Elizabeth Rollins Epperly (born 1951, Virginia)[1] is a Canadian-based American Victorian scholar, author, curator, English professor (from 1976 to 2006), and former university president (1995–1998) of the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI).[2] Epperly taught at the University of Prince Edward Island for 22 years where she also served as founding chair of the L.M. Montgomery Institute and UPEI's fourth (and first female) president.[3] The Epperly Plaza on the UPEI campus is dedicated in her name.[4] Following her retirement she was made Professor Emerita by the university.
Epperly was the first student to ever register at the newly created University of Prince Edward Island in 1969. She moved to Canada from the United States because of her love for Lucy Maud Montgomery's writing.[4] Epperly also authored many books and dozens of articles, and has curated several Montgomery exhibitions, including the L.M. Montgomery Virtual Exhibition Project,[5] and This Anne Place: Anne of Green Gables as Idea, Book and Musical.[6] She serves on the board of the Anne of Green Gables Licensing Authority and the International Advisory Board of the LMMI.[4]
Education edit
Following her graduation with a BA from UPEI in 1973 Epperly studied for an MA at Dalhousie University in 1974 and completed her PhD in English Literature at Birkbeck College, University of London in 1978.[7]
Selected publications edit
- The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery's Heroine's and the Pursuit of Romance, 2014[8]
- Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of L.M. Montgomery, 2008[9]
- Through Lovers Lane: L.M. Montgomery's Photography and Visual Imagination, 2007[10]
- L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture, Ed. by Irene Gammel and Elizabeth R. Epperly, University of Toronto Press, 1999[11]
- My Dear Mr. M.: Letters to G.B. MacMillan from L.M. Montgomery. 1980. Ed. by Francis W.P. Bolger and Elizabeth R. Epperly. Oxford University Press, 1992.[12]
- The More We Get Together. Ed. by Houston Stewart, Beth Percival, Elizabeth R. Epperly, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, Gynergy Press, 1992.[13]
- Patterns of Repetition in Trollope. Catholic University of America Press, 1989.[14]
- Anthony Trollope's Notes on the Old Drama. University of Victoria: ELS Monograph Series, 1988.[15]
References edit
- ^ "Biography". 2 October 2016.
- ^ "UPEI honours all past-presidents as Founders of the University". Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ^ "Meet Our Keynote Speakers: Elizabeth Epperly | L. M. Montgomery Institute". lmmontgomery.ca. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "UPEI honours Dr. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Epperly through plaza dedication". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ Dr. Elizabeth Epperly Curates L.M. Montgomery Virtual Exhibition Project
- ^ "Anne idea on P.E.I. - Living - The Guardian". www.theguardian.pe.ca. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "Elizabeth Epperly | Old IslandScholar". vre2.upei.ca. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ Epperly, Elizabeth Rollins (14 April 2014). The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery's Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance (Revised ed.). University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. ISBN 9781442626539.
- ^ Epperly, Elizabeth (5 February 2008). Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of L.M. Montgomery (1st ed.). Viking Canada. ISBN 9780670066872.
- ^ Epperly, Elizabeth Rollins (3 March 2007). Through Lover's Lane: L.M. Montgomery's Photography and Visual Imagination (1st ed.). University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. ISBN 9780802094605.
- ^ Epperly, Elizabeth Rollins; Gammel, Irene, eds. (26 June 1999). L.M. Montgomery and Canadian Culture. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. ISBN 9780802044068.
- ^ Montgomery, L.M.; Bolger, Francis; Epperly, Elizabeth (1 January 1992). My Dear Mr. M : Letters to G. B. MacMillan from L. M. Montgomery. Toronto: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195409055.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Conference, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women.; Houston, Stewart; Beth, Percival; R., Epperly, Elizabeth (1 January 1992). The more we get together. Gynergy Books. ISBN 9781895153101.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Epperly, Elizabeth Rollins (30 January 1989). Patterns of Repetition in Trollope. The Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 9780813207049.
- ^ "Anthony Trollope's Notes on the Old Drama (E L S Monograph Series No. 42) by Epperly, Elizabeth R.: Univ of Victoria Dept of English / English Literary Studies, Victoria, Australia 9780920604373 Paperback - Bookfeathers, LLC". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 9 February 2017.