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Kit Hume
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor Emerita of English
(814) 863-9395
422 Burrowes Building
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Spring 2023 Office Hours
no office hours Spring 2022Education
A.B.ttHarvard Universitytt1967
M.A.ttUniversity of Pennsylvaniat1968
Ph.D.ttUniversity of Pennsylvaniat1971
Professional Bio
My work started in the Middle Ages, but jumped to contemporary fiction, tech writing, sf and fantasy, and helping PhDs hunt for jobs.
Areas of Specialization
American Literature After 1900
My interest lies in writers since 1960. My most recent two books are on Aggressive American Fiction and the way mythology is used and invented in contemporary fiction
Contemporary Literature
Authors I have worked in include Acker, Brautigan, Burroughs, Coover, Gaiman, Kennedy, Powers, Pynchon, Reed, Rushdie, Vizenor, Vonnegut, and Wideman.