Frederick S. Frank (December 23, 1935 – February 28, 2008)[1] was a literary scholar and bibliographer, credited as one of the founders of Gothic studies for his extensive bibliographic research.[2][3]

Biography

Frederick Frank was born in Cobbleskill, New York on December 23, 1935.[1] He and his wife Nancy had three children.[1]

Frank received a B.A. from Union College in 1957, an M.A. from Columbia University in 1959, and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 1968.[1] After graduation, he taught briefly at Boston University, before joining the faculty of Allegheny College, where he taught for 24 years before retiring in 1994.[1] After retirement, he began the online bibliographic project The Sickly Taper, which is now hosted by the University of Windsor.[1]

Frank died on February 28, 2008.[1] In 2010, a special issue of the journal Papers on Language & Literature published papers on the Gothic in memory of Frank.[1]

Selected works

Bibliographies of Gothic literature

  • The First Gothics: A Critical Guide to the English Gothic Novel. New York: Garland, 1987.[4]
  • Through the Pale Door: A Guide to and through the American Gothic. New York: Greenwood, 1990.[4]
  • "Gothic Gold: The Sadleir-Black Gothic Collection." Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture 26 (1998): 310–16.[4]
  • Gothic Writers: A Critical and Bibliographical Guide. Co-edited with Douglass H. Thomson and Jack G. Voller Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001.[4]

Bibliographies of Gothic criticism

  • Guide to the Gothic: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1984.[4]
  • Guide to the Gothic II: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism, 1983-1993. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 1995.[4]
  • Guide to the Gothic III: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism, 1994-2003. 2 vols. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2003.[4]
  • The Sickly Taper: A Bibliography of Gothic Scholarship. Online.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hoeveler, Diane Long, and Nancy Frank. "Introduction." Papers on Language & Literature, vol. 46, no. 2, 2010, pp. 115+.
  2. ↑ Cox, Jeffrey N. "First Gothics: Walpole, Evans, Frank." Papers on Language & Literature, vol. 46, no. 2, 2010, pp. 119+.
  3. ↑ Voller, Jack G. "Coda: remembering Fred." Papers on Language & Literature, vol. 46, no. 2, 2010, pp. 234+.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Voller, Jack G. "A Bibliography of the Works of Frederick S. Frank." Papers on Language & Literature, vol. 46, no. 2, 2010, pp. 230+.
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