Nathalia Wright
Nathalia Wright (born March 29, 1913 in Athens , Georgia ; died November 22, 2004 in Maryville , Tennessee ) was an American literary scholar who made her mark on Herman Melville .
career
She studied at Maryville College (BA 1933), later at Yale University (MA 1938), where she received her Ph.D. in 1949 under Stanley T. Williams with a thesis on Melville and the Bible. PhD. She began teaching in 1934 at Maryville College, where she was also employed in the library. In 1949 she became an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville , and in 1962 - as the first woman in the history of the institute - a full professor. In 1982 she retired .
Fonts (selection)
- Melville's Use of the Bible . Duke University Press, Durham NC 1949.
- Horatio Greenough: The First American Sculptor . University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 1963.
- American Novelists in Italy: The Discoverers, Allston to James . University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 1965.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wright, Nathalia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens , Georgia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 2004 |
| Place of death | Maryville , Tennessee |