Kevin Kopelson
American literary critic
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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.
Yearsactive1994–present
InfluencesRoland Barthes[citation needed]
Kevin Kopelson | |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Iowa |
| Influences | Roland Barthes[citation needed] |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Gender 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
Kopelson has published in the fields of sexuality studies,[3] critical theory, cultural studies, and 20th-century literature.
Works
- 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)