Richard Ohmann
Richard Malin Ohmann (11 July 1931 – 8 October 2021) was an American literary critic.
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Biography
Richard Malin Ohmann was born on July 11, 1931, in Shaker Heights, Ohio.[1][2] He received a bachelor's degree in literature from Oberlin College in 1952 and a master's and doctorate from Harvard University in 1954 and 1960, respectively.[1][2]
He began teaching at Wesleyan University in 1961, where he was the associate provost from 1966 to 1969.[1] He was a full professor of English from 1966 and was named the Benjamin Waite Professor of the English Language at some point.[3][2] Ohmann held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964–65.[2][4]
Ohmann was a Marxist.[5] At Wesleyan, he taught a course called "Economics of Fiction".[6]
Ohmann died on October 8, 2021, in Hawley, Massachusetts.[1]
Books
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References
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- ↑ Reviews of Shaw:
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- ↑ Reviews of English in America:
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- ↑ Reviews of Politics of Letters:
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- ↑ Reviews of Selling Culture:
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Further reading
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