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Richard G. (Richard Green) Moulton
1849–1924
An English scholar who helped bring literature to wider audiences through public lectures, teaching, and lively literary study. Best known for treating the Bible and world classics as works of literature, he wrote in a way meant to open books up rather than fence readers out.
2 Audiobooks
Book of illustrations : Ancient Tragedy
by Richard G. (Richard Green) Moulton, Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles
Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist A Popular Illustration of the Principles of Scientific Criticism
by Richard G. (Richard Green) Moulton
About the author
Born in England on May 5, 1849, Richard Green Moulton studied at Cambridge and was called to the bar before building a career that blended scholarship, teaching, and public education. He became closely associated with the university extension movement, giving lectures designed to make serious learning available beyond the traditional classroom.
Moulton later taught in the United States, where he served as Professor of Literary Theory and Interpretation at the University of Chicago. His work often focused on how literature is shaped by form, performance, and structure, and he became especially well known for presenting the Bible as literature that could be studied with the same care as epic, drama, and poetry.
He wrote widely on Shakespeare, literary criticism, and world literature, with books including The Modern Study of Literature and World Literature and Its Place in General Culture. He died on August 15, 1924, leaving behind a body of work aimed at helping general readers hear the design and power of great writing more clearly.