Michael Warner
Michael D. Warner (* 1958 ) is an American author and professor of English literature and American studies .
Life
After finishing school, Warner studied English. In 1985 he received his Ph.D. in English from Johns Hopkins University . After graduating, Warner got a job as a professor at Yale University . In 2013 he was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Together with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick and Judith Butler , Warner is one of the most important exponents and founders of queer theory . Warner writes articles for Artforum , The Nation , The Advocate, and The Village Voice .
Warner lives openly gay in New York City and New Haven , Connecticut .
Works
- The Letters of the Republic. Publication and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century America. Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1990
- Fear of a Queer Planet. Queer Politics and Social Theory. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis 1993
- with Myra Jehlen: The English Literatures of America. Routledge, 1997
- American sermons. The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King, Jr.Library of America , New York 1999
- The trouble with normal. The Free Press, New York 1999; Harvard University Press, Cambridge 2000
- Publics and Counterpublics. Zone Books, Cambridge 2002
- edited by Michael Warner: The Portable Walt Whitman. Penguin, New York City 2003
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul A. Robinson, 2005, Queer Wars: The New Gay Right and Its Critics , University of Chicago Press, p. 93, ISBN 0-226-72200-7
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Warner, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Warner, Michael D. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American university professor and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |