Richard Ohmann Explained

Richard Malin Ohmann (July 11, 1931October 8, 2021) was an American literary critic.

Richard Malin Ohmann was born on July 11, 1931, in Shaker Heights, Ohio.[1] [2] He received a bachelor's degree in literature from Oberlin College in 1952 and a master's and doctorate from Harvard University in 1954 and 1960, respectively.

He began teaching at Wesleyan University in 1961, where he was the associate provost from 1966 to 1969. He was a full professor of English from 1966 and was named the Benjamin Waite Professor of the English Language at some point.[3] Ohmann held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964–65.[4]

Ohmann was a Marxist.[5] At Wesleyan, he taught a course called "Economics of Fiction".[6] In the late 1970s he designed and oversaw a Wesleyan course called "Towards a Socialist America."[7]

Ohmann died on October 8, 2021, in Hawley, Massachusetts.

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  1. News: Risen. Clay. 2021-11-03. Richard M. Ohmann, 90, Dies; Brought Radical Politics to College English. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-11-03. 0362-4331. November 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211103212118/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/us/richard-m-ohmann-dead.html. live.
  2. Book: Contemporary Authors. Contemporary Authors. Gale. 0-8103-0027-3. 13-16. 605. Ohmann, Richard (Malin) 1931–. November 1975 . 760318060.
  3. Web site: 2021-10-14. Ohmann Remembered For Transforming University Life and Culture. live. 2021-11-04. Wesleyan University. en-US. October 31, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211031121848/https://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2021/10/14/ohmann-remembered-transforming-university-life-and-culture/.
  4. Web site: John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Richard M. Ohmann. live. 2021-11-04. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. en-US. January 21, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210121075603/https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/richard-m-ohmann/.
  5. Web site: Politics of Letters. live. 2021-11-03. Publishers Weekly. November 4, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211104004526/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8195-5175-7.
  6. News: Miller. Laura. October 1, 1980. Author cites 'Economics of Fiction'. The Capital Times. Newspapers.com. November 4, 2021. November 4, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211104004440/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88299868/author-cites-economics-of-fiction/. live.
  7. Web site: Wallenstein, James. Politico. December 27, 2021. Richard Ohmann: The Radical Professor Who Enraged the Right.
  8. Reviews of Shaw:
    • Wheatley. James H.. 1964. Review of Shaw: The Style and the Man. Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 63. 4. 822–824. 0363-6941. 27714567.
    • McDowell. Frederick P. W.. January 1964. none. Philological Quarterly. 43. 1. 141–144. .
    • 10.1215/00382876-62-3-448 . none . July 1963 . Meisel . Martin . South Atlantic Quarterly . 62 . 3 . 448–449 . 257866201 . p. 449
  9. Reviews of English in America:
    • Trimbur. John. October 1993. English in America: A Radical View of the Profession. College Composition and Communication. 44. 3. 389. 10.2307/358992. 358992.
    • Ericson. Edward E.. 1977. none. Christianity and Literature. 26. 2. 31–35. 0148-3331. 26289974.
    • Friedman. Michael H.. 1978. Review of English in America: A Radical View of the Profession. Science & Society. 42. 3. 371–374. 0036-8237. 40402121.
  10. Reviews of Politics of Letters:
    • Clifford. John. 1989. Review of Politics of Letters. Journal of Advanced Composition. 9. 188–191. 0731-6755. 20865682.
    • News: Carey. James W.. 1987-06-28. Politics of Letters by Richard Ohmann. 2021-11-04. Los Angeles Times. en-US. November 4, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211104004440/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-28-bk-268-story.html. live.
    • Myers. D.G.. Marx & English. 2021-11-04. The New Criterion. November 1988. en. April 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411120203/https://newcriterion.com/issues/1988/11/marx-english. live.
  11. Reviews of Selling Culture:
    • Distad. Merrill. 1998. Review of Selling Culture: Magazines, Markets, and Class at the Turn of the Century. Victorian Periodicals Review. 31. 2. 190–192. 0709-4698. 20083069.
    • Hamilton. Sharon. 1998. Review of Selling Culture: Magazines, Markets, and Class at the Turn of the Century. American Periodicals. 8. 99–103. 1054-7479. 20771117.
    • Hackney. Fiona. 1998. Review of Selling Culture: Magazines, Markets, and Class at the Turn of the Century. Journal of Design History. 11. 3. 268–271. 10.1093/jdh/11.3.268. 0952-4649. 1316263.

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