Felix Emanuel Schelling (1865–1945) was an American literary scholar and educator famed for his profound contributions to the field. With an extensive repertoire of over thirty books on Elizabethan literature and the works of Shakespeare, he left an indelible mark on literary scholarship.
Born in New Albany, Indiana, Schelling obtained multiple degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, including an LL. B. in 1883, an A. M. in 1884, an honorary Litt. D. in 1903, and an LL. D. in 1909. He held various academic positions, notably as a distinguished professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California. He played a vital role in higher education administration, serving as the dean of the graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania and assuming the presidency of the Modern Language Association in 1916.
Schelling’s scholarly expertise in Elizabethan and Shakespearean studies significantly contributed to the deepened understanding and heightened appreciation of Renaissance literature. His extensive collection of books and critical essays received widespread acclaim, solidifying his status as a leading authority in his field. Among his notable works are Elizabethan Drama, 1558–1642 (1908,) English Literature during the Lifetime of Shakespeare (1910,) Ben Jonson and the Classical School (1920,) English Literature: From the Norman Conquest to Chaucer (1922,) and Shakespeare and His Critics (1939.)
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Architecture is petrified music.
—Felix E. Schelling
Topics: Architecture
Man becomes greater in proportion to knowing himself and his faculties. Let him become conscious of what he is and he will soon also learn what he should be.
—Felix E. Schelling
Topics: Purpose
True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the inequality of success, the glorious inequality of talent, of genius; for inequality, not mediocrity, individual superiority, not standardization, is the measure of the progress of the world.
—Felix E. Schelling
Topics: Education
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