 | The Columbia Guide to American Indian Literatures of the United States Since 1945 Subjects: American literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism; American fiction -- Indian authors -- History and criticism; Imperialism in literature -- History and criticism; Postcolonialism in literature -- History and criticism; Identity (Psychology); No detailed description available for "The Columbia Guide to American Indian Literatures of the United States Since 1945". Eric Cheyfitz is Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters at Cornell University. He is the author of The Poetics of Imperialism: Translation and Colonization from The Tempest to Tarzan. Cheyfitz is Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies & Humane Letters at Cornell University. He has also been professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, and has taught as well at Southern Methodist University and Georgetown University. A truly interdisciplinary scholar, he is the author of The Poetics of Imperialism: Translation and Colonization from "The Tempest" to "Tarzan" (Oxford, 1991 - selected as an outstanding academic book by Choice in 1991) and many essays on topics in American and Native American literature. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and an M.A. in creative writing from The Johns Hopkins University. Cheyfitz has received grants from numerous foundations, including the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
