Munro, John M(urchison)

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MUNRO, John M(urchison)

MUNRO, John M(urchison). British, b. 1932. Genres: History, Literary criticism and history. Career: Instructor in English, Washington University, St. Louis, 1956-60, and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1960-63; University of Toronto, Assistant Professor of English, 1963-65; American University of Beirut, Associate Professor and Professor of English, 1965-87; American University, Cairo, Associate Dean, External Affairs, 1987-96; European Union, MEDA Team, Media/Culture Consultant, 1997-. Publications: (with T.Y. Greet and C. Edge) The Worlds of Fiction, 1964; (ed.) English Poetry in Transition, 1968; Arthur Symons, 1969; The Decadent Poetry of the 1890's, 1970; Images and Memories, 1970; The Royal Aquarium: Failure of a Victorian Compromise, 1971; (ed.) Selected Poems of Theo. Marzials, 1974; James Elroy Flecker, 1976; A Mutual Concern (history of education), 1977; The Nairn Way (social history of Syria), 1980; Cyprus: Between Venus and Mars (political history), 1984; Giesen's Lebanon, 1984; Trade and Peace in the Middle East, 1985; Out on a Wing, 1986; (with K. Beckson) Selected Letters of Arthur Symons, 1988; Theatre of the Absurd: Lebanon, 1982-88; Beirut Giesen, 1995; Giesen, 1995. Address: Prastio- Evdhimou, Limassol, Cyprus. Online address: [email protected]

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