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William Sharpe
Professor of English
William Sharpe, professor of English, joined the faculty of Barnard in 1984. In addition to his teaching duties for the English department, Professor Sharpe is affiliated with the American studies program at Barnard.
Professor Sharpe specializes in the literature, art, and culture of the modern city, particularly New York. He teaches courses in urban literature, modern poetry, Victorian literature, and literary criticism.
Professor Sharpe's work has been supported by grants and fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has published numerous articles on literature, urban studies, and the visual arts.
His latest book on images of New York City at night, called New York Nocturne: The City After Dark in Art, Literature, and Photography, was published in September 2008 by Princeton University Press.
Selected Publications
The Victorian Age, Volume 2B of the Longman Anthology of British Literature, 4th edition, ed. with H. Henderson (Longmans, forthcoming 2009)
The Victorian Age, Volume 2B of the Longman Anthology of British Literature, 1st edition, ed. with H. Henderson (Longmans, 1999)
Unreal Cities: Urban Figuration in Wordsworth, Baudelaire, Whitman, Eliot, and Williams (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990)
Visions of the Modern City: Essays on Art, Literature, and History, ed. with L. Wallock (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988)
The Passing of Arthur: Essays on Loss and Renewal in Arthurian Tradition, ed. with C. Baswell (Garland Publishing, 1986)
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EDUCATION:
B.A., Columbia University
M.A., Oxford University
Ph.D., Columbia UniversityRELATED LINKS:
SPECIALIZATIONS:
Urban literature
Modern poetry
Victorian literature
Literary criticism