Research and teaching interests

Romantic literature; poetics

Education

Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1972
M.A., University of Chicago, 1965
A.B., Harvard University, 1964

Selected honors and awards

Hazel Barnes Prize for distinction in scholarhsip and teaching, CU Boulder, 2003

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for University Teachers, 2003-04

Faculty Fellowships, CU Boulder, 1975, 1980-81, 1986-87, 2000-01

Boulder Faculty Assembly Award for Research, Scholarly and Creative Work, 1995-96

Guggenheim Fellowship, 1992

American Philosophical Society Grant, 1982, 1984

Current projects

"Shelley's Influence [from 1914] on Poets up to the Present Day" (article)

"Romantic Criticism and the Jews: Trilling, Abrams, Bloom, Hartman, and
Others" (article)

O Taste and See: A Primer for Reading Poetry (book)

Sparks of the Romantic: Selected Works of Jeffrey Robinson (creative work)

The Romantic Dark Ages: 1818-1835 (book)