Education
Vanderbilt University.
(The Dallas school of critics centered around Louise Cowan...)
The Dallas school of critics centered around Louise Cowan here presents a through probing of comedy as one of the territories through which the soul must journey. In the introduction, Cowan sets forth her theory of genres, and the following ten essays apply aspects of the theory to major works of the West, from Homer to Faulkner. 259 pages, indexed. Paper
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literary critic university professor
Vanderbilt University.
She taught at Texas Christian University and Thomas More College of Liberal Arts. Cowan lived in Dallas, where she taught at both at the University of Dallas and the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. She was a prominent figure in Dallas society as a mentor and friend to many Dallas dignitaries and as one of the city"s leading intellectuals.
Cowan has been vastly influential in the fostering of the liberal arts, helping shape core curricula for several liberal arts universities.
In studies of the American South, she was an influential critic of Faulkner, the Fugitive Group, and other Southern writers. Her criticism has influenced many who continue to write about the South.
In 1991, she was a recipient of the Frankel Prize. In 2010, she was named on a list of the twenty most brilliant living Christian professors.
She died November 16, 2015, of natural causes at the age of 98.
(The Dallas school of critics centered around Louise Cowan...)
A doctoral student of Donald Davidson at Vanderbilt University, she became a friend to members of the Southern Agrarians, and is considered to be the critical heir to their legacy.