. News: October 30, 2015 . John Demaray . March 5, 2022 . The New York Times.
3. Reviews include:
   • Donaldson . Ian . Shorter notices: Milton and the Masque Tradition. The Early Poems, ‘Arcades’, and Comus. By JOHN G. DEMARAY. Pp. xii+188. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1968. 57s. net. . The Review of English Studies . April 1970 . XXI . 82 . 248–249 . 10.1093/res/XXI.82.248.
   • 436392 . Nathanson . Leonard . Milton and the Masque Tradition: The Early Poems, "Arcades" and "Comus". John G. Demaray . Modern Philology . February 1970 . 67 . 3 . 10.1086/390175.
4. Mazzotta . Giuseppe . Dante's Epic Journeys by David Thompson; The Invention of Dante's Commedia by John G. Demaray (reviews) . Italica . 1977 . 54 . 2 . 315–317 . 477892.
5. Reviews include:
   • Low . Anthony . John G. Demaray. Milton's Theatrical Epic: The Invention and Design of Paradise Lost. Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press, 1980. 8 pls. + xx + 161 pp. $16.50. . Renaissance Quarterly . 1981 . 34 . 2 . 294–297 . 10.2307/2860815.
   • Hedges . James L. . Review: Milton's Theatrical Epic: The Invention and Design of Paradise Lost . Christianity & Literature . June 1, 1981 . 30 . 3 . 88–89 . 10.1177/014833318103000318.
6. Reviews include:
   • Ross . Charles S. . DEMARAY, JOHN G.: "Cosmos and Epic Representation: Dante, Spenser, Milton and the Transformation of Renaissance Heroic Poetry" (Book Review) . Italica . 1993 . 70 . 2 . 479891 . 229–231 . .
   • Macdonald . Ronald R. . Cosmos and Epic Representation: Dante, Spenser, Milton and the Transformation of Renaissance Heroic Poetry. John G. Demaray . Speculum . January 1994 . 69 . 1 . 10.2307/2864803.
7. Reviews include:
   • Aune . Mark . Shakespeare and the Spectacles of Strangeness: The Tempest and the Transformation of Renaissance Theatrical Forms (review) . Criticism . 1999 . 41 . 3 . 413–417 . .
   • Moore . Jeanie Grant . Shakespeare and the Spectacles of Strangeness: The Tempest and the Transformation of Renaissance Theatrical Forms by John G. Demaray (review) . Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature . 1999 . 53 . 2 . 75–77 .
   • King . Douglas . Shakespeare and the Spectacles of Strangeness: The Tempest and the Transformation of Renaissance Theatrical Forms (review) . Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies . 1999 . 30 . 1 .
8. Reviews include:
   • Hodgkins . Christopher . From Pilgrimage to History: The Renaissance and Global Historicism. John G. Demaray . New York: AMS Press, 2006. Pp. xv+250. . Modern Philology . August 2010 . 108 . 1 . 10.1086/653833.
   • Clark . Ira . John G. Demaray. From Pilgrimage to History: The Renaissance and Global Historicism . Seventeenth-Century News . 2007 . 65 . 3–4 . Alternate URL
   • From Pilgrimage to History: The Renaissance and Global Historicism (review) . Renaissance Quarterly . 2007 . 60 . 2 .