Chernaik, Warren L(ewis)

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CHERNAIK, Warren L(ewis)

CHERNAIK, Warren L(ewis). American, b. 1931. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: University of London, England, Queen Mary and Westfield College, started as lecturer, became senior lecturer, reader, and professor, now professor emeritus; program director of Center for English Studies at University of London; University of Southampton, visiting professor; King's College, London, visiting professor. Held teaching positions at Yale University, Ohio State University, City College of New York, Boston University, University of Massachusetts (Boston) and University College of North Wales. Publications: The Poetry of Limitation: A Study of Edmund Waller, 1968; The Poet's Time: Politics and Religion in the Work of Andrew Marvell, 1983; (with C. Davis and M. Deegan), The Politics of the Electronic Text, 1993; Sexual Freedom in Restoration Literature, 1995; (with M. Deegan and A. Gibson) Beyond the Book: Theory, Culture and the Politics of Cyberspace, 1996; (with I. Willison and W. Gould) Modernist Writers and the Marketplace, 1996; (with P. Parrinder) Textual Monopolies: Literary Copyright and the Public Domain, 1997; (with M. Dzelzainis) Marvell and Liberty, 1999; (with M. Swales and R. Vilain) The Art of Detective Fiction, 2000; The Merchant of Venice, 2004. Address: 124 Mansfield Rd, London NW3 2JB, England.