Richard Malin Ohmann (July 11, 1931 – October 8, 2021) was an American literary critic.
Richard Malin Ohmann was born on July 11, 1931, in Shaker Heights, Ohio. [1] [2] He received a bachelor's degree in literature from Oberlin College in 1952 and a master's and doctorate from Harvard University in 1954 and 1960, respectively. [1] [2]
He began teaching at Wesleyan University in 1961, where he was the associate provost from 1966 to 1969. [1] He was a full professor of English from 1966 and was named the Benjamin Waite Professor of the English Language at some point. [3] [2] Ohmann held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964–65. [2] [4]
Ohmann was a Marxist. [5] At Wesleyan, he taught a course called "Economics of Fiction". [6] In the late 1970s he designed and oversaw a Wesleyan course called "Towards a Socialist America." [7]
Ohmann died on October 8, 2021, in Hawley, Massachusetts. [1]
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Richard Malin Ohmann (July 11, 1931 – October 8, 2021) was an American literary critic.
Richard Malin Ohmann was born on July 11, 1931, in Shaker Heights, Ohio. [1] [2] He received a bachelor's degree in literature from Oberlin College in 1952 and a master's and doctorate from Harvard University in 1954 and 1960, respectively. [1] [2]
He began teaching at Wesleyan University in 1961, where he was the associate provost from 1966 to 1969. [1] He was a full professor of English from 1966 and was named the Benjamin Waite Professor of the English Language at some point. [3] [2] Ohmann held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964–65. [2] [4]
Ohmann was a Marxist. [5] At Wesleyan, he taught a course called "Economics of Fiction". [6] In the late 1970s he designed and oversaw a Wesleyan course called "Towards a Socialist America." [7]
Ohmann died on October 8, 2021, in Hawley, Massachusetts. [1]
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