Christopher Looby
Encyclopedia
Christopher Looby is an American
literary critic specializing in 18th and 19th century American literature
. He is a Professor of English at UCLA.
in 1979 and his Ph.D. from Columbia University
in 1989.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
literary critic specializing in 18th and 19th century American literature
American literature
American literature is the written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. For more specific discussions of poetry and theater, see Poetry of the United States and Theater in the United States. During its early history, America was a series of British...
. He is a Professor of English at UCLA.
Background
Looby received his B.A. from Washington University in St. LouisWashington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
in 1979 and his Ph.D. from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in 1989.
Select publications
- "Introduction." Sheppard Lee: Written By Himself by Robert Montgomery BirdRobert Montgomery BirdRobert Montgomery Bird was an American novelist, playwright, and physician.-Background:Bird was born in New Castle, Delaware on February 5, 1806. After attending the New Castle Academy and Germantown Academy, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1824...
. New York: New York Review of Books, 2008. xv-xliii. - The Complete Civil War Journal and Selected Letters of Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2000.
- Voicing America: Language, Literary Form, and the Origins of the United States. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1996.