Pinsker, Sanford S.

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PINSKER, Sanford S.

PINSKER, Sanford S. American, b. 1941. Genres: Poetry, Literary criticism and history. Career: Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, professor of English, 1967-. Publications: The Schlemiel as Metaphor, 1971, rev. ed., 1992; Still Life (poetry); The Languages of Joseph Conrad; The Comedy That Hoits: An Essay on the Fiction of Philip Roth, 1975; Between Two Worlds: The American Novel in the 1960's, 1980; Memory Breaks Off (poetry), 1983; Conversations with Contemporary American Writers, 1985; Whales at Play (poetry), 1987; Three Pacific Northwest Poets: William Stafford, Richard Hugo, and David Wagoner, 1987; Bearing the Bad News: Contemporary American Literature and Culture, 1990; The Uncompromising Fictions of Cynthia Ozick, 1987; Understanding Joseph Heller, 1991; Jewish- American Literature & Culture: An Encyclopedia, 1992; The Catcher in the Rye, 1993; Oedipus Meets the Press, 1996; Worrying About Race, 1985- 1995, 1996. EDITOR: Critical Essays on Philip Roth, 1982; (with J.L. Fischel) America and the Holocaust, 7 vols., 1984-91; (with J. Fischel) Jewish-American Fiction, 1992. Address: Dept. of English, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604, U.S.A.