King, Bruce (Alvin)

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KING, Bruce (Alvin)

KING, Bruce (Alvin). American, b. 1933. Genres: Intellectual history, Literary criticism and history, Biography. Career: Taught at Brooklyn College, 1960-61, University of Alberta, Calgary, 1961-62, University of Ibadan, 1962-65, University of Bristol, 1966-67, University of Lagos, 1967-70, University of Windsor, ON, 1970-73, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, 1973-76, University of Paris, 1977-78; Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellow, 1977-78; University of Stirling, Scotland, 1979; University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1979-83; University of N Alabama, Albert S. Johnston Visiting Professor of Literature, 1983-86; visiting professor of English, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, 1987-89, University of Paris VII, 1990-91, and University of Angers, France, 1995; University of Guelph, ON, adjunct professor, 1992-95. Publications: Dryden's Major Plays, 1966; Marvell's Allegorical Poetry, 1977; The New English Literatures, 1980; Ibsen's A Doll's House, 1980; G.B. Shaw's Arms and the Man, 1980; Fielding's Joseph Andrews, 1981; History of 17th-Century English Literature, 1982; Modern Indian Poetry in English, 1987, 2nd ed., 2001; Coriolanus, 1989; Three Indian Poets: Ezekiel, Ramanujan and Moraes, 1991; V.S. Naipaul, 1993; Derek Walcott and West Indian Drama, 1995; Derek Walcott: A Caribbean Life, 2000. EDITOR: 20th Century Interpretations of All for Love, 1968; Dryden's Mind and Art, 1969; Introduction to Nigerian Literature, 1971; Literatures of the World in English, 1974; (co) A Celebration of Black and African Writing, 1976; West Indian Literature, 1979, 2nd ed., 1995; Contemporary American Theatre, 1991; The Commonwealth Novel since 1960, 1991; Post-Colonial English Drama, 1992; The Later Fiction of Nadine Gordimer, 1993; New National and Post-Colonial Literatures, 1996. SERIES EDITOR: Modern Dramatists, 1982-92; English Dramatists, 1990-; Literature, Culture & Identity, 1999-. Address: 145 Quai de Valmy, 75010 Paris, France. Online address: [email protected]