William Deresiewicz
William Barry Deresiewicz (born 1964 in Englewood , New Jersey ) is an American journalist and literary critic .
Life
Deresiewicz grew up in New Jersey and studied in New York; In 1998 he received his PhD with the work The Novel of Community from Austen to Modernism at Columbia University . 1998–2008 he was a visiting lecturer at the English faculty at Yale University . He is particularly interested in Jane Austen , about whom he has published two books.
He began his journalistic career as a dance critic for magazines such as The Village Voice and the Financial Times . Since then he has emerged primarily as a literary critic. His often devastating reviews are feared not only by writers, but above all by literary scholars of the academic establishment, whose self-satisfaction in the ivory tower he never tires of criticizing. His essays and reviews are currently appearing in The Nation , The New Republic, and The New York Times ; He also writes a weekly blog for The American Scholar magazine .
Fonts
Books
- Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets . Columbia University Press, New York 2004. ISBN 0-231-13414-2
- A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter . Penguin Press, New York 2011. ISBN 1-59420-288-5
- Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life . Free Press, New York 2014. ISBN 978-1-4767-0271-1
Essays (selection)
- Faux friendship . In: The Chronicle Review , December 6, 2009.
- Solitude and Leadership . In: The American Scholar ; originally as a lecture at the United States Military Academy at West Point, October 2009.
- The End of Solitude . In: The Chronicle Review , January 9, 2009.
- To Empty Regard . In: The New York Times , August 20, 2011.
- Generation Sell . In: The New York Times Sunday Review , November 13, 2011.
- A Jew in the Northwest In: The American Scholar , Winter 2012.
Web links
- billderesiewicz.com - Official website
- Essays and Reviews at The Nation
- Essays and Reviews at The New Republic
- Internet, place of loneliness - Interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 18, 2010.
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SURNAME | Deresiewicz, William |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Deresiewicz, William Barry (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American literary critic |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Englewood , New Jersey |