Stoltzfus, Ben

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STOLTZFUS, Ben

STOLTZFUS, Ben. American (born Bulgaria), b. 1927. Genres: Novels, Literary criticism and history, Translations. Career: Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, Instructor in French, 1958-60; University of California, Riverside, Professor, 1960-93, Professor Emeritus of French, Comparative Literature, and Creative Writing, 1993-. Publications: Alain Robbe-Grillet and the New French Novel, 1964; Georges Chenneviere et l'unanimisme, 1965; The Eye of the Needle, 1967; Gide's Eagles, 1969; Black Lazarus, 1972; Gide and Hemingway: Rebels against God, 1978; Alain Robbe-Grillet: The Body of the Text, 1985; Postmodern Poetics: Nouveau Roman and Innovative Fiction, 1987; Alain Robbe-Grillet: Life, Work, and Criticism, 1987; Red White and Blue, 1989; La Belle Captive: Robbe- Grillet, and Magritte, 1995; Lacan and Literature: Purloined Pretexts, 1996. Address: Dept. of Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, U.S.A.