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Stapleton, Katharine Laurence was born on November 20, 1911 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Richard Prout and Frances (Purtill) Stapleton.
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Some Poets and Their Resources: The Future Agenda
(In an unusual grouping of early and comtemporary twentiet...)
In an unusual grouping of early and comtemporary twentieth-century poets with Emerson and Melville, this book explores imaginative resources for the poetry of the future. It brings out the testing of form by new phases of experience and the ability of poetry to transform experience by search for veracity in language. Contents: About Edwin Muir and the Escape from Myth; About D.H. Lawrence and the Search for Form; About the Dylan Thomas Puzzle; About Concord and the Astonished Muse; About Melville and the Angel; Of Land and Language, Rhythm and Rivering.
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The Elected Circle: Studies in the Art of Prose
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The Description for this book, The Elected Circle: Studies in the Art of Prose, will be forthcoming.
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Justice and world society
(K. Laurence Stapleton was a professor of English at Bryn ...)
K. Laurence Stapleton was a professor of English at Bryn Mawr College. For 46 years she taught poetry, creative writing, literary criticism and political science. She also wrote six books of poetry, criticism and political thought. Her bachelor's degree was from Smith College and she did graduate work at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She was known as Laurence, a family name, and died in 1998 at the age of 86.
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Katharine Laurence Stapleton
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Education
AB, Smith College, 1932. Postgraduate, University London, England, 1933.
Career
Registrar Massachusetts Public Employment Service, 1933-1934. Member faculty Bryn Mawr College, 1934-1998, professor English and political theory, 1948-1964, chairman department English, 1954-1965, Mary E. Garrett professor English, 1964-1980, professor emeritus, 1980-1998.
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Some Poets and Their Resources: The Future Agenda
(In an unusual grouping of early and comtemporary twentiet...)
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The Elected Circle: Studies in the Art of Prose
( The Description for this book, The Elected Circle: Stud...)
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Justice and world society
(K. Laurence Stapleton was a professor of English at Bryn ...)
- The Elected Circle Studies in the Art of Prose
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Some Poets and Their Resources: The Future Agenda
Membership
Member board sponsors National Committee for an Effective Congress. Member Modern Language Association, Renaissance Society, Thoreau Society, Association Literature Scholars and Critics, Four Chaplains Legion of Honor, Phi Beta Kappa.
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April 6, 1998 (aged 86)
Education
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1932
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1933
Career
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1933 - 1934
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Recipient Lindback Foundation award, 1980. Smith College Alumnae fellow, 1932-1933. Guggenheim fellow, 1947-1948. National Endowment for Arts fellow, 1972-1973.Recipient Lindback Foundation award, 1980. Smith College Alumnae fellow, 1932-1933. Guggenheim fellow, 1947-1948.
National Endowment for Arts fellow, 1972-1973.