Myra Reynolds (March 18, 1853 – August 20, 1936) was an American literary scholar.
Myra Reynolds | |
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 Portrait of Myra Reynolds by William Merritt Chase, c. 1898 | |
| Born | March 18, 1853  Troupsburg |
| Died | August 20, 1936 (aged 83) Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Literary scholar |
Myra Reynolds was born on March 18, 1853, in Troupsburg, New York.[1] She attended a normal school in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, from 1867 to 1870, after which she may have taught at the primary or secondary level.[1] She entered Vassar College in 1876 and graduated with an AB in 1880.[1] She then taught at Wells College as head of the English department from 1880 to 1882[2] as well as at the Free Academy in Corning, New York; and at Vassar.[1]
In 1895, Reynolds received a PhD in English at the University of Chicago, where she was eventually appointed full professor in 1911.[1] Early in her career, she specialized in the poetry of William Wordsworth.[3] As of 1897, as an assistant professor, she taught a popular course called "Masterpieces in English Literature".[4] As a literary scholar, Reynolds wrote on English poetry and edited selections from the work of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Robert Browning.[5]
She retired in 1923, moving to near Pasadena, California.[1][6] Reynolds died on August 20, 1936, in Los Angeles.[1]
Publications
edit- The Treatment of Nature in English Poetry between Pope and Wordsworth. University of Chicago Press. 1896. OCLC 1049888564.[7]
- The Poems of Anne, Countess of Winchilsea. University of Chicago Press. 1903. OCLC 1050770286.[8]
- The Learned Lady in England, 1650–1760. Houghton Mifflin. 1920. OCLC 1157149554.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g White, Helen C. (1971). "Reynolds, Myra". In James, Edward T. (ed.). Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 3. Harvard University Press. pp. 139–140. ISBN 0-674-62731-8. OCLC 1036741219.
- ^ "Reynolds, Myra (1853–1936) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ Duane, A. L. (February 12, 1893). "Several Noted Women Who Will Do Telling Work in Chicago's Brain Mill". The Boston Globe. p. 28 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "She Ranks as a Star". The Inter Ocean. August 1, 1897. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Burke, William Jeremiah; Howe, Will David (1972). American Authors and Books, 1640 to the Present Day (3d ed.). Crown Publishing Group. p. 532. ISBN 0-517-50139-2. OCLC 523487.
- ^ "Dr. Myra Reynolds". The New York Times. August 22, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ Reviews of Treatment of Nature:
- Morton, Edward Payson (1897). "Review of The Treatment of Nature in English Poetry between Pope and Wordsworth". The Journal of Germanic Philology. 1 (2): 261–263. ISSN 0364-2968. JSTOR 27699002.
- Moorman, F. W. (January 1914). "The Treatment of Nature in English Poetry between Pope and Wordsworth". Modern Language Review. 9 (1): 110–111. doi:10.2307/3713440. hdl:2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t54f2gw5h. JSTOR 3713440.
- ^ Beers, Henry A. (1903). "Review of The Poems of Anne Countess of Winchilsea". Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 5 (1): 119–120. ISSN 0363-6941. JSTOR 27699724.