Goodman, Susan

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GOODMAN, Susan

GOODMAN, Susan. American, b. 1951. Genres: History, Literary criticism and history, Women's studies and issues. Career: Public school teacher, 1972-83, including English teacher, high school reading specialist, and coordinator of English as a second language; California State University, Fresno, professor of English, 1990-94; University of Delaware, Newark, professor of English, 1994-. Publications: Edith Wharton's Women: Friends and Rivals, 1990; Edith Wharton's Inner Circle, 1994; Ellen Glasgow: A Biography, 1998; Civil Wars: American Novelists and Manners, 1880-1940, 2002. EDITOR: (with D. Ryot) Femmes de Conscience: Aspects du Feminisme Americain, 1848-1875, 1994; (with C. Colquitt and C. Ward) Edith Wharton: A Forward Glance, 1999.

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