Christopher Benfey Explained

Christopher Benfey
Birth Place:Merion, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation:Professor
Subject:Emily Dickinson
Notableworks:Degas in New Orleans: Encounters in the Creole World of Kate Chopin and George Washington

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.

Early life and education

Benfey was born in Merion, Pennsylvania, but spent most of his childhood in Richmond, Indiana.[1] and attended The Putney School. His father was a German immigrant and his mother was from North Carolina.[1] He began his undergraduate studies at Earlham College, where his father, Otto Theodor Benfey, was a professor in the Chemistry department,[1] and completed his B.A. at Guilford College. Benfey holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature 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 Atlantic,[2] The New York Times Sunday Book Review, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, and The Times Literary Supplement. He was an art critic for Slate.[3]

He is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English.[4] He is a Guggenheim fellow,[5] as well as a fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keller . Julia . Digging in the dirt, author Christopher Benfey unearths his family's story . chicagotribune.com . 4 April 2020 . May 23, 2012.
  2. Web site: Christopher Benfey . The Atlantic . 4 April 2020.
  3. Klein . Julia M. . Christopher Benfey's Flight of Fancy . Chronicle of Higher Education . June 2008 . v54 n41 . B17.
  4. Web site: Christopher Benfey . Mount Holyoke College . 4 April 2020 . en . 16 May 2016.
  5. Web site: Goodall . Hannah . LibGuides: BIRSS: Stephen Crane and The Red Badge of Courage: Keynote Speaker - Dr. Christopher Benfey . rwu.libguides.com . 4 April 2020 . en . 2020.