Mark Patterson

Associate Professor Emeritus

Mark Patterson

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Fields of Interest

20th Century 21st Century American Critical Theory Literary History Literature Pedagogy Politics

Biography

B.A., University of Oregon, 1976

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1981

Areas of Specialization

American Literature, Law and Literature, Literary History, Pedagogy, and Politics

Research

Selected Research

Mark Patterson. with Priscilla Wald. “Themes, Topics, Criticism.” American Literary Scholarship: An Annual 1996. Duke University Press. 1998.
Mark Patterson. “Racial Sacrifice and Citizenship: The Construction of Masculinity in Louisa May Alcott’s ‘The Brothers’.” Studies in American Fiction 25:2 (1997) 147-166.
Mark Patterson. “Surrogacy and Slavery: The Problematics of Consent in Baby M, Romance of the Republic, and Pudd’nhead Wilson.” American Literary History 8:3 (Fall 1996) 449-470.

Research Advised

Courses Taught

Spring 2022

ENGL 440 A: Special Studies in Literature

Winter 2022

ENGL 309 A: Theories of Reading

Autumn 2021

Summer 2021

ENGL 353 A: American Literature: Later Nineteenth Century

Spring 2021

ENGL 250 A: American Literature

Winter 2021

ENGL 379 A: Special Topics in Forms/Genres/Media

Autumn 2020

ENGL 302 A: Critical Practice

Spring 2020

ENGL 496 B: Major Conference for Honors

Winter 2020

ENGL 494 B: Honors Seminar

Affiliations

Home Department

Related News

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