Cynthia Griffin Wolff

Background

Wolff, Cynthia Griffin was born on August 20, 1936 in St. Louis. Daughter of James Thomas and Eunice (Heyn) Griffin.

Education

Bachelor, Radcliffe College, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1965.

Career

Assistant Professor of English, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York, 1968-1970; assistant Professor of English, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1971-1974; associate professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1974-1976; professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1976-1980; professor humanities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1980-1985; Class of 1922 professor literature and writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1985. Executive Committee for American literature Modern Language Association, 1979-1981. Member selection board Literary Classics American, since 1981.

Executive Board for foreign grants American Council Learned Socs., 1981-1984.

Achievements

• Cynthia Griffin Wolff has been listed as a notable Humanities educator, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Emily Dickinson (Radcliffe Biography Series)

    ( Cynthia Griffin Wolff's brilliant literary biography of...)

  • A Feast Of Words: The Triumph Of Edith Wharton (Radcliffe Biography Series)

    (The mystery of how a wealthy New York socialite became a ...)

  • A Feast of Words: The Triumph of Edith Wharton
  • Samuel Richardson and the Eighteenth Century Puritan Character by Cynthia Griffin Wolff (1972-12-05)
  • A Feast of Words: The Triumph of Edith Wharton 1st edition by Wolff, Cynthia Griffin (1977) Hardcover
  • A Feast of Words: The Triumph of Edith Wharton (Radcliffe Biography Series) 2 Sub edition by Wolff, Cynthia Griffin (1994) Paperback
  • A Feast of Words: The Triumph of Edith Wharton by Cynthia Griffin Wolff (1977-04-07)
  • A Feast of Words: The Triumph of Edith Wharton Hardcover - April 7, 1977

Membership

Member American Studies Association F C.

Connections

Married Robert Paul Wolff, June 9, 1962 (divorced 1986). Children– Patrick Gideon, Tobias Barrington. Married Nicholas J. White, May 21, 1988.

Father:

James Thomas Griffin

Mother:

Eunice (Heyn) Griffin

Spouse:

Nicholas J. White

Spouse:

Robert Paul Wolff

child:

Patrick Gideon Wolff

child:

Tobias Barrington Wolff