Background
Tayler, Irene was born on July 13, 1934 in Abilene, Texas, United States. Daughter of B. Brown Smith and Madeline (Bowron).
(Writing from a feminist perspective, the author of this s...)
Writing from a feminist perspective, the author of this study describes how Charlotte and Emily Bronte transformed the meaning of the muse that inspired the Romantic poets by transforming its gender. She describes how the Bronte sisters appropriated the male muse in differing ways.
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Tayler, Irene was born on July 13, 1934 in Abilene, Texas, United States. Daughter of B. Brown Smith and Madeline (Bowron).
Bachelor in Philosophy, Stanford University, 1956. Master of Arts in American Literature, Stanford University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy in English Literature, Stanford University, 1968.
Teacher, Breadloaf School of England, Middlebury, Vermont, 1970, 71, 75, 76; teaching assistant, Stanford University, California, 1958-1960; lecturer, Columbia University, New York, 1961-1971; assistant professor, CUNY, 1971-1973; associate professor, CUNY, 1973-1976; associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1976-1982; professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1982; secretary of the faculty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1993-1995. Chair governor committee The English Institute, 1981.
(Writing from a feminist perspective, the author of this s...)
Member of St. Botolph Club (Boston) (president 2000-2003).
Married Edward W. Tayler, June 3, 1961 (divorced 1971). Children: Edward Junior, Jesse. Married Saul Touster, January 14, 1978.