Rosemond Tuve
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Rosemond Teresa Marie Tuve (1903–1964) was an American scholar of English literature, specializing in Renaissance literature—in particular, Edmund Spenser
.
, the daughter of Anthony G. Tuve, the President of Augustana College
, and Ida Larsen Tuva, Instructor of Music there. One of her older brothers is Merle Tuve
, a geophysicist.
She received her B.A. in 1924 from the University of Minnesota
, and received a scholarship for graduate study at Bryn Mawr College
, where she was awarded a M.A, in 1923. Following further study there at Somerville College, Oxford, she received the Ph.D. from Bryn Mayr in 1931. After further study in England and France, she was appointed Instructor of English at Connecticut College
in 1934. She was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1936, Associate Professor in 1942, and full Professor in 1947. She remained at Connecticut until 1962, when she was appointed Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania
., the first woman to be appointed to that position. After teaching there for 3 terms, she died of a stroke on December 20, 1964
A selection of her essays, were published as Essays : Spenser, Herbert, Milton, ed. by Thomas P Roche, Princeton [N.J.] Princeton University Press, 1970. ISBN 9780691061719
Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognised as one of the premier craftsmen of Modern English verse in its infancy, and one of the greatest poets in the English...
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Biography
She was born November 29, 1903, in Canton, South DakotaCanton, South Dakota
Canton is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States. The city was named by Norwegian settler and former legislator James M. Wahl...
, the daughter of Anthony G. Tuve, the President of Augustana College
Augustana College (South Dakota)
Augustana College is a private, liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. The campus makes the school the largest private university in South Dakota...
, and Ida Larsen Tuva, Instructor of Music there. One of her older brothers is Merle Tuve
Merle Tuve
Merle Anthony Tuve, PhD was an American scientist and geophysicist who was the founding director of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He was a pioneer in the use of pulsed radio waves whose discoveries opened the way to the development of radar and nuclear...
, a geophysicist.
She received her B.A. in 1924 from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
, and received a scholarship for graduate study at Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr College is a women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, ten miles west of Philadelphia. The name "Bryn Mawr" means "big hill" in Welsh....
, where she was awarded a M.A, in 1923. Following further study there at Somerville College, Oxford, she received the Ph.D. from Bryn Mayr in 1931. After further study in England and France, she was appointed Instructor of English at Connecticut College
Connecticut College
Connecticut College is a private liberal arts college located in New London, Connecticut.The college was founded in 1911, as Connecticut College for Women, in response to Wesleyan University closing its doors to women...
in 1934. She was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1936, Associate Professor in 1942, and full Professor in 1947. She remained at Connecticut until 1962, when she was appointed Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
., the first woman to be appointed to that position. After teaching there for 3 terms, she died of a stroke on December 20, 1964
Publications
Her first published work, Seasons and Months: Studies in a Tradition of Medieval English Poetry.' was her Ph.D. thesis, p in Paris by Libraire Universitarie in 1933. She subsequently published the following books:- Elizabethan and Metaphysical Imagery: Renaissance Poetic and Twentieth-century Critics, Chicago, Ill., University of Chicago Press, 1947. 442 p. OCLC 245173
- Reprinted: 1961, OCLC 12000218; 1971, ISBN 9780226818191
- Review, W K Wimsatt; Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, March, 1948, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 277-279
- Review, "Tradition and the Academic Talent" H. M. McLuhan The Hudson Review, Summer, 1948, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 270-273
- Review, Rosemary Freeman Review of English Studies, October, 1948, vol. 24, no. 96, p. 331-332
- Review, Marvin T Herrick; Modern Language Notes, February, 1949, vol. 64, no. 2, p. 125-127
- A Reading of George Herbert Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1952. 215 p. OCLC 357917
- Review, Arnold Stein Modern Language Notes, December, 1954, vol. 69, no. 8, p. 610-613
- Review, Joan Bennett Modern Philology, November, 1953, vol. 51, no. 2, p. 135-137
- Images & Themes in Five Poems by Milton Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1957. 161 p. OCLC 5212894
- Repr, 1967
- Review, Millar MacLure Modern Philology, August, 1958, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 64-65
- Review, Arnold Stein; Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, September, 1958, vol. 17, no. 1, p. 119-121
- Review, A J Smith; Review of English Studies, August, 1959, vol. 10, no. 39, p. 309-311
- Review, Merritt Y Hughes; Modern Language Notes, November, 1958, vol. 73, no. 7, p. 527-532
- Allegorical Imagery; Some Mediaeval Books And Their Posterity Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1966. 461 p. OCLC 7167435
- Review, Richard H Green, Comparative Literature, Winter, 1967, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 83-86
- Review, William Matthews Renaissance Quarterly, Autumn, 1967, vol. 20, no. 3, p. 345-347
- Review, R E Kaske Speculum: A Journal of Mediaeval Studies, Jan., 1967, vol. 42, no. 1, p. 196-199
A selection of her essays, were published as Essays : Spenser, Herbert, Milton, ed. by Thomas P Roche, Princeton [N.J.] Princeton University Press, 1970. ISBN 9780691061719
Honors
- 1952: Honorary Doctor of Letters (Ll.D.) from Augustana College.
- 1956: Visiting Lecturer, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
- 1957: Honorary Doctor of Letters (Ll.D.) from Wheaton CollegeWheaton CollegeWheaton College may refer to:* Wheaton College , private Christian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois* Wheaton College , private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Norton, Massachusetts...
. - 1957-58, Senior Fullbright Research Fellow, Oxford.
- 1959: Fellow, American Academy of Arts and SciencesAmerican Academy of Arts and SciencesThe American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.James Bowdoin, John Adams, and...
- 1959, Honorary Doctor of Letters (Ll.D.) from Mt. Holyoke College.
- 1960, NATO Research Fellowship, University of AarhusUniversity of AarhusAarhus University , located in the city of Aarhus, Denmark, is Denmark's second oldest and second largest university...
- 1961, Honorary Doctor of Letters, Carleton CollegeCarleton CollegeCarleton College is an independent non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The college enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. In 2012 U.S...
. - 1961-62 Visiting Professor, Princeton UniversityPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
- 1963, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Syracuse UniversitySyracuse UniversitySyracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
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