Biography:

Literary scholar; university professor. Born– Anderson County, South Carolina, Aug. 30, 1939. Parents– John Wayne and Louise (Norris) Kay. Married– Carol McGinnis, June 8, 1968. Children–one. Education– Presbyterian College, A.B., 1961; University of Tennessee, M.A., 1963, Ph.D., 1967. Taught English, University of Alabama, 1967-. Published more than two dozen essays.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online;  jacket of The Unknown Samuel Johnson.

Publication(s):

Short Fiction in The Spectator. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1975.

Editor:

A Provision of Human Nature; Essays on Fielding and Others. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1977.

Joint_Editor:

The Unknown Samuel Johnson. Madison, Wisc.; University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.