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James W. Applewhite

Professor Emeritus of English
English
Box 90015, Durham, NC 27708-0015
308 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


James Applewhite is the author of Seas and Inland Journeys : Landscape and Consciousness from Wordsworth to Roethke (Georgia, 1985) and seven books of poetry, including River Writing: AnEno Journal (Princeton, 1988), and Daytime and Starlight (LSU, 1997). He has published critical essays on modern American poetry, southern literature, and modernist and postmodernist aesthetics in poetry and visual art.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor Emeritus of English · 2009 - Present English, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published February 10, 2015
James Applewhite comments: Revisiting the literary classic that is 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Published February 5, 2015
James Applewhite: Will Harper Lee’s new novel overshadow her first book?
Published February 4, 2015
James Applewhite on the New Harper Lee Novel

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Recent Publications


The Girl in the Mind [Poem]

Journal Article The Sewanee Review · October 2001 Full text Cite

On the Mississippi

Journal Article Mississippi Review · July 2001 Full text Cite

The Book of Evening [Poem]

Journal Article The Sewanee Review · April 2000 Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Duke University · 1969 Ph.D.
Duke University · 1960 M.A.
Duke University · 1958 B.A.