| 1 | Name: | Dr. Patricia Meyer Spacks | |
| Institution: | University of Virginia | ||
| Year Elected: | 1996 | ||
| Class: | 4. Humanities | ||
| Subdivision: | 402a | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Living | ||
| Birth Date: | 1929 | ||
Combining groundbreaking feminist theory with historical research, Patricia Meyer Spacks has published some 20 highly regarded books and 60 scholarly essays. Her works include "The Female Imagination", for which she received a National Book Award nomination; "Poetry of Vision," "Imagining a Self," "Desire and Truth: Functions of Plot in Eighteenth Century Novels," "Gossip" and "Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind." Dr. Spacks is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, of which she was president from 2000 to 2006, and the American Society for 18th Century Studies. Since 1976 she has held numerous positions in the Modern Language Association, including president in 1994. She is Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. Professor of English Emerita at the University of Virginia. She was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1996. She won Phi Beta Kappa's Award for Distinguished Serivce to the Humanities in 2012. | |||