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McDiarmid, Lucy was born on March 29, 1947 in Louisville.
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Saving Civilization: Yeats, Eliot, and Auden Between the Wars
('Saving civilization' was the grandiloquent cry of the 19...)
'Saving civilization' was the grandiloquent cry of the 1920s and 1930s, This is a study of the various answers these three great modern British poets - Yeats, Eliot and Auden - gave to the question of how a 'mere writer' could affect the world of his audience. The author concentrates on the years between the wars, a time when the pressure to save civilization was felt by poets and political leaders alike. The book avoids the typical political labels associated with these poets, such as 'reactionary' or 'leftist'. Rather, it analyses the conflict the three felt between a civic urge to become engagé and an artistic need to remain disengaged. Dr McDiarmid traces the story of the different ideals the poets formulated in response to the fragmentation and anxiety of the modern world. Yeats, Eliot and Auden experienced a simultaneous disillusionment over political goals and a triumphant rededication to artistic ones. Their realistic adjustments to the limiting conditions of the twentieth century are sensitively described in a work that has immediate interest and permanent value.
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Lucy McDiarmid
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Bachelor, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1968; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1972.
Career
Assistant professor, Boston University, 1972-1974;
from assistant professor to associate professor, Swarthmore College, 1974-1981;
assistant professor, U. Maryland. Baltimore County, Catonsville, 1982-1984;
professor, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., since 1984. Visiting Professor of English Princeton University, 1995.
Member Executive Committee American Conference for Irish Studies, 1987-1991, vice president, 1995-1997, president, since 1997.
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Saving Civilization: Yeats, Eliot, and Auden Between the Wars
('Saving civilization' was the grandiloquent cry of the 19...)
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Saving Civilization: Yeats, Eliot, and Auden Between the Wars
Membership
Member Modern Language Association (Executive Committee Twentieth Century Literature division), International Association for Study Anglo-Irish Literature (American secretary-treasurer 1994-1996), Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
M. Harris B. Savin, October 13, 1984. Children: Emily Clare, Katharine Eliza.
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American
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National Endowment for Humanities fellow, 1981-1982. American Council of Learned Societies grantee, 1976, Bunting Institute fellow, 1981-1982, Guggenheim fellow, 1993-1994. Visiting fellow New York Institute Humanities, 1993-1995.National Endowment for Humanities fellow, 1981-1982. American Council of Learned Societies grantee, 1976, Bunting Institute fellow, 1981-1982, Guggenheim fellow, 1993-1994. Visiting fellow New York Institute Humanities, 1993-1995.