Wayne c booth biography of rory

American academic (1921–2005)

Wayne Clayson Booth (February 22, 1921, in American Fork, Utah – October 10, 2005, in Chicago, Illinois) was an American literary critic and rhetorician.

He was the George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in English Language & Literature and the College at the University of Chicago. His work followed largely from the Chicago school of literary criticism.

Life

Booth was born in Utah of Latter-day Saint parents, Wayne Chipman Booth and Lillian Clayson Booth.

Wayne c booth biography of rory

The older Booth died in 1927, when young Wayne was six years old.^[1] Booth graduated from American Fork High School in 1938.^[2] He was educated at Brigham Young University and the University of Chicago.

He taught English at Haverford College and Earlham College before moving back to the University of Chicago. He maintained his membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints throughout his life, but took the position tha