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Francis Fergusson

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American literary critic (1904-1986)

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Francis de Liesseline Fergusson was an American professor of comparative literature and literary critic; a theorist of drama and mythology. He was a Rhodes Scholar and a Guggenheim Fellow, best known for his book The Idea of a Theatre: The Art of Drama in Changing Perspective (1949).

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1923Rhodes Scholarship
Guggenheim Fellowship

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1904 to 1986 · aged 82
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