Friedman, Norman

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FRIEDMAN, Norman

FRIEDMAN, Norman. American, b. 1925. Genres: Poetry, Literary criticism and history, Psychology. Career: University of Connecticut, Storrs, Dept. of English, Instructor to Associate Professor, 1952-63; New School for Social Research, NYC, 1964-66; Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, Associate Professor to Professor, 1963-88, Professor Emeritus of English, 1988-. Gestalt Therapy Center of Queens, Flushing, Executive Director, 1984-; Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy & Training, NYC, Academic Director, 1996-2000, Executive Co-director, 2000-03, Academic Consultant, 2003-; also psychotherapist in private practice. Fulbright Lectureship, Nantes and Nice, France, 1966-67; E.E. Cummings Society, Coordinator, Spring (journal), Editor. Publications: E.E. Cummings: The Art of His Poetry, 1960; (with C.A. McLaughlin) Poetry: An Introduction to Its Form and Art, 1961; (with C.A. McLaughlin) Logic, Rhetoric, and Style, 1963; E.E. Cummings: The Growth of a Writer, 1964; (ed.) E.E. Cummings: A Collection of Critical Essays, 1972; Form and Meaning in Fiction, 1975; The Magic Badge: Poems 1953-1984, 1984; The Intrusions of Love: Poems, 1992; (Re)Valuing Cummings: Further Essays on the Poet, 1962-1993, 1996. Address: 33-54 164th St, Flushing, NY 11358-1442, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]