Background

Hardy, John Edward was born on April 3, 1922 in Baton Rouge. Son of Roger Barlow and Mary (McCoy) Hardy.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Louisiana State University, 1944; Master of Arts, State University Iowa, 1946; Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1956.

Career

Member English faculties, U. Detroit, 1945-1946; Member English faculties, Yale University, 1946-1948; Member English faculties, U. Oklahoma, 1948-1952; Member English faculties, Johns Hopkins University, 1952-1954; member of faculty, U. Notre Dame, 1954-1966; Professor of English, U. Notre Dame, 1964-1966; member academic council, U. Notre Dame, 1963-1966; graduate council, U. Notre Dame, 1963-1966; Professor of English, department chairman, U. South Alabama, 1966-1969; Professor of English, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1969-1970; Professor of English, department chairman, U. Missouri, St. Louis, 1970-1972; director graduate studies in English, University of Illinois-Chicago, 1972-1975; Professor of English, University of Illinois-Chicago, 1972-1992; professor emeritus, since 1992; head department English, University of Illinois-Chicago, 1984-1989; member graduate college Executive Committee, University of Illinois-Chicago, 1974-1976, 81-82.

Achievements

• John Edward Hardy has been listed as a notable language educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Poems of Mr. John Milton

    (This is a very good hardcover copy of the book, with blue...)

  • The Fiction of Walker Percy

    (Inscribed and dated on the front endpaper by John Edward ...)

  • The curious frame;: Seven poems in text and context

    (Critical theory developed in analysis of seven poems.)

  • Certain Poems

    (His first collection of poetry.)

  • Modern Talent: An Anthology of Short Stories
  • The Curious Frame: Seven Poems in Text and Context
  • The Fiction of Walker Percy by John Hardy (1987-10-01)
  • Man in the modern novel (Washington paperbacks)
  • Images of the Negro in American Literature
  • Man in the Modern Novel
  • Man in the modern novel

Membership

Member Modern Language Association, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Marie Elam, December 30, 1942 (divorced). Children: Margot (Mistress Timm Ferguson), Leonore (Mistress David Dvorkin), Catherine (Mistress Didier Pouligny), Laura, Anne (Mistress George Biswell), Eve (Mistress Daryl Joiner). Married Willene Schaefer, June 25, 1969.

Father:

Roger Barlow Hardy

Mother:

Mary (McCoy) Hardy

Spouse:

Marie Elam

Spouse:

Willene Schaefer

child:

Margot Hardy (Mistress Timm Ferguson)

child:

Laura Hardy

child:

Catherine Hardy (Mistress Didier Pouligny)

child:

Eve Hardy (Mistress Daryl Joiner)

child:

Anne Hardy (Mistress George Biswell)

child:

Leonore Hardy (Mistress David Dvorkin)