Sax, Boria

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SAX, Boria

SAX, Boria. American, b. 1946. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Mythology/Folklore. Career: Pace University, White Plains, NY, adjunct professor of German, 1982-91; Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, adjunct professor of English, 1986-, online community coordinator, 2000-. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, instructor, 1998-. Publications: The Romantic Heritage of Marxism: A Study of East German Love Poetry, 1987; The Frog King: On Legends, Fables, Fairy Tales, and Anecdotes of Animals, 1990; The Parliament of Animals: Anecdotes and Legends from Books of Natural History, 1775-1900, 1992; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 1996; Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, 1996; William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, 1996; The Serpent and the Swan: The Animal Bride in Folklore and Literature, 1998; (ed. and trans. with I. von Tannenberg) L. Rathenow, The Fantastic, Ordinary World of Lutz Rathenow: Poems, Plays, and Stories, 2000; Animals in the Third Reich: Pets, Scapegoats, and the Holocaust, 2000; The Mythical Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Animals in World Myth, Legend, and Literature, 2001. Author of books and shorter pieces in genres, including poetry, fiction, translation, and reference, with frequent publication in journals. Address: 25 Franklin Avenue, Apt. 2F, White Plains, NY 10601, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]