Mera J. Flaumenhaft

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Mera Joan Flaumenhaft (née Oxenhorn, April 28, 1945 - December 30, 2018[1]) was an American academic and translator who taught at St. John's College, Annapolis MD.[2] Her translation of Niccolò Machiavelli's Mandragola is widely used in college courses throughout the country.[3][4][5][6][7][8] She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1966, before moving on to get a Master of Arts (1967) and the Ph.D. in English from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970.[9] where her dissertation was entitled "Politics and Technique in the Plays of John Arden". While at the University of Pennsylvania she was both a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a University of Pennsylvania Foundation Fellow.[9] She was also an assistant professor of English at Anne Arundel Community College. She was the author of "The Civic Spectacle: Essays on Drama and Community" and "Priam the Patriarch, his City and his Sons". She was married to the political scientist Harvey Flaumenhaft.[10] She was the daughter of the educator and author Joseph Oxenhorn and the sister of the scholar and author Harvey Oxenhorn.

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  2. ^ Flaumenhaft, Mera (Fall 2003). "Kathryn "Kitty" Kinzer". The College. Retrieved on March 18, 2001
  3. ^ Tomsen, Margot and Frank Luttmer. "Florence in the Age of the Renaissance Spring Semester 2008". Hanover College website. Retrieved on March 18, 2011.
  4. ^ Marino, John. "Revelle in Rome - Summer 2011 Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine". University of California, San Diego International Center Website. Retrieved on March 18, 2011.
  5. ^ Ahrensdorf, Peter. "The Ambition to Rule - Spring 2006". Davidson College Website. Retrieved on March 18, 2011.
  6. ^ Horvath, Gabriela Dragnea. "Love in the Renaissance". Gonzaga University Website. Retrieved on March 18, 2011.
  7. ^ Evrigenis, Ioannis D. "The Political Thought of Machiavelli Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine". Tufts University Website. Retrieved on March 18, 2011.
  8. ^ "Google Search: Mera J. Flaumenhaft + .edu". Google.com. Retrieved on March 18, 2011. This search has multiple other examples of Flaumenhaft's translation in various college syllabi.
  9. ^ a b "About St. John's College - Annapolis Faculty Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine". St. John's College Website. Retrieved on March 19, 2011.
  10. ^ Flaumenhaft, Mera J. (1994) The Civic Spectacle: Essays on Drama and Community. Rowman & Littlefield. Acknowledgements. ISBN 0-8476-7964-0. Google Books. Retrieved on March 19, 2011.
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