Paula R. Backscheider
Paula R. Backscheider (born March 31, 1943 in Brownsville , Tennessee ) is an American literary scholar and university professor . She published books on literature and culture in the 18th century.
life and work
Backscheider studied at Purdue University and received his bachelor's degree with honors in 1964 . She then studied at Southern Connecticut State College and received her Masters degree in 1967 . She received her PhD from Purdue University in 1972. From 1973 to 1975 she was an assistant professor at Rollins College in Florida , then until 1978 at the University of Rochester . Here she was associate professor until 1987 and since 1992 she has taught at Auburn University in Alabama .
Her research area is the English literature of the 18th century, in particular that of the writer Daniel Defoe . BAckschneider delved into Defoe's life, including his journalistic career, and did background research and analysis on Defoe's greatest works, including the poems and the books Robinson Crusoe and A Journal of the Plague Year . She was Vice President in 1991 and President of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies in 1992.
Backscheider has been married to the systems analyst Nickolas Andrew Backscheider since 1968 , with whom she has two children.
Awards (selection)
- 1974: Scholarship from the William Andrews Clark Library at the University of California in Los Angeles
- 1975, 1980, 1986: American Philosophical Society Scholarships
- 1983: Scholarship from the National Endowment for the Humanities
- 1987: American Antiquarian Society Fellowship
- 1991: Scholarship from the Guggenheim Foundation
- 1990 British Council Award for Best Humanities Book for Daniel Defoe: His Life.
- 2001: Southern Poverty Law Center Wall of Tolerance Honoree
- 2001: Outstanding Service Award, Office of Multicultural Affairs
- 2003: Distinguished Teaching Award, ODK Honorary Society
- 2003: World Women's Literature Center Award, Korea
- 2006: James Russell Lowell Prize of the Modern Language Association for 18th Century Women Poets and Their Poetry: Inventing Agency, Inventing Genre
- 2007: Presidential Award of Excellence, Auburn University
- 2014: Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award
- 2015–2017: Vice President, International Defoe Society
- 2017: Women of Distinction Faculty Leadership Award
Publications (selection)
- Popular Fiction by Women 1660-1730; 1997, ISBN 978-0198711377
- British Women Poets of the Long Eighteenth Century: An Anthology, 2009, ISBN 978-0801892783
- Elizabeth Singer Rowe and the Development of the English Novel, 2013, ISBN 978-1421408422
- Revising Women: Eighteenth-Century "Women's Fiction" and Social Engagement, 2002, ISBN 978-0801870958
- Reflections on Biography, 2013, ISBN 9781492260363
- Daniel Defoe: His Life, 1992, ISBN 978-0801845123
- Daniel Defoe: Ambition and Innovation, 2014, ISBN 978-0813150840
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Backscheider, Paula R. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Backscheider, Paula Rice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American literary scholar and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brownsville , Tennessee |