French, Warren G.

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FRENCH, Warren G.

FRENCH, Warren G. American, b. 1922. Genres: Film, Literary criticism and history. Career: Member of faculty, University of Mississippi, University, 1948-50, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 1954-56, Stetson University, Deland, FL, 1956-58, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1958-62, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1962-65, and University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1965-70; University of Wales-Swansea, honorary professor; Indiana University, joined faculty, 1970, emeritus professor, 1986-. Editor, Twayne Film Series, and Twayne United States Authors Series, 1975-84. Publications: John Steinbeck, 1961; Frank Norris, 1962; J.D. Salinger, 1963; The Social Novel at the End of an Era, 1966; Season of Promise, 1968; Filmguide to The Grapes of Wrath, 1973; Jack Kerouac, 1986; J.D. Salinger Revisited, 1988; The San Francisco Poetry Renaissance, 1991; John Steinbeck's Fiction Revisited, 1994; John Steinbeck's Nonfiction Revisited, 1996. EDITOR: A Companion to The Grapes of Wrath, 1963; The Thirties: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, 1969; (with W. Kidd) American Winners of the Nobel Literary Prize, 1968; The Forties: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, 1969; The Twenties: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, 1975; The South and Film, 1981. Address: 1502 Jackson St, Tallahassee, FL 32303, U.S.A.