Marvin Mudrick
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Marvin Mudrick taught at UC Santa Barbara
from 1949 until his death in October 1986. He created the university's College of Creative Studies
in 1967 and was its provost until forced out by Chancellor Robert Huttenback
in 1984. He wrote 100 essays on books for The Hudson Review
and published five collections of his essays on books and writers. He also wrote for The New York Review of Books
and Harper's.
As a teacher at UCSB, he ranked as an instructor from 1949 to 1951, an assistant professor from 1951 to 1957, an associate professor from 1957 to 1963, a full professor from 1963 to 1986, and the provost of the College of Creative Studies from 1967 to 1984.
He won the O'Henry Prize in 1967 for "Cleopatra," published in the Hudson Review.
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
from 1949 until his death in October 1986. He created the university's College of Creative Studies
College of Creative Studies
The College of Creative Studies is one of the three undergraduate colleges at the University of California, Santa Barbara, unique within the University of California system in terms of structure and philosophy...
in 1967 and was its provost until forced out by Chancellor Robert Huttenback
Robert Huttenback
Robert Arthur Huttenback was the third Chancellor of UC Santa Barbara from 1977 to 1986. He resigned the post in July 1986 after allegations that he and his wife had embezzled more than $100,000 from the university to perform renovations on their home.-External links:* -References:...
in 1984. He wrote 100 essays on books for The Hudson Review
The Hudson Review
The Hudson Review is a quarterly journal of literature and the arts. It was founded in 1947 in New York by William Ayers Arrowsmith, Joseph Deericks Bennett, and George Frederick Morgan. The first issue was introduced in the spring of 1948...
and published five collections of his essays on books and writers. He also wrote for The New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books is a fortnightly magazine with articles on literature, culture and current affairs. Published in New York City, it takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity...
and Harper's.
As a teacher at UCSB, he ranked as an instructor from 1949 to 1951, an assistant professor from 1951 to 1957, an associate professor from 1957 to 1963, a full professor from 1963 to 1986, and the provost of the College of Creative Studies from 1967 to 1984.
He won the O'Henry Prize in 1967 for "Cleopatra," published in the Hudson Review.
Selected works
- Books Are Not Life but then What Is? (Oxford University Press, 1979)
- Nobody Here But Us Chickens (Ticknor & Fields, 1981) [Containing perhaps his most notorious essay, the title essay on Shakespeare]
- The Man in the Machine (Horizon Press, 1977)
- On Culture and Literature (Horizon Press, 1970)
- Jane Austen: Irony as Defense and Discovery (University of California Press, 1974)
- Joseph Conrad: Twentieth Century Views: A Collection of Critical Essays (Edited by Mudrick)
- Mudrick Transcribed: Classes and Talks by Lance Kaplan (College of Creative Studies, 1989)
External links
- University of California memorial (1987), written by CCS Literature professors
- New York Times review of Nobody Here But Us Chickens (November 9, 1981) by John Leonard
- Another NYT review (January 31, 1982) by Martha Bayles
- "Marvin Mudrick and his Chickens" (Summer 2006) by Karen Christensen, UCSB Coastlines magazine
- "Getting to Know Marvin Mudrick" (June 2008) by Bob Blaisdell, Changing English: An International Journal of English Teaching
- Marvin Mudrick: rock star of literary criticism (July 2011), Madeleine Brand Show