Overview
Received his Ph.D. from Duke in 1966 and is Katherine Everett Gilbert Professor of Literature and Theater Studies. He has taught at UCLA, UC Irvine and Rice. His chief interests lie in American literature, history of poetry, modernism, the aesthetics of reading, and the history and theory of criticism. His major publications include The Gaiety of Language: An Essay on the Radical Poetics of W.B. Yeats and Wallace Stevens (1968), Robert Frost: Modern Poetics and the Landscapes of Self (1975), …
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Katharine Everett Gilbert Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Literature
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2013 - Present
Literature,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor Emeritus of Literature
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2013 - Present
Literature,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
The gaiety of language: An essay on the radical poetics of W. B. Yeats and wallace stevens
Book · April 28, 2023 This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived ... CiteThe Accidental Pallbearer
Book · 2013 Featured Publication CiteThe Sadness of Antonioni, SUNY Press (fiction)
Book · 2010 Featured Publication CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Duke University ·
1966
Ph.D.
Duke University ·
1963
M.A.
Utica College ·
1962
B.A.