| Joseph Twadell Shipley | |
| Birth Date: | 19 August 1893 |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Death Place: | London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | City College of New York Columbia University |
| Occupation: | Drama critic Author, editor, and translator Professor |
| Years Active: | 1914 - 1982 |
| Known For: | Drama criticism |
| Notable Works: | Dictionary of world literature Dictionary of World Literary Terms, Forms, Technique, Criticism The origins of English words: A discursive dictionary of Indo-European roots |
| Spouse: | Shirley Shipley |
Joseph Twadell Shipley[1] (August 19, 1893 – May 11, 1988) was an American drama critic, author, editor and associate professor of English at Yeshiva College in New York City.
Shipley graduated from City College in 1912.He received a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Columbia in 1931 with the thesis The quest for literature; a survey of literary criticism and the theories of the literary forms.
Shipley taught English at Stuyvesant High School from 1914 to 1957, and also taught at City College and Brooklyn College.He was secretary to the president of Yeshiva college, assistant professor and then associate professor at Yeshiva college in the period 1928 to 1944 - "a member of the first faculty of Yeshiva College."
Shipley became drama critic of The Call in 1918. The Call later became The New Leader and Shipley was drama critic in this paper until 1962. His theater reviews were broadcast on the radio station WEVD in New York on his program First Nights from 1940 to 1982. He was president of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle 1952-1954 and was secretary for the group for 16 years, until 1982. He was the author or editor of 27 books. He published a book about Eugene O'Neill in 1928 and was among the first to write about O'Neill. His last book: Origins of English Words, was published in 1984 by Johns Hopkins University Press.[2] [3]
Shipley was an honorary overseas member of the Critics Circle in London, and was in 1977 awarded the Townsend Harris Medal by City College for his distinguished career in criticism.
The bibliography is based on books registered with Library of Congress Online Catalog.
| Title | Edition | Year | Copyright year | Comment | Location: Publisher | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Art of Eugene O'Neill | 1928 | 1928 | Seattle: University of Washington Book Store | [4] | |||
| The Art of Eugene O'Neill | 1974 | 1928 | Folcroft, Pennsylvania: Folcroft Library Editions | [5] | |||
| The Art of Eugene O'Neill | 1976 | 1928 | Norwood, Pennsylvania: Norwood Editions | [6] | |||
| The Art of Eugene O'Neill | 1977 | 1928 | Philadelphia: R. West | [7] | |||
| Auguste Rodin: A Biography | 1939 | 1939 | by Victor Frisch & Joseph T. Shipley | New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. | [8] | ||
| Auguste Rodin: A Biography, in Spanish: Spanish; Castilian: La vida y el arte de Auguste Rodin | 1945 | 1945 | by Victor Frisch & Joseph T. Shipley | Buenos Aires: Editorial Poseidón | [9] | ||
| The Crown Guide to the World's Great Plays, from Ancient Greece to Modern Times | rev., updated ed. | 1984 | 1984 | rev. ed. of Guide to Great Plays, 1956.[10] | New York: Crown Publishers | [11] | |
| Dictionary of Early English | 1955 | 1955 | with a pref. by Mark Van Doren | New York: Philosophical Library | [12] | ||
| Dictionary of Word Origins | 1945 | 1945 | New York: Philosophical Library | [13] | |||
| Dictionary of Word Origins | 2nd ed. | 1945 | 1945 | New York: Philosophical Library | [14] | ||
| Dictionary of Word Origins | 2nd ed. | 1969 | 1945 | New York: Greenwood Press | [15] | ||
| Guide to Great Plays | 1956 | 1956 | Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press | [16] | |||
| In Praise of English: The Growth & Use of Language | 1977 | 1977 | New York: Times Books | [17] | |||
| King John | 1925 | 1925 | New York: Greenberg | [18] | |||
| The Iiterary Isms | 1931 | 1931 | Seattle: University of Washington Book Store | [19] | |||
| The Literary Isms | 1978 | 1931 | Norwood, Pennsylvania: Norwood Editions | [20] | |||
| The Literary Isms | 1977 | 1977 | Folcroft, Pennsylvania: Folcroft Library Editions | [21] | |||
| The Mentally Disturbed Teacher | 1961 | 1961 | Philadelphia: Chilton Co. | [22] | |||
| The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots | 1984 | 1984 | Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press | [23] | |||
| Playing with Words | 1960 | 1960 | Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall | [24] | |||
| The Quest for :iterature: A Survey of Literary Criticism and the Theories of the Literary Forms | 1931 | 1931 | New York: R. R. Smith, Inc. | [25] | |||
| Trends in Literature | 1949 | 1949 | New York: Philosophical Library | [26] | |||
| Word Games for Play and Power | 1962 | 1962 | Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall | [27] | |||
| Word Play | 1972 | 1972 | New York: Hawthorn Books | [28] |
| Title | Edition | Dates | Copyright years | Comment | Publisher | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Adès's A Naked King | 1924 | 1924 | translator, from French | New York: A. & C. Boni | [29] | ||
| The American Bookman | vol. 1, nos. 1–2 | Winter Fall 1944 | 1943-44 | "a quarterly of criticism and theory of the public arts"; edited by Shipley and others | New York: Philosophical Library | [30] | |
| Dictionary of World Literature: Criticism, Forms, Technique | 1943 | 1943 | editor | New York: Philosophical Library | [31] | ||
| Dictionary of World Literature: Criticism, Forms, Technique | new rev. ed. | 1953 | 1953 | editor, with the collaboration of 250 scholars and other authorities | New York: Philosophical Library | [32] | |
| Dictionary of World Literary Terms, Forms, Technique, Criticism | completely rev. & enl. ed. | 1970 | 1970 | editor | Boston: Writer | [33] | |
| Encyclopedia of Literature | 1946 | 1946 | editor | New York: Philosophical Library | [34] | ||
| Modern French Poetry: An Anthology | 1926 | 1926 | compiler & translator | New York: Greenberg | [35] | ||
| Modern French Poetry: An Anthology | 1972 | 1926 | compiler & translator | Plainview, New York: Books for Libraries Press | [36] | ||
| Paul Éluard's Pablo Picasso (French: À Pablo Picasso) | 1947 | 1947 | translator, from French | New York: Philosophical Library | [37] | ||
| Ralph Cheyney's Touch and Go | 1926 | 1926 | introduction by Shipley | New York: H. Harrison | [38] | ||
| Roy Mitchell's The School-theatre: A Handbook of Theory and Practice | 1925 | 1925 | introduction by Shipley | New York: Brentano's | [39] |
Beyond his accomplishments in authoring, editing and translating 27 books, and his legacy at Yeshiva College, the New York Times obituary wrote about leaving behind his wife, sister and children, along with 19 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchldren.