Occupation Professor Role Literary critic Name Christopher Benfey | Subject Emily Dickinson Nationality United States | |
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Born October 28, 1954 (age 69)
Merion, Pennsylvania, U.S. ( 1954-10-28 ) Notable works Degas in New Orleans: Encounters in the Creole World of Kate Chopin and George Washington Education Guilford College (1975–1977), Harvard University, Earlham College Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada, Ambassador Book Award for American Studies Books A Summer of Humming, Red Brick - Black Mountain, The Great Wave: Gilded Ag, Degas in New Orleans, The double life of Stephen | ||
Christopher benfey 2009 christian gauss award
Christopher Benfey (born October 28, 1954) is an American literary critic and Emily Dickinson scholar. He is the Mellon Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College.
Contents
- Christopher benfey 2009 christian gauss award
- Christopher benfey on a summer of hummingbirds
- Background
- Career
- Select publications
- References
Christopher benfey on a summer of hummingbirds
Background
Benfey was born in Merion, Pennsylvania but spent most of his childhood in Richmond, Indiana and attended The Putney School. He began his undergraduate studies at Earlham College, where his father was a professor in the Chemistry department, and completed his B.A. at Guilford College. Benfey holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Career
Benfey is a specialist in 19th and 20th century American literature. He is also an established essayist and critic who has been published in The New York Times Sunday Book Review, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, and The Times Literary Supplement.