B.A., Principia College M.A., Northwestern University Ph.D.,
Northwestern University
Lynn Horth began her faculty appointment in 1992. She spent the previous six
years first as assistant editor then as executive editor of the
Northwestern-Newberry edition of the Writings of Herman Melville under a
NEH grant. As executive editor, Dr. Horth administered the Melville Project at
the Newberry Library. During this period, she co-edited Melville's
Journals, published in 1989, and edited Melville's Correspondence, a
volume published in 1993, which included over forty new Melville letters. The
preparation of this volume involved extensive travel throughout the United
States and Great Britain. She has published numerous articles on Melville and
delivered papers at several recent meetings of professional societies. Other
areas of research or special interest include nineteenth-century American and
British literature as well as textual editing. Dr. Horth's teaching experience
ranges from undergraduate courses at Northwestern University to adult classes in
the Northwestern night school.
