Marion Bonner Mitchell (28 November 1926 – 3 October 2014) was an American literary scholar specializing in French and Italian literature of the Renaissance period.
Mitchell was born in Livingston, Texas, on 28 November 1926 to parents Jewel Clarence and Verna Bonner Mitchell. He completed bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Texas at Austin before obtaining a doctorate at Ohio State University. During his studies, Mitchell received the Fulbright Scholarship in Paris. He returned to the city for military service as a railway station interpreter during the Korean War. Mitchell joined the University of Missouri faculty in 1958, was later elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and upon retirement, was granted emeritus status. He died on 3 October 2014.[1][2]
Selected publications
edit- Minor, Andrew C.; Mitchell, Bonner, eds. (1968). Renaissance Entertainment: Festivities for the Marriage of Cosimo I, Duke of Florence in 1539. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826285225.[3]
- Mitchell, Bonner (1973). Rome in the High Renaissance: The Age of Leo X. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806110523.[4]
- Mitchell, Bonner (1986). The Majesty Of The State: Triumphal Progresses Of Foreign Sovereigns In Renaissance Italy, 1494 1600. Olschki. ISBN 9788822234278.[5]
- Mitchell, Bonner (1990). 1598: A Year of Pageantry in Late Renaissance Ferrara. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies. ISBN 9780866980807.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Marion Bonner Mitchell, Nov. 28, 1926 — Oct. 3, 2014". Columbia Missourian. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ Germanetti, Scott (9 October 2014). "Retired MU professor Marion Bonner Mitchell loved traveling, teaching". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ Reviews of Renaissance Entertainment include:
- Kaufmann, Henry W. (1969). "Review: A Renaissance Entertainment [:] Festivities for the Marriage of Cosimo I, Duke of Florence, in 1539 by Andrew C. Minor, Bonner Mitchell". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 22 (3). doi:10.2307/830751. JSTOR 830751.
- Corrigan, Beatrice (1970). ""A Renaissance Entertainment: Festivities for the Marriage of Cosimo I, Duke of Florence, in 1539", eds. Andrew C. Minor and Bonner Mitchell (Book Review)". Italica. 47 (4). doi:10.2307/478461. JSTOR 478461. ProQuest 1296525517.
- ^ Reviews of Rome in the High Renaissance include:
- Corrigan, Beatrice (1975). "Reviewed Work: Rome in the High Renaissance: The Age of Leo X by Bonner Mitchell". Italica. 52 (1). doi:10.2307/478415. JSTOR 478415. ProQuest 1296564784.
- Jensen, De Lamar (1974). "Rome in the High Renaissance: The Age of Leo X Mitchell, Bonner: (The Centers of Civilization Series, Vol. 33): Norman: The University of Oklahoma Press, 166 pp., Publication Date: September 10, 1973". History: Reviews of New Books. 2 (3): 80. doi:10.1080/03612759.1974.9947188.
- O'Malley, John W. (June 1974). "Rome in the High Renaissance. The Age of Leo X. By Bonner Mitchell. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973. xi + 171 pp. $3.50". Church History. 43 (2): 270–271. doi:10.2307/3163960. JSTOR 3163960. S2CID 162705118.
- ^ Reviews of The Majesty Of The State include:
- Trexler, Richard C. (1988). "BONNER MITCHELL: "The Majesty of the State: Triumphal Progresses of Foreign Sovereigns in Renaissance Italy (1494-1600)" (Book Review)". Italica. 65 (3). doi:10.2307/478584. JSTOR 478584. ProQuest 1296542212.
- Rosenberg, Charles M. (1988). "Bonner Mitchell. The Majesty of the State. Triumphal Progresses of Foreign Sovereigns in Renaissance Italy (1494-1600). (Biblioteca dell'Archivum Romanicum. Series I. Storia, Letteratura, Paleografia, vol. 203.) Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 1986. 8 pls. + viii + 240 pp". Renaissance Quarterly. 41 (4): 719–721. doi:10.2307/2861893. JSTOR 2861893. S2CID 163569435.
- ^ Reviews of 1598: A Year of Pageantry in Late Renaissance Ferrara include:
- Branciforte, Suzanne (1994). "Review: 1598: A Year of Pageantry in Late Renaissance Ferrara". Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies. 28 (1): 164–165. doi:10.1177/001458589402800124. S2CID 163834802.
- Stinger, Charles L. (1991). "MITCHELL, BONNER, ed.: "1598: A Year of Pageantry in Late Renaissance Ferrara" (Book Review)". Italica. 68 (4): 504–505. doi:10.2307/479350. JSTOR 479350. ProQuest 1296610740.