description: This volume contains 15 essays by literary critic Morrow spanning an academic career of more than four decades. A sampling of topics includes British poetry from Romanticism to Postmodernism (1964), Bret Harte and the local color movement (1973), and an examination of sick jokes relating to the Challenger space shuttle explosion (1993). Three essays focus on the literature of the South Pacific. The recipient of three Fulbright grants, Morrow specializes in anthropological theory and post-colonialism. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Academic Memoirs: Essays in Literary Criticism for American and British Literatures
titlecomplete: Academic Memoirs: Essays in Literary Criticism for American and British Literatures (Mellen Lives, 17)
publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr