Patricia Smith Yaeger was an American academic and literary critic.

Biography

Yaeger studied at Bryn Mawr College, receiving her BA in 1972. She took a Ph. D. at Yale University in 1980. She began her teaching career with posts at Williams College, the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University before becoming an associate professor at the University of Michigan in 1990. She was promoted to professor in 1999 and named the

Henry Simmons Frieze Henry Simmons Frieze (September 15, 1817 in Boston – December 7, 1889) was an American educator and academic administrator. He was an instructor at Brown University and its University Grammar School, a professor at the University of Michiga ...

Collegiate Professor of English and Women's Studies in 2005. At the time of her death from ovarian cancer, she was researching the concept of the "female sublime". Yaeger died at her home. She was survived by her husband and two children. Yaeger received the Faculty Recognition Award from the University of Michigan in 2001.

Publications

From 2006 until 2011, she edited the journal '' Publications of the Modern Language Association''. She is the author of ''Honey-Mad Women: Emancipatory Strategies in Women's Writing'' (1988), ''The Geography of Identity'' (1996) and ''Dirt and Desire: Reconstructing Southern Women's Writing 1930-1990'' (2000).

References

External links

Patricia Smith Yaeger Papers
Pembroke Center Archives, Brown University {{DEFAULTSORT:Yaeger, Patricia Smith 1949 births 2014 deaths Deaths from ovarian cancer American academics of English literature American women academics Bryn Mawr College alumni Yale University alumni Williams College faculty University of Pennsylvania faculty Harvard University faculty University of Michigan faculty American literary critics American women literary critics 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American women writers American women non-fiction writers