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Modern Language Association Honored Scholar of Early American Literature, 2009: David S. Shields

Modern Language Association Honored Scholar of Early American Literature, 2009: David S. Shields Modern Language Association Honored Scholar of Early American Literature, 2009 David S. Shields The Division of American Literature to 1800 is charged to recognize on rare occasions the extraordinary contributions of scholars to early American studies. In 2009, we honor the work of David S. Shields. During the last twenty years or so, David S. Shields has been at the helm of early American literary studies at a time when our field has seen a period of remarkable vitality, vibrancy, change, and expansion. As a researcher, writer, editor, teacher, colleague, mentor, and administrative executive, David has been one of the field's most important sources of both vision and energy, inspiring the rest of us with his boundless intellectual curiosity, creative entrepreneurship, and imagination, as well as his passion for knowledge, collegial generosity, and characteristically independent spirit. It is therefore most appropriate that the MLA Division of American Literature before 1800 should bestow the lifetime achievement award for 2009 on David S. Shields. The publication of David's first book, Oracles of Empire: Poetry, Politics, and Commerce in British America, 1690­1750 (U of Chicago P, 1990), was a true watershed moment in the history of early American literary studies. By http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early American Literature University of North Carolina Press

Modern Language Association Honored Scholar of Early American Literature, 2009: David S. Shields

Bauer, Ralph.
Early American Literature , Volume 45 (3) – Nov 6, 2010
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Modern Language Association Honored Scholar of Early American Literature, 2009 David S. Shields The Division of American Literature to 1800 is charged to recognize on rare occasions the extraordinary contributions of scholars to early American studies. In 2009, we honor the work of David S. Shields. During the last twenty years or so, David S. Shields has been at the helm of early American literary studies at a time when our field has seen a period of remarkable vitality, vibrancy, change, and expansion. As a researcher, writer, editor, teacher, colleague, mentor, and administrative executive, David has been one of the field's most important sources of both vision and energy, inspiring the rest of us with his boundless intellectual curiosity, creative entrepreneurship, and imagination, as well as his passion for knowledge, collegial generosity, and characteristically independent spirit. It is therefore most appropriate that the MLA Division of American Literature before 1800 should bestow the lifetime achievement award for 2009 on David S. Shields. The publication of David's first book, Oracles of Empire: Poetry, Politics, and Commerce in British America, 1690­1750 (U of Chicago P, 1990), was a true watershed moment in the history of early American literary studies. By

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