Earl Miner

Earl Miner (1927 - April 17, 2004) was a professor at Princeton University, and a noted scholar of Japanese literature and especially Japanese poetryref|notability; he was also active in early English literature (for instance, his "New York Times" obituary notes that a critical edition of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" was in the process of being published when he died). He earned his bachelor's degree in Japanese studies and master's and doctoral degrees in English from the University of Minnesota; with this Ph.D, he joined the English faculty at Williams College (1953 to 1955) and at UCLA (1955 to 1972), whereupon he joined Princeton in 1972.

He was President of the Milton Society of America, the American Society for 18th Century Studies and the International Comparative Literature Association. He was honored with Princeton's Behrman Award for distinguished achievement in the humanities in 1993. For his work, he received the Order of the Rising Sun in 1994, Japan's second-highest honor; fellow recipients include Donald Keene and Douglas MacArthur. He died in his home in Hightstown, New Jersey, on April 17, 2004, after a prolonged illness.

Partial bibliography

*"Japanese Court Poetry", Earl Miner, Robert H. Brower. 1961, Stanford University Press, LCCN 61-10925
*"Fujiwara Teika's Superior Poems of Our Time", trans. Robert H. Brower, Earl Miner. 1967, Stanford University Press, L.C. 67-17300, ISBN 0-8047-0171-7
*"An Introduction to Japanese Court Poetry", by Earl Miner. 1968, Stanford University Press, LCCN 68-17138
*"Japanese Linked Poetry", by Earl Miner. 1979 Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-06372-9
*"The Monkey’s Straw Raincoat and Other Poetry of the Basho School", trans. Earl Miner and Hiroko Odagiri. 1981 Princeton University Press, ISBN 9780691064604
*"Naming Properties: Nominal Reference in Travel Writings by Basho and Sora, Johnson and Boswell", by Earl Miner. 1996, University of Michigan Press, ISBN 0-472-10699-6
*"Paradise Lost, 1668-1968: Three Centuries of Commentary", ed. by: Earl Roy Miner, William Moeck, Steven Jablonski. 2004, Bucknell University Press, ISBN 0-8387-5577-1
*"Japanese Poetic Diaries", Earl Miner. 2004 University of California Press, ISBN-10: 0520030478

References

*Obituary in the "New York Times". (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Apr 21, 2004. pg. B.9

* "As this special East-West issue of CLS goes to press, we are reminded of the passing of Earl Miner, one of the pioneers of East-West poetic relations. Earl Miner played a decisive role in shaping the discipline of comparative literature in the United States and to him we are greatly indebted." [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/comparative_literature_studies/toc/cls41.4.html]

External links

* [http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/04/0503/2a.shtml "Earl Miner, specialist in English and Japanese literature, dies at age 77"] -(from the Princetonian Weekly Bulletin)
* [http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2004/04/27/news/10439.shtml "Miner, 77, leaves lasting legacy"] -(from the Daily Princetonian)