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John R. (Robert) Reed

Born: 01/24/1938   Duluth , MN
Parents: John S. Reed; Josephine F. Reed
Spouse: Ruth Yzenbaard (deceased)
Address(es):
Permanent :
17320 Wildemere
Detroit , MI 48221
Permanent :
Wayne State University Office #9307.3
5057 Woodward
Detroit , MI 48202
Contact Information:
Phone : 313-577-8618
Email : [email protected]
Website : http://clasweb.clas.wayne.edu/john-reed

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Dickens Hyperrealism Non Fiction Adult Columbus, OH : Ohio State University 2010
Dear Ruth
- Memorial to wife 		Fiction Adult Online: Ridgeway Press 2002
Dickens and Thackeray : Punishment and Forgiveness Non Fiction Adult Athens, OH : Ohio University Press 1995
Life Sentences Non Fiction Adult Detroit, MI : Wayne State University 1995
Great Lakes Poems Poetry Adult Roseville, MI : Ridgeway Press 1995
Stations of the Cross Michigan , Poetry Adult Roseville, MI : Ridgeway Press 1992
Victorian Will Non Fiction Adult Athens, OH : Ohio University Press 1989
Contemporary Michigan poetry : Poems from the Third Coast
- Included in Anthology 		Poetry Adult Detroit, MI : Wayne State University 1988
Decadent Style Non Fiction Adult Athens, OH : Ohio University Press 1985
Natural History of H. G. Wells Non Fiction Adult Athens, OH : Ohio University Press 1982
A Gallery of Spiders Poetry Adult Princeton, NJ : Ontario Review Press 1980
Victorian Conventions Poetry Adult Athens, OH : Ohio University Press 1975
Hercules Poetry Adult Fredericton, N. B. : Fiddlehead Poetry Books 1973
Perception and Design in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" Non Fiction Adult Athens, OH : Ohio University Press 1970
Old School Ties : The Public Schools in British Literature Non Fiction Adult Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press 1964
- Poems in Poetry East, Michigan Quarterly Review, Paris Review, Sewanee Review, American Scholar, Ontario Review, and Tri Quarterly Poetry Adult
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "In my poetry and fiction I am interested in exploring what might be called the gravity of ordinary experience even when I use a comic approach."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Guggenheim fellow
- Award received for following years: 1971, 1983 		1971 -1983
Leverhulme fellow, University of Warwick 1966 -1967
Named Distinguished Professor, Wayne State University
Wayne State University faculty grants

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd ed. 1993
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988

Memberships:

Name Date
Midwest Victorian Studies Association, Dickens Society, H. G. Wells Society, and Victorians Institute

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in English University of Rochester Rochester , NY 1959 -1963
Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) in Music and English University of Minnesota at Duluth Duluth , MN 1955 -1959

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Professor of English Wayne State University Detroit , MI 1971
Associate Professor of English Wayne State University Detroit , MI 1968 -1971
Assistant Professor of English Wayne State University Detroit , MI 1965 -1968
Assistant Professor of English University of Connecticut Storrs 1964 -1965
Instructor University of Cincinnati Cincinnati 1962 -1964
instructor University of Warwick Coventry, England

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