James Edwin Miller

Background

Miller, James Edwin was born on September 9, 1920 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States. Son of James Edwin and Leona (Halsey) Miller.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University Oklahoma, 1942; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1949.

Career

Assistant Professor of English, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1953-1956; professor, department chairman, U. Nebraska, 1956-1962; Charles J. Mach Regents Professor of English, U. Nebraska, 1961-1962; Professor of English, University of Chicago, since 1962; department chairman, University of Chicago, 1978-1984; Helen A. Regenstein professor literature, University of Chicago, 1983-1990; professor emeritus, University of Chicago, since 1990. Visiting professor Northwestern University, 1962, U. Hawaii, 1964, The Sorbonne, Paris, 1984-1985, 86, Beijing, China, 1994. Fulbright lecturer, Italy, 1958-1959, Kyoto, Japan, 1968, Australia, 1976.

Otto Salgo professor American studies, Budapest, Hungary, 1991-1993.

Works

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  • Word, self, reality;: The rhetoric of imagination

    (This publication examines the early families and history ...)

  • Critical Guide to the "Leaves of Grass"

    (An analysis of the individual poems with an examination o...)

  • The Perceptive I: A Personal Reader and Writer

    (Book by Farrell, Edmund J., Miller, James E.)

  • Quests surd and absurd; essays in American literature
  • The Dimensions Of the Short Story: a Critical Anthology
  • Start with the sun;: Studies in cosmic poetry,
  • The Dimensions of Poetry: a Critical Anthology
  • Word, Self, Reality: The Rhetoric of Imagination
  • Start with the Sun: Studies in the Whitman Tradition
  • A critical guide to Leaves of grass.

Membership

Captain United States Army, 1942-1946, 50-52. Member Modern Language Association, National Council Teachers of English (editor College.English 1960-1966, president 1970), American Studies Association, Association Depts. English (executive council 1981-1984, president 1984).

American Association of University Professors (council 1964-1967), Midwest Modern Language Association (president 1961-1962), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Barbara Anderson, July 3, 1944 (deceased 1981). Children: James E. III, Charlotte Ann. Married Kathleen Farley, March 15, 1990.

Father:

James Edwin Miller

Mother:

Leona (Halsey) Miller

Spouse:

Kathleen Farley

Spouse:

Barbara Anderson

child:

Charlotte Ann Miller

child:

James E. III Miller