Peterson, Richard S(cot)

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PETERSON, Richard S(cot)

PETERSON, Richard S(cot). American (born Scotland), b. 1938. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, instructor, 1966-69, assistant professor of English, 1969-72; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, lecturer in English, 1972-75; Yale University, New Haven, CT, assistant professor of English, 1976-80; University of Connecticut, Storrs, associate professor, 1980-86, professor of English, 1986-. Publications: Imitation and Praise in the Poems of Ben Jonson, 1981; (ed.) Essays in Art and Literature, 1986. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Department of English, University of Connecticut, Storrs Mansfield, CT 06268, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]