Christopher Looby

Christopher Looby is an American literary critic specializing in 18th and 19th century American literature. He is a Professor of English at UCLA.[1]

Christopher Looby
Christopher Looby
OccupationProfessor
NationalityUnited States

Background

Looby received his B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1979 and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1989.

Select publications

  • "Introduction." Sheppard Lee: Written By Himself by Robert Montgomery Bird. New York: New York Review of Books, 2008. xv-xliii.[2]
  • The Complete Civil War Journal and Selected Letters of Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2000.
  • Voicing America: Language, Literary Form, and the Origins of the United States. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1996.

Notes

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