Hoffman, Michael J.

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HOFFMAN, Michael J.

HOFFMAN, Michael J. American, b. 1939. Genres: Novels, Literary criticism and history. Career: Washington College, Chestertown, MD, instructor of English, 1962-64; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, assistant professor of English, 1964-67; University of California, Davis, assistant professor, 1967-71, graduate chairman, 1971-72, 1995-98, associate professor, 1971-75, assistant vice chancellor of academic affairs, 1974-83, professor of English, 1975-2001, dept. chairman, 1984-89, director of Humanities Institute, 1986-91, coordinator of writing programs, 1991-94, master undergraduate adviser, 1994-95. Publications: The Development of Abstractionism in the Writings of Gertrude Stein, 1965; The Buddy System (novel), 1973; The Subversive Vision: American Romanticism in Literature, 1973; Gertrude Stein, 1976. EDITOR: Critical Essays on Gertrude Stein, 1986; Essentials of the Theory of Fiction, 1988, rev. ed., 1996; Critical Essays on American Modernism, 1992. Address: Dept. of English, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]