Dr. Michael F. Dunne

Dr. Michael F. Dunne

Dr. Michael F. Dunne, age 71 of Murfreesboro, died Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at his home.

Dr. Dunne was the son of the late Michael Patrick and Mary Mallon Dunne.

Dr. Dunne is survived by his wife of 46 years, Dr. Sara Lewis Dunne; sons, Paul Sebastian Dunne and his wife Kirstin Tretter of Murfreesboro, and Matthew Joel Dunne and his wife Emily Martin of Washington DC; grandchildren, Henry and William Dunne; sister, Joan Grimes of Rockaway, NJ; several nieces and nephews; and numerous cousins.

Dr. Dunne graduated from Fordham University in 1964 and earned his PhD in English from LSU in 1969. He retired as an Emeritus Professor of English from MTSU in 2006, having taught for 37 years. Dr. Dunne was the author of five books on criticism and popular culture: Metapop; Hawthome's Narrative Strategies; Intertextual Encounters in American Fiction, Film and Popular Culture; American Film Musical Themes and Forms; and Calvinist Humor in American Literature. He was also the editor of the scholarly journals Border States and Studies in Popular Culture. Dr. Dunne was very active in the Murfreesboro Community and was on the board of Friends of Linebaugh Library.

A Memorial service will be 3 p.m. Saturday, December 8th at Woodfin Funeral Chapel.

Memorials may be made to the Richard and Virginia Peck Scholarship Fund at the MTSU Foundation or the Linebaugh Library in memory of Dr. Dunne.

Online condolences can be made at www.woodfinchapel.com. Woodfin Memorial Chapel, (615) 893-5151.