Biography:

University professor. Born Sept. 9, 1906,  Syracuse, N.Y. Parents– Lewis J. and Grace (Aylsworth) Brittin. Married– Florence Mellor, March 1, 1929 (died 1951). Children– Two. Married– Ruth Harris Lowe, 1951. Education– Syracuse University, A.B., 1927, A.M., 1930; post-graduate work at the University of California, 1934-1937; University of Washington, Ph.D., 1947.    Taught English at the University of Utah, 1937-44; at the University of Chicago, 1947-48; at Auburn University, 1948-1977;  Molly Hollifield Jones Professor of Humanities, 1966-77. Co-founder and Co-editor of Southern Humanities Review, 1966-1977.  Professor Emeritus at Auburn, 1977. Died April 4, 2004.

Source:

Who’s Who in America, 1980.

Obituary, Auburn-Opelika News, April 8, 2004.

Publication(s):

Edna St. Vincent Millay. Boston; Twayne, 1967.

A Reading Apprenticeship; Literature. New York; Holt, 1971.

Thomas Middleton. Boston; Twayne, 1972.

A Writing Apprenticeship. New York; Holt, 1963.

Writing Description and Narration. New York; Holt, 1969.