Born 1935. Undergraduate and masters degrees in English at Brown University, 1957, 1959. Ph.D. 1968 Claremont Graduate University. Married to Joanna Jacobus, Rhode Island School of Design, BFA 1960; Connecticut College MFA 1974. Daughter Sharon Benzenhoefer (1958-2009), Son James (1962); Granddaughter Caitlin Benzenhoefer (1995). I taught Renaissance English and Modern Irish Literature at the University of Connecticut 1968-2001. I am a member of the Milton Seminar, MLA, and the International James Joyce Society. I am also a member of the Dramatists Guild.