Karen E. Rowe (born 1945) is an American literary critic and a specialist in
Renaissance literature
Renaissance literature refers to European literature which was influenced by the intellectual and cultural tendencies associated with the Renaissance. The literature of the Renaissance was written within the general movement of the Renaissance, ...
. She is a professor of English at
UCLA.
Background
Rowe received her B.A. from
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite historically women's colleges in the Northeastern United States.
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and Ph.D. from
Indiana University.
Awards
*UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award, 1982.
*Fellow of the Bryn Mawr/HERS Mid-Atlantic Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, 1986.
*Executive Committee, Division on American Literature to 1800,
Modern Language Association
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, 1989–94.
*Chair of the Division and MLA Program, 1992.
*Graduated from
The American University in Cairo with highest honors 1966.
*Editorial Board Member, ''
Early American Literature
''Early American Literature'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal
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'', 1987–1990.
Official website
Selected bibliography
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Notes
External links
Official site
Living people
American literary critics
Mount Holyoke College alumni
University of California, Los Angeles faculty
1945 births
Date of birth missing (living people)
Indiana University alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
Women literary critics
American women critics
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