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
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.
ISBN9780826285225.[3]
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.
JSTOR830751.
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.
JSTOR478461.
ProQuest1296525517.
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.
JSTOR3163960.
S2CID162705118.
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.
JSTOR478584.
ProQuest1296542212.
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.
JSTOR2861893.
S2CID163569435.
^ 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.
S2CID163834802.
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.
JSTOR479350.
ProQuest1296610740.