Richard A. Cordell papers

Richard A. Cordell was born July 1, 1896, in Bloomington, Indiana. Cordell earned his Bachelor of Arts degree (A.B) from Indiana University in 1917, followed by his Master of Arts (A.M.) in 1925, also from Indiana University. Cordell studied at the University of London from 1930-31.

Cordell began working as a professor at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1919. There he was named as the George Ade Professor of English. Cordell was a Lecturer in Japan and Formosa in 1962 and 1964, respectively. Cordell was a member of the Parlor Club in Lafayette, Indiana.

His writings included:

(Editor) Representative Modern Plays, Nelson, 1929.

Henry Arthur Jones and the Modern Drama, Richard R. Smith, 1932.

(Coeditor with Frank W. Chandler) Twentieth Century Plays, T. Nelson, 1934, revised edition published as Twentieth Century Plays, American, T. Nelson, 1939, revised edition published as Twentieth Century Plays, T. Nelson, 1941, 3rd edition (in multi-volumes) as Twentieth Century Plays, American: Eight Representative Selections, edited by Cordell alone, Ronald Press, 1947, and Twentieth Century Plays, British, American, Continental: Eleven Representative Selections, edited by Cordell alone, Ronald Press, 1947.

W. Somerset Maugham, Nelson, 1937.

(Editor) Twentieth Century Plays, three volumes, American, British, and Continental, Ronald, 1941-47.

(Editor) Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, Vintage Books, 1956.

(With Lowell Marson) Off-Broadway Theatre, Random, 1959.

Somerset Maugham: A Biographical and Critical Study, Indiana University Press, 1961, 2nd edition published as Somerset Maugham: A Writer for All Seasons: A Biographical and Critical Study, Indiana University Press, 1969.

(Editor) Husbands and Wives, Pyramid Books, 1963.

(Editor) The Sinners, Pyramid Books, 1964.

Cordell died July 1986, in Lafayette, Indiana.

Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2009. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. /galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC>