Professor
Contact Information
PDL B-407
Office Hours
Office Hours: email me to set up a phone appointment
Fields of Interest
Biography
B.A., Brown, 1969
Activities and Interests
Current interests include contemporary fiction and poetry; the seventeenth century as a pivotal era in the evolution of modern consciousness; the devolution of modern consciousness, American individualism, and traditional family structures in the postmodern era as they are being affected by communications technologies, consumer ideology, and the globalization of the economy; 'culture war' in two guises: ethical (traditional vs. postmodern values) and epistemological (mythos vs. logos)
Awards
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Ingram-Merrill Fellowship