Erskine, Thomas L. 1939–

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Erskine, Thomas L. 1939–

(Thomas Leonard Erskine)

PERSONAL: Born June 2, 1939, in Waterville, ME; son of Chauncey Lee (in personnel) and Florence (a teacher; maiden name, Hapworth) Erskine: married Suzanne Fourcade (a teacher), August 19, 1961; children: Harden Peter, Jeffrey Louis. Education: Bowdoin College, B.A., 1961; University of Kansas, M.A., 1963; Emory University, Ph.D., 1969. Religion: Presbyterian.

ADDRESSES: Home—420 Elberta Ave., Salisbury, MD 21801. Office—Department of English, Salisbury State College, Salisbury, MD 21801.

CAREER: University of Delaware, Newark, instructor, 1965–69, assistant professor of English, 1969–71; Salisbury State College, Salisbury, MD, associate professor, 1971–72, professor of English, beginning 1972, became professor emeritus, chair of department, 1971–72, academic dean, 1972–76. Secretary of Ice World, Inc. Mid-Delmarva Young Men's Christian Association, president, 1976–77, former member of board of directors.

MEMBER: Modern Language Association of America, National Council of Teachers of English, Society for Cinema Studies, American Association for Higher Education, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Maryland Association for Higher Education, Academic Affairs for Administrators, Rotary International.

WRITINGS:

(Editor, with Elaine Safer) John Milton: "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso," C.E. Merrill (Columbus, OH), 1970.

(Editor, with W. Bruce Finnie) Words on Words: A Language Reader, Random House (New York, NY), 1971.

(Editor, with Gerald R. Barrett) From Fiction to Film: Conrad Aiken's "Silent Snow, Secret Snow," Dickenson (Encino, CA), 1972.

(Editor, with Gerald R. Barrett) From Fiction to Film: Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," Dickenson (Encino, CA), 1973.

(Editor) From Fiction to Film: D.H. Lawrence's "Rocking-Horse Winner," Dickenson (Encino, CA), 1974.

(Editor, with Connie L. Richards) Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper, Rutgers University Press (New Brunswick, NJ), 1993.

(Editor, with James M. Welsh) Video Versions: Film Adaptations of Plays on Video, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2000.

(Editor, with Chuck Berg) The Encyclopedia of Orson Welles, Facts on File (New York, NY), 2003.

Founder and editor of Literature/Film Quarterly, beginning 1973. Contributor to The Encyclopedia of Hollywood, second edition, Facts on File (New York, NY), 2005.