Edmond Malone
(1741–1812)

Irish literary historian best known for being the first to write a factual biography of William Shakespeare and a chronology of his works.

Edmond Malone

Works

  • Ode on the Nuptials of His Majesty George III (1761)
  • Speech to the Electors of Trinity College, Dublin (1774)
  • An attempt to ascertain the order in which the plays attributed to Shakespeare were written (1778)
  • Supplement to the edition of Shakspeare's plays published in 1778 by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens (1780)
  • Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1781–2)
  • A Second Appendix to Mr. Malone's Supplement to the Last Edition of the Plays of Shakespeare (1783)
  • A Dissertation on the Three Parts of King Henry VI (1787)
  • The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare (1790)
  • A Letter to the Rev. Richard Farmer; Relative to the Edition of Shakspeare, published in MDCCXC, and some late criticisms on that work (1792)
  • An inquiry into the authenticity of certain miscellaneous papers and legal instruments published Dec 24 MDCCXCV and attributed to Shakspeare, Queen Elizabeth and Henry, Earl of Southampton (1796) (transcription project)
  • The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First Collected: With Notes and Illustrations; an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author Grounded on Original and Authentick Documents (1800)
  • The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight (1801)
  • Parliamentary Logick (1809)
  • An account of the incidents from which the title and part of the story of Shakspeare’s Tempest were derived; and its true date ascertained (1809)
  • A Biographical Memoir of the Late Right Honourable William Windham (1810)
  • Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and Men: by The Rev. Joseph Spence (1820)
  • Life of Shakespeare (1821)

Works about Malone

Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

 
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