Gollin, Rita K.

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GOLLIN, Rita K.

GOLLIN, Rita K. American, b. 1928. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Bibliography, Biography. Career: University of Rochester, NY, lecturer to assistant professor of English, 1955-67; State University of New York at Geneseo, assistant professor, 1967-68, associate professor, 1968-75, professor of English, 1975-95, distinguished professor of English, 1995-, distinguished professor of English emerita, 2002-. Publications: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Truth of Dreams, 1979; Portraits of Nathaniel Hawthorne: An Iconography, 1983; (with J.L. Idol Jr.) Prophetic Pictures: Hawthorne's Knowledge and Uses of the Visual Arts, 1991; Annie Adams Fields: Woman of Letters, 2001. EDITOR: C.D. Warner, A Little Journey in the World, 1970; S.J. Hale, Northwood, 1972; Thoreau Inter Alia: Essays in Honor of Walter Harding, 1985. Contributor of articles on 19th and 20th century American literature to scholarly periodicals and encyclopedias. Address: Department of English, State University of New York College at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]