Robert Grudin
Encyclopedia
Robert Grudin is an American writer and philosopher.
in 1969. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship
for 1992-1993. Until 1998 he was a professor of English at the University of Oregon
. He has written about many political and philosophical themes including liberty
, determinism
, and several others.
Life
Grudin graduated from Harvard, and earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
in 1969. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
for 1992-1993. Until 1998 he was a professor of English at the University of Oregon
University of Oregon
-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...
. He has written about many political and philosophical themes including liberty
Liberty
Liberty is a moral and political principle, or Right, that identifies the condition in which human beings are able to govern themselves, to behave according to their own free will, and take responsibility for their actions...
, determinism
Determinism
Determinism is the general philosophical thesis that states that for everything that happens there are conditions such that, given them, nothing else could happen. There are many versions of this thesis. Each of them rests upon various alleged connections, and interdependencies of things and...
, and several others.
Career
Grudin is the author of the metafictional novel Book, Mighty Opposites: Shakespeare and Renaissance Contrariety, The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation, On Dialogue: An Essay in Free Thought, Time and the Art of Living, The Most Amazing Thing, and, most recently, American Vulgar: The Politics of Manipulation Versus the Culture of Awareness. One of his most popular works, entitled Book:A Novel, has received in Pulitzer Prize in Literature.Fiction
- Book: A NovelBook – A NovelBook: A Novel is a metafictional novel by Robert Grudin.-Plot:The story follows English professor Adam Snell as he realizes that someone is trying to kill both him and his book, Sovrana Sostrata, a book about truth...
(1992) (ISBN 0-6794-1185-2) - The Most Amazing Thing (2001) (ISBN 0-9658-9951-9)
Non-fiction
- Mighty Opposites: Shakespeare and Renaissance Contrariety (1979) (ISBN 0-5200-3666-2)
- Time and the Art of Living (1982) (ISBN 0-0625-0355-3)
- The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation (1990) (ISBN 0-8991-9940-2)
- On Dialogue: An Essay in Free Thought (1996) (ISBN 0-8991-9940-2)
- American Vulgar: The Politics of Manipulation Versus the Culture of Awareness (2006) (ISBN 1-5937-6102-3)