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Robert Shulman

Professor Emeritus
Robert Shulman

Contact Information

rshulman@uw.edu

Fields of Interest

12th Century American American Literature Literature Marxism Melville

Biography

B.A., Syracuse University, 1952
M.A., Ohio State University, 1954
Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1959

Activities and Interests

Robert Shulman is currently at work on a new book Radical Writers Art in Cold War America.

Research

Selected Research

  • Robert Shulman. “Class, Violence, and Gender in Owen Wister’s The Virginian.” Rivista di Studi Vittoriani 9 (2000), 95-108.
  • Robert Shulman. The Power of Political Art: The 1930s Literary Left Reconsidered. University of North Carolina Press. 2000.
  • Robert Shulman. “American Writers, the Welfare State, and the Opportunity Society, 1932-1995.” Social and Secure: Politics and Culture of the Welfare State: A Comparative Inquiry. Ed. Hans Bak, Fritz von Holthoon, and Hans Krabbendam. VU University Press. 1996.

Related News

Related News

  • Robert Shulman, 1930-2017 (May 3, 2018)
  • Faculty Emeriti Luncheon (November 19, 2016)
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