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
- 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.