Charles Stanley Ross

Charles Stanley Ross is an American literary scholar, academic, and author. He is a Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature and a former Director of Comparative Literature Program at Purdue University.

Ross's work focuses on British literature. He has also conducted research encompassing the Italian romantic epic, literature and law, and world literature. He has authored several books including the first English translation of Matteo Maria Boiardo’s ''Orlando Innamorato'', ''The Custom of the Castle from Malory to Macbeth'', ''Elizabethan Literature and the Law of Fraudulent Conveyance: Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare'', and a translation of Statius’ ''The Thebaid: Seven against Thebes''.

Ross is the Editor of the Parlor Press Renaissance and Medieval Series and a founding editor of Forum for World Literature Studies. In 2018, he released a video documentary on Sir Philip Sidney: ''Shakespeare’s Muse of Fire: Sir Philip Sidney''. Previously he produced a series of on-line teaching videos titled ''First Lines: A Project in Global Diversity,'' that highlights the range of world literature. Provided by Wikipedia