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Stub article: 'Emily Stipes Watts'
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Emily Stipes Watts | |
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Born | Emily Stipes March 16, 1936 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow (1973-1974 ) |
Spouse | Robert Allan Watts (30 August 1958) |
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Emily Stipes Watts (born 16 March 1936) is an American, retired English language educator and writer. In parallel with her academic career, she wrote Ernest Hemingway and the Arts (1971), The Poetry of American Women from 1632 to 1945 (1978) and The Businessman in American Literature (1982).[1]
Early life
Emily Stipes was born on March 16, 1936 in Urbana, Illinois, United States, the daughter of Royal Arthur Stipes and Virginia Louise Schenck.[1]
She was a student at
She married Robert Allan Watts on 31 August 1958.[3]
Career
Stipes Watts was appointed instructor in the English language department at the University of Illinois at Urbana (1963-1967), and then assistant professor (1967-1973).[1] In 1971, she published Ernest Hemingway and the Arts.[4]
She was granted a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship in 1973-1974 and appointed associate professor (1973-1977), professor and director of graduate studies at the English department (1977—2005), and professor emerita since 2005.[1] In 1978, she published The Poetry of American Women from 1632 to 1945.[5]
Stipes Watts was appointed chairman of the Board of directors of the University of Illinois Athletic Association (1981-1983).[1] In 1982, she published The Businessman in American Literature.[6][7][8]
She has been a member of the faculty advisory committee of the Illinois Board of Higher Education since 1984, and became its vice chairman (1986-1987), then chairman (1987-1988).[1]
Stipes Watts is also a member of the
Works
- Stipes Watts, Emily (1963). Jonathan Edwards and the Cambridge Platonists (Thesis/dissertation). University of Illinois.
- Stipes Watts, Emily (1971). Ernest Hemingway and the Arts. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-00169-7.
- Stipes Watts, Emily (1978). The Poetry of American Women from 1632 to 1945. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-76450-2.
- Stipes Watts, Emily (1982). The Businessman in American Literature. Frederick, Maryland: Beard Books. ISBN 978-1-587-98235-4.
External links
"Emily Stipes Watts's Books". goodreads.com. Goodreads Inc. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
References
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Emily Stipes Watts". prabook.org. Prabook. 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- University of Illinois.
- ^ "Robert Watts obituary". news-gazette.com. The News-Gazette. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-252-00169-7.
- ISBN 0-292-76450-2.
- ISBN 978-1-587-98235-4.
- ISBN 1-587-98235-8.
- ^ Sonnichsell, C. L. (1983). "Book Reviews: The Businessman in American Literature". journals.cambridge.org. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
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