Forrest Glen Robinson | |
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Born | 1940 (age 83–84) |
Nationality | American |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Institutions | University of California, Santa Cruz |
Forrest Glen Robinson (born 1940) is an American literary historian. He is a professor of literature at the University of California at Santa Cruz and an author of books and articles on American literature especially of the American West and Mark Twain. [1] He's the author of The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain. [2]
In 1972, Robinson was a Guggenheim Fellow. [3]
His work on "bad faith" in Mark Twain's writing was criticized for its basis in sociology, Marxist thought, and deconstruction "aimed at unmasking the deceptions that authors".. "practice on a public." [4]
Forrest Glen Robinson | |
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Born | 1940 (age 83–84) |
Nationality | American |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Institutions | University of California, Santa Cruz |
Forrest Glen Robinson (born 1940) is an American literary historian. He is a professor of literature at the University of California at Santa Cruz and an author of books and articles on American literature especially of the American West and Mark Twain. [1] He's the author of The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain. [2]
In 1972, Robinson was a Guggenheim Fellow. [3]
His work on "bad faith" in Mark Twain's writing was criticized for its basis in sociology, Marxist thought, and deconstruction "aimed at unmasking the deceptions that authors".. "practice on a public." [4]