Fossum, Robert H.

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FOSSUM, Robert H.

FOSSUM, Robert H. American, b. 1923. Genres: Poetry, Literary criticism and history. Career: Professor of English and American Literature, Claremont McKenna College, and Claremont Graduate School, California, since 1963, Emeritus since 1987. Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1950-62; Associate Professor of English, California State University, Los Angeles, 1962-63. Publications: William Styron: A Critical Essay, 1968; Hawthorne's Inviolable Circle, 1972; (with Sy Kahn) Facing Mirrors, 1980; (with John Roth) The American Dream, 1981; (with John Roth) American Ground, 1988. Address: 403 University Circle, Claremont, CA 91711, U.S.A.