Huston Diehl (1948–2010) was Professor of English and CLAS Collegiate Fellow at the
University of Iowa.
Diehl received a B.A. from Colorado College (1970), a M.A. from
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
(1971), as well a Ph.D. in English from Duke (1975). She was a noted specialist in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature, writing and lecturing on the theatrical, visual, and religious cultures of early modern England. Diehl's books include ''An Index of Icons in English Emblem Books'' (1986), and ''Staging Reform, Reforming the Stage: Protestantism and Popular Theater in Early Modern England'' (1997), which was named an "Outstanding Academic Book of 1997." Diehl was also the author of the 2007 memoir, ''Dream Not of Other Worlds'', about teaching in a segregated black elementary school in rural Virginia, in 1970.
Diehl was the recipient of many awards and honors, including a
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship in 1978-79 and the University of Iowa's Excellence in Teaching Award in 1989.
External links
NPR interview with DiehlDream Not of Other WorldsUIowa Press BiographyWashington College Lectures
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University of Iowa faculty
1948 births
2010 deaths
Colorado College alumni
Duke University alumni