William Deresiewicz

William Deresiewicz Barry ( 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 doctorate with the work of The Novel of Community from Austen to Modernism at Columbia University. 1998-2008 he was a lecturer at the Faculty anglistischen Yale University. His special interest is Jane Austen, on which he has published two books.

His journalistic career began as a dance critic for magazines such as The Village Voice and the Financial Times. Since then, he has emerged mainly as a literary critic. Are feared his often scathing bad reviews not only of writers, but primarily by literary scholars of the academic establishment to criticize their complacency in the ivory tower, he is not tired. Currently, his essays and reviews, especially in The Nation, The New Republic and The New York Times appear; for the magazine The American Scholar, he also writes a weekly blog.

Writings

  • 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

Essays (selection)

  • Faux Friendship. In: The Chronicle Review December 6, 2009.
  • Solitude and Leadership. In: The American Scholar; originally as a lecture to the United States Military Academy at West Point, October 2009.
  • The End of Solitude. In: The Chronicle Review, January 9, 2009.
  • An Empty Regard. In: The New York Times, August 20, 2011.
  • Generation Sell. In: The New York Times Sunday Review, Nov. 13, 2011.
  • A Jew in the Northwest In: The American Scholar, Winter, 2012.
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