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Professor Emerita of English. Lucy Moore Brashear was born in Bellevue, Ohio, in 1922, where she was graduated from Bellevue Central High School in 1940. After attending Tiffin University for two years, she served as a WAVE in the United States Navy in naval intelligence and was honorably discharged in November 1945. After her service years she studied English at the University of Florida, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, honorary scholastic societies. Professor Brashear earned the B.A. degree in English with High Honors in 1949 and the M.A. degree two years later. In 1969 she received the Ph.D. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Between degrees she taught at Elon College, Guilford College and UNC-G on a part-time basis, and full time at Bennett College in 1966. The following year Professor Brashear accepted a position in the English Department at Appalachian State University where she remained until retirement as Professor Emerita June 1985. She is currently a member of several scholarly organizations, including Modem Language Association, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Philological Society of the Carolinas, Shakespeare Society of America, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, and National Women's Studies Association. She was elected as a delegate to the Modem Language Association for a three-year term and appointed for a term to the Nominating Committee of the Southeastern Renaissance Conference. During her tenure at Appalachian Professor Brashear participated in the English Department honors program, the University Faculty Grievance Committee, and the Admissions Committee. In 1981 she received an off-campus scholarly assignment to pursue research relating to the poets Katherine Phillips, Anne Finch, and Elizabeth Cary. She has presented papers on these writers as well as others at several conferences. Her publications include the following: "A Glossary of Basic Literary Terms," (Used in the A.S.U. English Dept.) "Dramatic Intention in The Maid's Tragedy," Faculty Publications, 67 (1970), 17-19. "Lawrence's Companion Poems: 'Snake' and Tortoises," The D.H. Lawrence Review, 5 (1982), 54-62. "The Forgotten Legacy of the 'Matchless Orinda, "The Anglo-Welsh Review, 65 (1979), 68-76. "'My Dearest Partner in Greatness': A Reappraisal of Lady Macbeth," Selected Papers of Shakespeare and Renaissance Association of West Virginia, 5 (1979), 14-24. "'Awake ye muses nine': Emily Dickinson's Prototype Poem," South Atlantic Bulletin, 45 (1980), 90-99. "Anne Finch's 'The Bird and the Arras,'" The Explicator, 39 (1981), 21-22. "Emily Dickinson's Dramatic Monologues," American Transcendental Quarterly, 56 (1985), 65-76. "The Novels of Mary Jane Holmes: Education for Wifehood," Women Writers of the Nineteenth Sources: Appalachian State University files and personal correspondence. - Dr. Richard D. Howe and Miss Mary Elizabeth Gragg
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