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Herbert Blau

Byron W. and Alice L.Lockwood Professor Emeritus of the Humanities, English and Comparative Literature

Contact Information

hblau@uw.edu
(206) 543-2614
A311 PDL

Fields of Interest

Critical Theory Drama Modernism Novel/Prose Fiction Performance Studies Poetry and Poetics Traditions of the Avant-Garde

Biography

Ph.D., English and American Literature, Stanford University
Curriculum Vitae (247.39 KB)
Research

Selected Research

  • Herbert Blau. Reality Principles: From the Absurd to the Virtual. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011.
  • Herbert Blau. As If: An Autobiography, Vol. 1. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011.

Research Advised

  • Kelly Walsh. "'No Cure for that': Modernism and the Poetics of Insufficiency." Diss., 2009.
  • John Nelson. "The Two Antilles: Power and Representation in the West Indies." Diss., 2005.
Affiliations
Home Department
English
Related Departments
Cinema & Media Studies
Related News

Related News

  • Wishing Jane Brown and Herb Blau a happy and productive retirement! (July 18, 2012)
  • Herbert Blau As If: An Autobiography (February 17, 2012)
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