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| Paul H. Fry | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley Harvard University |
| Genre | English Literature |
Paul Fry is the William Lampson Professor of English at Yale University, a specialist in British Romantic poetry.
He received his BA from the University of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Major publications
- Wordsworth and the Poetry of What We Are Yale University, 2008
- The Poet's Calling in the English Ode Yale University Press, 1980
- Melville Cane Award of the Poetry Society in America.
- Reviews, in British Journal of Aesthetics 1981 21(2):178-180;
- The Reach of Criticism: Method and Perception in Literary Theory Yale University Press, 1984,
- William Empson: Prophet Against Sacrifice Routledge, 1990
- A Defense of Poetry: Essays on the Occasion of Writing Stanford Univ Press, 1996
- Review: by Kolb, Jack in Philosophy and Literature - Volume 20, Number 2, October 1996, pp. 522–524
- (edited), "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Bedford-St. Martins, 1999
- "Ezra Stiles's Idea of a University" Journal of Aesthetic Education, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Autumn, 2002), pp. 4–8
At Yale, he was master of Ezra Stiles College from 1995 to 2002.
References
- "Paul Fry's Profile at Yale University". Yale University. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
External links
- Paul Fry's Profile at Yale University
- In 2009, Professor Fry delivered a semester-long course on the Theory of Literature, which can be viewed here and here.
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