Macgowan, Christopher (John)

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MACGOWAN, Christopher (John)

MACGOWAN, Christopher (John). British, b. 1948. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, editorial assistant, "The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau," 1981-83; fund-raiser in New York City, 1983-84; College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, assistant professor, 1984-90, associate professor of English, 1990-96, professor, 1996-. Publications: William Carlos Williams's Early Poetry: The Visual Arts Background, 1984. EDITOR: The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, Vol. I (with A.W. Litz): 1909-1939, 1986, Vol. II: 1939-1962, 1988; William Carlos Williams, 1992; The Letters of Denise Levertov and William Carlos Williams, 1998; Twentieth-Century American Poetry, 2003; Poetry for Young People: William Carlos Williams, 2003. Address: Department of English, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, U.S.A.

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