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)