Background
Payne, Frances Anne was born on August 28, 1932 in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Charles Franklin and Willie (Tarvin) Payne.
literature educator researcher
Payne, Frances Anne was born on August 28, 1932 in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Charles Franklin and Willie (Tarvin) Payne.
Bachelor of Arts, Shorter College, 1953; Bachelor of Music, Shorter College, 1953; Master of Arts, Yale University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1960.
Instructor, Connecticut College, New London, 1955-1956; instructor, U. Buffalo, 1958-1960; lecturer, U. Buffalo, 1960; assistant professor, U. Buffalo, 1960-1967; associate professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1967-1975; Professor of English and medieval literature, State University of New York, since 1975. Adjunct fellow St. Anne's College, Oxford, England, since 1966.
(An analysis of the Old English version of The Consolation...)
(a literary study of Chaucer)
Member Medieval Academy American, International Arthurian Society, New Chaucer Society, International Society Anglo-Saxonists, Pi Kappa Lambda.