Edmond Malone

Rebekah Owens (Anglia Ruskin University)

Ed. by Ian Campbell Ross, Trinity College Dublin
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

Dates

Born 4 Oct 1741
Died 25 Apr 1812
Activity 1761-1812

Places

Born in Ireland, Republic of (Eire)
Active in England

Activities

Primary

Literary Critic/ Historian
Scholar

Resources

Malone's Works

Save to Bookshelf

Edmond Malone was born on 4th October 1741 in Dublin, to Edmund Malone, an MP of the Irish House of Commons and his wife Catherine Collier. In 1757 he attended Trinity College Dublin, where he showed literary promise in his prose translation of Sophocles’

Oedipus Rex

. This was published with an essay arguing for the return of the Greek Chorus in contemporary drama, an early indication of Malone’s inclination toward literary research. In summer 1759, his studies were interrupted by his mother’s declining health, and he was forced to leave Trinity to attend to her. He did not resume his studies until early 1760. During his absence from Trinity, he supplemented his education with private study and, after re-entering the College he received his BA just two years later.

The following

Please log in to consult the article in its entirety. If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing institution (see List), you should be able to access the LE on campus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a personal user account with your institutional email address. If you are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal subscription. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions.

2416 words

Citation: Owens, Rebekah . "Edmond Malone". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 April 2016 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2898, accessed 25 November 2024.]