Barbara Kiefer Lewalski

David, I'm learning only now, on Good Friday, of Barbara's death. I am heartbroken at the news. Your mother was so wonderful a woman, so great a scholar, so loving a mother. She and Ken were among our closest friends in our years at Brown in the late 1950s and early 1960s, through easy times and hard times-- and I remember their joy in having you as a son. All my sympathies for you as you mourn this splendid woman. Natalie Zemon Davis

Barbara Lewalski was a hugely important influence on the way I think about and teach English literature, and especially the literature of the English Renaissance. When I was at Duke, I discovered her book Protestant Poetics and the Seventeenth-Century Religious Lyric. That book modeled for me a way to bring together my interest in and knowledge of the Bible, theology, and literature--it's solid cultural history; it's among the five most important books which have influenced me as a scholar of...

It was my good fortune to be Barbara Lewalski's first Ph.D. advisee at Brown University, 1963-64. She was an exemplary scholar and a kind person who encouragd me in spite of my limitations, I value her memory.

Dear David and Laurence,
Please accept my sincere expression of sympathy after the death of your mother whom I always admired very much. The service today was beautiful and moving. I am sorry that i was unable to come to your house but i had made a previous engagement. I am very sorry for your loss and send you my best wishes during this period of sadness. Yours sincerely, Henry majewski

Please accept my deepest condolences for your mother's loss. Tracey and family

Offering condolences for the loss of your loved one. May God be your comfort and strength during this difficult time.

Please accept our condolences on the loss of your beloved Barbara Lewalski. May you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends. Isaiah 57:15