Rosenberg, Bruce Alan

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ROSENBERG, Bruce Alan

ROSENBERG, Bruce Alan. American, b. 1934. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Mythology/Folklore. Career: Professor of English Literature and American Civilization, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, since 1977. Faculty member, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1965- 67, and University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1967-69; Professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1969-77. Publications: The Folksongs of Virginia, 1969; (with Jerome Mandel) Medieval Literature and Folklore Studies, 1970; The Art of the American Folk Preacher, 1970; Custer and the Epic of Defeat, 1974; The Code of the West, 1981; (with John Caweti) The Spy Story, 1987; Can These Bones Live?, 1988; Ian Fleming, 1989; Folklore and Literature, 1990; The Neutral Ground, 1994. Address: American Civilization Program, PO Box 1892, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, U.S.A.

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