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Charlton M. (Charlton Miner) Lewis
1866–1923
A Yale scholar, editor, and poet, he wrote with a deep love of English verse and medieval literature. His work helped bring older literary traditions to new readers in the early twentieth century.
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Gawayne and the Green Knight: A Fairy Tale
by Charlton M. (Charlton Miner) Lewis
About the author
Born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 4, 1866, Charlton Miner Lewis became an American scholar of English literature whose career was closely tied to Yale. After earning his B.A. at Yale, he studied law at Columbia, practiced briefly, and then returned to Yale to teach, complete his Ph.D., and build a reputation as a literary scholar.
Lewis wrote and edited books on English literature, versification, and medieval poetry, including studies of how English verse developed and editions of major texts. He was especially interested in the structure and music of poetry, and his work reflects both careful scholarship and a strong feeling for literature as an art.
He also wrote poetry of his own and took part in Yale’s literary life as an editor and teacher. Lewis died on March 12, 1923, but he remains a notable figure for readers interested in the study of English poetry, Shakespeare, and the medieval tradition.