Kevin Kopelson

Summary

Kevin Kopelson is an American literary critic. He received a B.A. from Yale University, a J.D. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from Brown University.[1] Currently,[when?] he is Emeritus Professor of English at The University of Iowa.

Kevin Kopelson
Years active1994–present
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Iowa
InfluencesRoland Barthes[citation needed]
Academic work
Main interestsGender studies literary criticism cultural studies 20th century in literature

He is a contributor to the London Review of Books.[2] He writes on topics ranging from fin-de-siècle literature to fashion photography.

Fields edit

Kopelson has published in the fields of sexuality studies,[3] critical theory, cultural studies, and 20th-century literature.

Works edit

  • Love's Litany: The Writing of Modern Homoerotics (Stanford University Press, 1994).[4]
  • Beethoven's Kiss: Pianism, Perversion, and the Mastery of Desire (Stanford University Press, 1996).[5]
  • The Queer Afterlife of Vaslav Nijinsky (Stanford University Press, 1997).[6]
  • Finishing Proust (2000)
  • Neatness Counts: Essays on the Writer's Desk (University of Minnesota Press, 2004).
  • Sedaris (University of Minnesota Press, 2007).[7]
  • Confessions of a Plagiarist: And Other Tales from School (Counterpath Press, 2012).
  • Adorno and the Showgirl: Or Late Style (2016)

References edit

  1. ^ "Kevin Kopelson - Department of English - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - The University of Iowa". English.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Kevin Kopelson · LRB". www.lrb.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  3. ^ "Kevin Kopelson – LGBT Oral Histories of Central Iowa". Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  4. ^ Review of Love's Litany: The Writing of Modern Homoerotics:
    • Schehr, Lawrence R. (1995), SubStance, 24 (3): 135–137, doi:10.2307/3685016, JSTOR 3685016{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Allen, Dennis W. (Summer 1995), Modern Fiction Studies, 41 (2): 403–405, doi:10.1353/mfs.1995.0074, JSTOR 26285554, S2CID 163010820{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Maynard, John (Winter 1996), Studies in the Novel, 28 (4): 597–599, JSTOR 29533170{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  5. ^ Review of Beethoven's Kiss: Pianism, Perversion, and the Mastery of Desire:
    • Russ, Michael (May 1997), Music & Letters, 78 (2): 294–296, doi:10.1093/ml/78.2.294, JSTOR 737410{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  6. ^ Review of The Queer Afterlife of Vaslav Nijinsky:
    • Muller, Patrick (2000), Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, 2000 (19): 77–78, doi:10.17077/2168-569X.1339{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  7. ^ Review of Sedaris:
    • Madden, Dave (Winter 2008), Prairie Schooner, 82 (4): 174–177, JSTOR 40639745{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

External links edit

  • Personal website[permanent dead link]
  • Professional website