Pollak, Vivian R.

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POLLAK, Vivian R.

POLLAK, Vivian R. American, b. 1938. Genres: Biography, Literary criticism and history. Career: Cheyney University, Cheyney, PA, assistant professor, 1970-74, associate professor, 1974-76, professor of English, 1976-85; University of Washington, Seattle, associate professor, 1985-91, professor of English and adjunct professor of women's studies, 1991-95; Washington University, St. Louis, professor of English, 1995-. University of Pennsylvania, lecturer in English and women's studies, 1976-77; University of Washington, visiting associate professor, 1985-86. American Literature, member of editorial board, 1990-92. Publications: Dickinson: The Anxiety of Gender, 1984; A Poet's Parents: The Courtship Letters of Emily Norcross and Edward Dickinson, 1988. Address: Department of English, Washington University, Box 1122, St. Louis, MO 63130, U.S.A.