Clausen, Christopher (John)

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CLAUSEN, Christopher (John)

CLAUSEN, Christopher (John). American, b. 1942. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Intellectual history, Politics/Government, Social commentary, Essays. Career: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, instructor in English, 1965-66; Concord College, Athens, W.Va., assistant professor of English, 1966-68; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, visiting assistant professor, 1972, assistant professor, 1973-79, associate professor, 1979-84, professor of English, 1984-85; Pennsylvania State University, University Park, professor of English, 1985-. Publications: The Place of Poetry: Two Centuries of an Art in Crisis, 1981; The Moral Imagination: Essays on Literature and Ethics, 1986; My Life with President Kennedy, 1994; Faded Mosaic: The Emergence of Post-Cultural America, 2000. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Department of English, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]