Juliet McMaster (born 1937) is a Canadian scholar of eighteenth and nineteenth-century English literature, a specialist in
Jane Austen
Jane Austen ( ; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for #List of works, her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century ...
, and Full Professor at the
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, ) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, t ...
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Early life and education
Juliet McMaster was born in Kenya in 1937, and is a descendant of the Victorian painter
James Clarke Hook
James Clarke Hook (21 November 1819 – 14 April 1907) was an England, English painting, painter and etching, etcher of Marine art, marine, genre#Visual arts, genre and History painting, historical scenes, and Landscape art, landscapes.
Life
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. She earned a
Bachelor of Arts
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in English at
St. Anne's College in
Oxford
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The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...
.
After emigrating to Canada in 1961,
she received her
Master's degree
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and PhD at the
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, ) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, t ...
, where she was the Faculty of Art's first PhD graduate.
Career
McMaster joined the University of Alberta as an assistant professor of English in 1965.
In addition to teaching literature and theatre studies, she also taught a fencing course in the theatre department.
McMaster eventually achieved the rank of Full Professor in 1986.
The following year, she received a
Killam Research Fellowship from the
Canada Council for the Arts
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from 1987 to 1989.
McMaster was the founding President of the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada in 1973.
The following year, she republished her thesis through the
University of Toronto Press
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The press originally printed only examination books and the university calendar. Its first s ...
into her first book titled '' Thackeray: The Major Novels.'' She also served as president of ACUTE (
Association of Canadian University Teachers in English) from 1976 to 1978.
During this time, McMaster published various books such as ''Jane Austen’s Achievement'' and ''Jane Austen on Love.'' The first of these novels, ''Jane Austen’s Achievement,'' which she edited in 1976, was a collection of papers delivered at the Jane Austen Bicentennial Conference at the University of Alberta. The second novel, ''Jane Austen on Love'' was a short collection of essays on the theme of love in Austen's novels. In the same year as ''Jane Austen on Love'' was published, McMaster was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
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.
McMaster founded a pedagogical press,
Juvenilia Press in 1994. Publishing the early works of established writers, Juvenilia Press involves students in the editorial, annotation, illustration and design of editions under the supervision of experienced scholars.
Personal life
An avid fencer, McMaster qualified for a place on Canada's fencing team in 1965, after placing second in the National fencing championships.
She was named the athlete of the year at the University of Alberta in the same year.
She returned to the sport at the age of 77, and was an active member of the Edmonton Fencing Club.
She is married to Rowland D. McMaster.
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Awards
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Royal Society of Canada
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Fellow, 1980
* Killam Research Fellowship,
Canada Council for the Arts
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, 1987-1989
* F.E.L. Priestley Award for best article in ''English Studies in Canada'', 1989
References
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1937 births
Canadian people of Kenyan descent
Jane Austen scholars
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Academic staff of the University of Alberta
University of Alberta alumni
Living people
Canadian female sabre fencers
Alumni of St Anne's College, Oxford
20th-century Canadian sportswomen