Dear Carol, I wrote my dissertation in one year 57-58, but I had 2 years of
course work at Princeton before that. I am glad someone still thinks of The
Kindly Flame. hank you. tpr
Carol Kaske wrote:
> I'm sorry they didn't mention by name your largest, your inestimable
> contribution to Spenser scholarship, The Kindly Flame, still being read by
> my students. Also I can't believe you earned your PhD in a single year,
> from 1957-1958! Is this a misprint?
> At 08:25 AM 4/1/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Dear Bert, How very kind to do that. Thank you. tpr
> >
> >"A.C. Hamilton" wrote:
> >>In the Princeton Weekly Bulletin of March 24. 2003, the following notice
> >>appeared about Tom Roche on being transferred to emeritus professor. The
> >>information will be known to Renaissance scholars but it is appropriate
> >>that it be made available to this website.
> >>
> >>Roche joined the Princeton faculty in 1960. A specialist in Renaissance
> >>poetry and 16th-century poet Edmund. Spenser, he has taught courses on
> >>topics ranging from Shakespeare to Spenser and the epic romance. He is
> >>the author or editor of many articles and numerous books, including an
> >>annotated edition of Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene."
> >>
> >>Roche founded the Spenser Society and has served as president as well as
> >>in other leadership positions in this international organization devoted
> >>to promoting and recognizing the reading and study of the works of
> >>Spenser. He is co-editor of Spenser Studies, a Renaissance poetry
> >>journal. He also has conducted research on the 14th-century Italian poet
> >>Petrarch and on the iconography of the Muses throughout history. In 1991,
> >>he received the University's Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement
> >>in the Humanities.
> >>The former director of undergraduate studies for the English department
> >>and clerk of the faculty, Roche has served as the University's macebearer
> >>in academic processions since 1993. He also has participated in the
> >>productions of various campus drama groups. A Yale University graduate,
> >>he earned an M.A. in 1957 and a Ph.D. in 1958 from Princeton. He also
> >>holds an honorary M.A. degree from Oxford University.
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