Louise Pound

Louise Pound

Louise Pound (1872-1958) was a distinguished American folklorist and college professor at the University of Nebraska.

Early life

Pound was born in Lincoln, Nebraska to Stephen Bosworth Pound and Laura Pound. Pound studied at the University of Nebraska (B.B. 1892 and M.A., 1895). She continued her studies at the University of Chicago and the University of Heidelberg, and earned her Ph.D. in 1900.

She was a professor of English at the University of Nebraska for most of her adult life. Pound was part of its growth from a small prairie college to a great university.

Professional Life

Pound was a member of many professional societies. She was president of the American Folklore Society, 1925-1927. She was the first woman to serve as president of the Modern Language Association (1954-1955).

An athlete in her youth, Pound was inducted into the Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame in 1955.

Personal

Pound was a sister of noted legal professor Roscoe Pound.

Pound was the object of author Willa Cather's affections, but retained a platonic friendship with her. [ [http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/bioc2/cath2.html] ] Although Cather sought a lesbian relationship with Pound, no evidence exists that Pound was a lesbian. (Krohn)

Cather and Pound residence halls at the University of Nebraska (Lincoln) are named after Willa Cather and Louise Pound. [http://housing.unl.edu/halls/pound.shtml]

Books Authored by Louise Pound

[http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/englishfacpubs/43/ "Poetic Origins and the Ballad"] (1921) "American Ballads and Songs" (1923) "Selected Writings of Louise Pound" (1949) "Nebraska Folklore" (1959)

ee also

* Antonine Barada

References

*"Pound, Louise." "American National Biography. 17:759-760. 1999.
*"Pound, Louise." "The National Cyclopedia of American Biography". 24:538. 1953.
*"Pound, Louise." "The Flame of Learning: The Life of Louise Pound", 2007, Marie Krohn, American Legacy Historical Press

External links

* [http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/manuscripts/family/poundlouise.htm Louise Pound papers] at Nebraska State Historical Society
* [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/englishfacpubs/6/ "Indefinite Composites and Word-Coinage"] (1913) by Louise Pound
* [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/midwestqtrly/5/ "The Literary Interregnum"] (1913) by Louise Pound
* [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/midwestqtrly/1/ "Emerson as a Romanticist"] (1915) by Louise Pound
* [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/midwestqtrly/3/ "New-World Analogues of the English and Scottish Popular Ballads"] (1916) by Louise Pound


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