Tayler, Irene

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TAYLER, Irene

TAYLER, Irene. American, b. 1934. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Women's studies and issues. Career: Columbia University, New York City, lecturer, 1961-71; City College of the City University of New York, New York City, assistant professor, 1971-75, associate professor, 1975-76; Columbia University, member of faculty, summers, 1967 and 1972; Middlebury College, member of faculty of Bread Loaf Graduate School, summers, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976; Graduate Center of the City University of New York, member of faculty, 1973-76; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, associate professor, 1976-82, professor literature, 1982-1997, professor emeritus, 1997-, Thomas Meloy Professor of Rhetoric, 1979-83, MacVicar Faculty Fellow (teaching award), 1993-2003. Publications: Blake's Illustrations to the Poems of Gray, Princeton University Press, 1971. Holy Ghosts: The Male Muses of Emily and Charlotte Bronte, Columbia University Press, 1990. Address: 180 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02116, U.S.A.

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