Dobson, Joanne

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DOBSON, Joanne

DOBSON, Joanne. American, b. 1942. Genres: Novels, Literary criticism and history. Career: Amherst College, Amherst, MA, visiting professor of English and American studies, 1985-86; Tufts University, Medford, MA, visiting assistant professor of English, 1986-87; Fordham University, Bronx, NY, assistant professor, 1987-92, associate professor of English, 1992-. Publications: (ed.) E.D.E.N. Southworth, The Hidden Hand, 1988; Dickinson and the Strategies of Reticence: The Woman Writer in Nineteenth-Century America, 1989. NOVELS: Quieter than Sleep, 1997; The Northbury Papers, 1998; The Raven and the Nightingale, 1999; Cold and Pure and Very Dead, 2000; The Maltese Manuscript, 2003. Contributor to books and periodicals. Address: Department of English, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]