Kevin Kopelson

Kevin Kopelson is an American literary critic. He received a B.A. from Yale University, a J.D. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from Brown University.[1] Currently, he is Emeritus Professor of English at The University of Iowa.

Kevin Kopelson
Years active1994–present
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Iowa
InfluencesRoland Barthes
Academic work
Main interestsGender studies literary criticism cultural studies 20th century in literature

He is a contributor to the London Review of Books.[2] He writes on topics ranging from fin-de-siècle literature to fashion photography.

Fields

Kopelson has published in the fields of sexuality studies,[3] critical theory, cultural studies, and 20th-century literature.

Works
  • Love's Litany: The Writing of Modern Homoerotics (Stanford University Press, 1994).[4]
  • Beethoven's Kiss: Pianism, Perversion, and the Mastery of Desire (Stanford University Press, 1996).[5]
  • The Queer Afterlife of Vaslav Nijinsky (Stanford University Press, 1997).[6]
  • Finishing Proust (2000)
  • Neatness Counts: Essays on the Writer's Desk (University of Minnesota Press, 2004).
  • Sedaris (University of Minnesota Press, 2007).[7]
  • Confessions of a Plagiarist: And Other Tales from School (Counterpath Press, 2012).
  • Adorno and the Showgirl: Or Late Style (2016)

References
  1. "Kevin Kopelson - Department of English - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - The University of Iowa". English.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. "Kevin Kopelson · LRB". www.lrb.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  3. "Kevin Kopelson – LGBT Oral Histories of Central Iowa". Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  4. Review of Love's Litany: The Writing of Modern Homoerotics:
  5. Review of Beethoven's Kiss: Pianism, Perversion, and the Mastery of Desire:
  6. Review of The Queer Afterlife of Vaslav Nijinsky:
    • Muller, Patrick (2000), Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, 2000 (19): 77–78, doi:10.17077/2168-569X.1339{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  7. Review of Sedaris:
    • Madden, Dave (Winter 2008), Prairie Schooner, 82 (4): 174–177, JSTOR 40639745{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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