Lillian Feder Explained

Lillian Feder (July 10, 1923 – January 12, 2007) was an American academic. She was Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Queens College and an emerita professor of the Graduate Center, CUNY, in comparative literature.^[1]

Feder was born in New York City and earned her PhD from the University of Minnesota.^[2] She published journal articles on solipsism in modern man^[3] and on selfhood in literature.^[4]

She died on Jan. 12, 2007, in hospice in Stuart, Florida; she had lived in nearby Jensen Beach for five years.^[5]

Publications

• Crowell's Handbook of Classical Literature (New York: Crowell, 1964)^[6]
• Madness in Literature, 1980 (Princeton UP, 1983^[7])^[8]
• Ancient Myth in Modern Poetry (Princeton UP)
• Naipaul's Truth: The Making of a Writer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Faculty . November 29, 2020 . Graduate Center, CUNY.
2. Book: Literary Criticism and Myth . Joseph P. Strelka . 1980 . Pennsylvania State University . 243918991 . 277 . 9780271002255 .
3. For the Confederate and Union Dead Reflections on Civil War Poetry . Henry . Hart . . 2013 . 121 . 2 . 205–24. 10.1353/sew.2013.0039 . 43662667 . 159867964 .
4. Allen Tate's Use of Classical Literature . Lillian . Feder . . 4 . 1 . 1960 . 89–114 . 23737614 .
5. Web site: Lillian Feder: Jensen Beach, Florida . November 29, 2020 . Legacy.com.
6. Reviewed Work(s): Crowell's Handbook of Classical Literature: A Modern Guide to the Drama, Poetry and Prose of Greece and Rome, with Biographies of Their Authors by Lillian Feder . Harriet . Zinnes . . 40 . 1 . 1966 . 97 . 10.2307/40120441 . 40120441 .
7. Web site: Madness in Literature: Lillian Feder. Princeton University Press . November 29, 2020 .
8. Reviewed Work(s): Madness in Literature by Lillian Feder . Sandra M. . Gilbert . Sandra M. Gilbert . . 1982 . 81 . 2 . 244–46 . 27708992 .