Burt Kimmelman
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Burt Kimmelman is an American poet and scholar.
) and the development of the poetics of authorship in medieval Europe and is a celebrated poet within the tradition of William Carlos Williams
.
Kimmelman received his PhD
in English Literature from the City University of New York
; a certificate in interdisciplinary medieval studies from the City University of New York; an M.A.
in English Literature from Hunter College
, City University of New York; and a B.A.
in English Literature from the State University of New York at Cortland
.
He currently teaches at the New Jersey Institute of Technology
located in Newark, New Jersey
, where he is a Professor of English in the Department of Humanities.
Life and work
Kimmelman is noted for his astute criticism of modern and postmodern American poetry (i.e., William BronkWilliam Bronk
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) and the development of the poetics of authorship in medieval Europe and is a celebrated poet within the tradition of William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine, having graduated from the University of Pennsylvania...
.
Kimmelman received his PhD
PHD
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in English Literature from the City University of New York
City University of New York
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; a certificate in interdisciplinary medieval studies from the City University of New York; an M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in English Literature from Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
, City University of New York; and a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in English Literature from the State University of New York at Cortland
State University of New York at Cortland
The State University of New York College at Cortland, also officially called SUNY Cortland or informally known as Cortland State, is a coeducational university located in Cortland, New York...
.
He currently teaches at the New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology is a public research university in Newark, New Jersey. It is often also referred to as Newark College of Engineering ....
located in Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
, where he is a Professor of English in the Department of Humanities.
Poetry collections
- The Way We Live (poems), Loveland, OH: Dos Madres Press (2011)
- As If Free (poems), Jersey City, NJ: Talisman House, Publishers (2009)
- There Are Words (poems), Loveland, OH: Dos Madres Press (2007)
- Somehow (poems), East Rockaway, New York: Marsh Hawk Press (2005)
- The Pond at Cape May Point (a collaboration of poems and paintings by Fred Caruso), New York City: Marsh Hawk Press (2002)
- First Life (poems), Jersey City, NJ: Jensen/Daniels, Publishers (2000)
- Musaics (poems), New York: Spuyten Duyvil (1992)
Critical Studies
- The Facts on File Companion to 20th-Century American Poetry, Co-Ed., New York: Facts on File, Inc. (2007)
- The Facts on File Companion to 20th-Century American Poetry, Ed., Intr., and Append., New York: Facts on File, Inc. (2005)
- The "Winter Mind": William Bronk and American Letters, Madison, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press / London: Associated University Presses (1998)
- The Poetics of Authorship in the Later Middle Ages : The Emergence of the Modern Literary Persona, New York / Washington, D.C. / Baltimore / Bern / Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Vienna / Paris: Peter Lang Publishing (1996)