Frances Theresa Elizabeth Peet Russell (May 18, 1873 – February 15, 1936) was an American writer and professor. She wrote three books about English literature. Her book Satire in the Victorian Novel may have been the first work to analyze satire in Victorian literature.
Frances Theresa Peet Russell | |
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| Born | Frances Theresa Elizabeth Peet May 18, 1873 |
| Died | February 15, 1936 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Author and professor |
| Notable work | Satire in the Victorian Novel |
| Spouse |
Frank B. Russell
(m. 1900; died 1903) |
Personal life and career
editFrances Theresa Elizabeth Peet was born May 18, 1873, in Jones County, Iowa,[a] to Emily Jane (née Perkins) and Adelbert Carleton Peet.[4][1] Often known as Theresa, she was educated in Anamosa, Iowa,[2] and attended the University of Iowa, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1895.[5][2] From 1895 to 1900, she was a teacher in Iowa, excluding from 1898 to 1899 when she was at Radcliffe College to complete graduate work.
On June 30, 1900 she married Harvard anthropologist Frank Russell.[6] They moved to Arizona shortly afterwards, and over several years together surveyed for archaeological sites.[7] Frank died in November 1903, and in 1906 Theresa chronicled their travels in a 12-part series in Out West magazine.[3]
She attended Stanford University as an assistant philosophy professor in 1906 and she later attended Columbia University, receiving a Ph.D. in 1920.[8] In 1933, Russell was a poetry judge at a Stanford University competition.[9]
A few years before her death, Russell became a full Professor. She died from cancer on February 15, 1936.[8]
Works
editRussell wrote Satire in the Victorian Novel and it was published by Macmillan Publishers in 1920.[10] The book is about satire in English novels that were published in the 1800s. She chronicled thirteen authors in relation to their differences in the use of satire.[11] Russell described satire as "humorous criticism of human foibles and faults, or of life itself, directed especially against deception, and expressed with sufficient art to be accounted as literature". The book goes further by examining irony and sarcasm.[12] The Christian Advocate wrote that satire in Victorian literature was either little written about or not at all until Russell wrote her book.[13] The book The Significance of Anthony Trollope said that Satire in the Victorian Novel is "particularly noteworthy" and mentions page 117 in which Russell states of Anthony Trollope that he is "the real Victorian Shakespeare in the matter of women".[10]
Russell's book about Robert Browning titled One Word More On Browning was published in 1927.[14] She also wrote Touring Utopia which was published by Dial Press in 1932.[15] The book is about utopias in literature. She listed 300 works about utopias and also wrote about actual attempts at creating a utopia.[16]
Notes
edit- ^ Her birth place is variously stated as Anamosa, Iowa,[1] Greenfield Township,[2] and Greenfield Springs, Iowa.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Burke, W. J. (1972). American Authors and Books, 1640 to the Present Day (3rd ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. pp. 552. ISBN 0-517-50139-2. OCLC 523487.
- ^ a b c Lacock, Marjorie Peet (1978). "Peet roots planted in Jones county in mid-19th century" (PDF). Jones County Historical Review. Vol. 4, no. 4. Jones County Historical Society. pp. 1–5.
- ^ a b Russell, Theresa; Parezo, Nancy J.; Fowler, Don D. (2020). A Marriage Out West: Theresa and Frank Russell's Explorations in Arizona, 1900–1903. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-4208-6.
- ^ Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A. (1928). Women of the West. Los Angeles: Publishers Press. p. 80.
- ^ "An Iowan on Browning". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. July 17, 1927 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Harvard University Class of 1896. Secretary's Second Report. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1901. p. 102.
- ^ "Southern Arizona authors delve into Bisbee ghost stories, Sonoran Desert culture". Arizona Daily Star. January 2, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ a b "Guide to the Frances Theresa and Frank B. Russell papers". Online Archive of California. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- ^ "Winner of Poetry Contest Announced". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. August 26, 1933 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Spencer Van Bokkelen Nichols (1925). The Significance of Anthony Trollope. D. C. McMurtrie. p. 29.
- ^ Nicholas Murray Butler; Frank Pierrepont Graves; William McAndrew (1921). Educational Review. Doubleday, Doran. p. 268.
- ^ "Satire In Victorian Fiction". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California. April 18, 1920 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ The Christian Advocate. Hunt & Eaton. 1920. p. 677.
- ^ Boyd Litzinger; K. L. Knickerbocker (July 15, 2014). The Browning Critics. University Press of Kentucky. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-8131-6362-8.
- ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office (1932). Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1932. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. p. 1880.
- ^ "Tour of Utopia Is Conducted by Stanford Prof". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. February 18, 1933 – via Newspapers.com.
Further reading
edit- Russell, Theresa; Parezo, Nancy J.; Fowler, Don D. (2020). A Marriage Out West: Theresa and Frank Russell's Explorations in Arizona, 1900-1903. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-4208-6. OCLC 1201336355.