1941
Born to Atherton Rogers Maynard and Olive (Fisher) Maynard in Williamsville, NY.
1963
Earns a Bachelor of Arts in History and Literature, summa cum laude, from Harvard University.
1969
Teaches as an assistant professor at Harvard University until 1974.
1970
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy in English from Harvard University.
1972
Is an organizer within the Concord Square Association until 1974; is a grantee of the National Endowment of the Humanities until 1973.
1974
Teaches at New York University as an assistant, associate and full professor of English until 2018.
1976
Publishes “Brownings Youth,” which later earned the Thomas J. Wilson Prize.
1979
Is a Guggenheim Fellow until 1980.
1983
Is chairman of the English Department at New York University until 1989.
1983
Is the chairman of the faculty council at New York University until 1984; serves as president of the Andiron Club until 1984.
1984
Publishes “Charlotte Bronte and Sexuality.”
1989
Is the co-editor of “Nineteenth Century Lives.”
1990
Is co-editor of “Victorian Literature and Culture” through Cambridge University Press and becomes editor emeritus in 2018.
1991
Is a visiting professor at the University of Venice in Italy.
1993
Publishes “Victorian Discourses on Sexuality and Religion.”
1998
Publishes “Browning Re-Viewed.”
2004
Serves as co-director of the New York University Biography Seminar.
2009
Publishes “Literary Intention, Literary Interpretation, and Readers.”
2018
Attains professor emeritus status within the Department of English at New York University; writes poetry and spends time with family.
2021
Holds membership with the International Association University Professors of English, Modern Language Association and PEN, among others.