Juliet McMaster | |
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Born | 1937 (age 86–87) Kakuma, Kenya |
Spouse | Rowland D. McMaster |
Relatives | James Clarke Hook |
Academic background | |
Education | B.A., University of Oxford M.A., 1963, PhD., 1965, University of Alberta |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Jane Austen |
Institutions | University of Alberta |
Juliet McMaster FRSC (born 1937) is a Canadian scholar of eighteenth and nineteenth-century English literature,a specialist in Jane Austen,and Full Professor at the University of Alberta.
Juliet McMaster was born in Kenya in 1937, [1] and is a descendant of the Victorian painter James Clarke Hook. [2] She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English at St. Anne's College in Oxford. [3] After emigrating to Canada in 1961, [3] she received her Master's degree and PhD at the University of Alberta,where she was the Faculty of Art's first PhD graduate. [4]
McMaster joined the University of Alberta as an assistant professor of English in 1965. [5] In addition to teaching literature and theatre studies,she also taught a fencing course in the theatre department. [3] McMaster eventually achieved the rank of Full Professor in 1986. [5] The following year,she received a Killam Research Fellowship from the Canada Council for the Arts from 1987 to 1989. [6]
McMaster was the founding President of the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada in 1973. [7] The following year,she republished her thesis through the University of Toronto Press into her first book titled Thackeray:The Major Novels. [8] She also served as president of ACUTE (Association of Canadian University Teachers in English) from 1976 to 1978. [7] During this time,McMaster published various books such as Jane Austen’s Achievement and Jane Austen on Love. The first of these novels,Jane Austen’s Achievement, which she edited in 1976,was a collection of papers delivered at the Jane Austen Bicentennial Conference at the University of Alberta. [9] The second novel,Jane Austen on Love was a short collection of essays on the theme of love in Austen's novels. [10] In the same year as Jane Austen on Love was published,McMaster was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. [7]
McMaster founded a pedagogical press,Juvenilia Press in 1994. Publishing the early works of established writers,Juvenilia Press involves students in the editorial,annotation,illustration and design of editions under the supervision of experienced scholars. [11]
An avid fencer,McMaster qualified for a place on Canada's fencing team in 1965,after placing second in the National fencing championships. [3] She was named the athlete of the year at the University of Alberta in the same year. [3] She returned to the sport at the age of 77,and was an active member of the Edmonton Fencing Club. [12]
She is married to Rowland D. McMaster. [5]
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