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The faculty in the Department of English in Arts & Sciences is made up of distinguished, award-winning poets and fiction and non-fiction writers and scholars. Some of the prizes the faculty holds include the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and the Academy of American Poets Prize. The faculty has expertise in seven periods: Medieval literature, Renaissance literature, 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century literature, modern literature and American literature. In addition to the resident faculty, a generous bequest brings to campus annually one or more distinguished scholars or writers. The appointment as Visiting Hurst Professor has been held by such distinguished writers and critics as Maxine Kumin, Ishmael Reed, Gary Snyder, Irving Howe, Robert Pinsky, Marilynne Robinson, W.S. Merwin, Angela Carter, Derek Walcott, Robert Coover, Carol Muske, Joy Williams, Thomas Laqueur, Fanny Howe, Thom Gunn, Christine Froula and Salman Rushdie.
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WUSTL flag lowered
WUSTL flag at half-staff in honor of Richard Hazelton
Nov. 20,
2009 -- Richard M. Hazelton, Ph.D., professor emeritus of English in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. He was 91.
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Renowned poet's third nomination
Carl Phillips' 'Speak Low' named National Book Award finalist
Oct. 15,
2009 -- Poet Carl Phillips, professor of English and of African and African American Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected — for the third time — as a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award in poetry. Phillips was nominated for his 10th collection of poetry, "Speak Low," published in April by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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The Provenance of Beauty
Poet Claudia Rankine to read for The Writing Program Oct. 20 and 29
Oct. 7,
2009 --
Poet Claudia Rankine, the Visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in The Writing Program in Arts & Science, will lead a talk on the craft of poetry at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20. In addition, she will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29. Rankine is the author of four poetry collections, including Nothing in Nature is Private (1995), The End of the Alphabet (1998), PLOT (2001) and the experimental Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric (2004), which combines poetry, essays, images and travelogue. Her most recent project is a play, The Provenance of Beauty, A South Bronx Travelogue, for the Foundry Theatre in New York
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Bob Wiltenburg
Dean of University College in Arts & Sciences
Expertise: adult education, continuing education, liberal arts, poets, Ben Jonson, English composition, John Milton, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-4806
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rewilten@artsci.wustl.edu
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David A. Lawton
Professor and Chair of English in Arts & Sciences
David Lawton has published five books and many articles in English literary and cultural studies and in medieval studies. He is currently preparing editions of Chaucer's poetry and prose, and completing a book on voice and space in medieval literature. He is founding co-editor of a major journal, ...
Expertise: Medieval literatures, Medieval culture, Chaucer, literary history, literary theory, poetics, The Bible, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-5114
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dalawton@wustl.edu
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Joseph Loewenstein
Professor of English in Arts & Sciences
Joseph Loewenstein's recent books — "The Author's Due: Printing and the Prehistory of Copyright" (2002) and "Ben Jonson and Possessive Authorship" (2002) — are studies of Early Modern intellectual property, the prehistory of modern copyright, but he is also extremely interested in prosody and poetics. ...
Expertise: Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, Milton, Spenser, Jonson, Renaissance poetry and drama, poetics, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-4404
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jfloewen@wustl.edu
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Gerald L. Early
Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters
Early is a noted essayist and American culture critic. A professor of English, of African & African American studies and of American culture studies, all in Arts & Sciences, Early is the author of several books, including The Culture of Bruising: Essays on Prizefighting, Literature, and Modern American ...
Expertise: American literature, African-American culture 1940-1960, Afro-American autobiography, non-fiction prose, baseball, jazz music, prizefighting, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-5576
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glearly@wustl.edu
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Wayne Fields
Lynne Cooper Harvey Distinguished Chair in English
Fields is a nationally known expert on American literature, non-fiction prose, rhetoric and American political argument. His book, "Union of Words: A History of Presidential Eloquence" (1996) examines the use of rhetoric in presidential speeches, from declarations of candidacy to nomination acceptances, ...
Expertise: Presidential speechmaking, American political argument, American literature, rhetoric, non-fiction prose, rhetoric, Mark Twain, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-5216
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wdfields@artsci.wustl.edu
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Under Obama, 'war on terror' catchphrase fading
Associated Press
and 18 others
Feb. 2,
2009 -- The "War on Terror" is losing the war of words. The catchphrase burned into the American lexicon hours after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, is fading away, slowly if not deliberately being replaced by a new administration bent on repairing the U.S. image among Muslim nations. Includes comments by WUSTL English and American culture studies professor Wayne Fields, who is an expert on presidential rhetoric.
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Mary Jo Bang Examines Grief's Poetic Form, the Elegy
PBS: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
and 1 others
April 11,
2008 -- In Thursday night's installment of its Poetry Series, WUSTL writer Mary Jo Bang examines grief's poetic form, the elegy.
She is professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at WUSTL. Her fifth book, "Elegy," which won of the National Book Critics Circle Award, examines the pain and grief following the death of her son. She shares two poems from the collection.
Includes a video link to this story.
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Analysis: Debate Unlikely to Change Race
Associated Press
and 66 others
Feb. 27,
2008 -- WUSTL's Wayne Fields comments on final pitches by Democratic presidential candidates as they head into the last weeks of primary elections.
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Building a Spenser collection for the ages
Los Angeles Times
and 1 others
Jan. 28,
2008 -- Joseph Loewenstein, a Renaissance literature expert at WUSTL, is leading a team of graduate and undergraduate students to compile, edit, annotate and digitize Spenser's complete oeuvre.
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Analysis: Bush recasts war rationale
Associated Press
and 38 others
Sept. 17,
2007 -- WUSTL English professor Wayne Fields, who is an expert on presidential rhetoric, comments on President Bush's speech on Iraq.
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