About W. David Shaw W. David Shaw is a professor emeritus in the Department of English at Victoria College, University of Toronto. Books by W. David Shaw Secrets of the Oracle A History of Wisdom from Zeno to Yeats by (author) W. David Shaw Babel and the Ivory Tower The Scholar in the Age of Science by (author) W. David Shaw Origins of the Monologue The Hidden God by (author) W. David Shaw