In Memoriam
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In Memoriam: Charles W. Mignon (1933-2009)
Charles William Mignon (December 11, 1933 – September 25, 2009) Charles W. Mignon, Professor Emeritus of American Literature at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, died September 25, 2009, at the age of 75. Educated at Kenyon College and at the University of Connecticut, he taught at the University of Illinois and, later, the University…
In Memoriam: Harrison T. Meserole (1921-2006)
Harrison T. Meserole (July 25, 1921 – December 20, 2006) Dear Colleagues, Today’s newspaper brought news of the death of Harrison Meserole, a stalwart early Americanist and superb student of New England literature and culture, beloved mentor of many early Americanists practicing in the field today, and renowned bibliographer whose work proved the backbone of…
In Memoriam: Susan Manning (1953-2013)
Susan Manning (1953-2013) Messages from the SEA listserv and SEA colleagues upon hearing the sad new that Professor Susan Manning had passed away on Monday, January 14, 2013. ——— Here, with thanks to Stephen Shapiro and apologies for cross-posting, is word on the death of Susan Manning, who had been directing the Institute for Advanced…
In Memoriam: J.A. Leo Lemay (1935-2008)
J.A. Leo Lemay (January 17, 1935 – October 15, 2008) A few words from Carla Mulford and friends: On the days after Leo Lemay’s death was announced, many kind people wrote thoughtful and good messages to me. I’ll offer below just a small sample of the lovely and numerous messages that came my way from…
In Memoriam: Everett H. Emerson (1925-2002)
Everett H. Emerson (1925-2002) On July 9, 2002, early American literature lost a founding father. Everett Emerson died at his summer home in the Berkshires at Lenox, Massachusetts. A large portion of Everett’s scholarly career was devoted to leading scholars and teachers to full awareness of early American literature as an important “field.” He was…
In Memoriam: Norman Grabo (1930-2001)
Norman Grabo (1930-2001) From Carla J. Mulford, 16 March 2001: Dear colleagues, Our friend and colleague, Norman S. Grabo, died on March 15 in Greeley, Colorado. Prof. Grabo requested that there be no memorial service, but perhaps colleagues would wish to send me (or post to the list generally) some comments about his work and…
In Memoriam: Emory Elliott (1942-2009)
Emory Elliott (October 30, 1942 – March 31, 2009) Messages from the SEA listserv upon hearing the sad news from Professor Joanna Brooks that Professor Emory Elliott had passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 ——— From Joanna Brooks April 2, 2009 Dear colleagues: With great sadness, I wanted to share the news that our…
In Memoriam: Thomas M. Davis (1930-2014)
Thomas M. Davis (1930-2014) Thomas M. Davis, Professor Emeritus of English at Kent State University, was a pioneer in the development of early American studies and a leading scholar of Puritanism, particularly the poetry of Edward Taylor. Turning to early American studies after initially publishing on Dickinson and Salinger, Tom became a specialist in Puritan…
In Memoriam: Sargent Bush (1937-2003)
Sargent Bush (1937-2003) Sargent Bush, Jr. died on October 8, 2003, from an onslaught of metastatic melanoma. A well-known scholar of early American literature, Sarge graduated from Princeton University in 1959 with a BA in English (magna cum laude). Like the New England Puritans whom he so passionately studied, Sarge experienced “conversion” very early on…
In Memoriam: Sacvan Bercovitch (1933-2014)
Sacvan Bercovitch (1933-2014) There are surely no early Americanists today whose scholarship has not in some way been influenced, enhanced, and enlightened by the published works of Sacvan Bercovitch. I am surely one of those. But I also had the extraordinary experience of working closely with Saki as a member of the National Council during…