Tucker, Martin

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TUCKER, Martin

TUCKER, Martin. American, b. 1928. Genres: Poetry, Literary criticism and history, Essays. Career: Professor of English, Brooklyn Center, C.W. Post College Campuses of Long Island University, New York, 1968- (Asst Professor, 1963-66; Assoc Professor, 1966-68). Editor, Confrontation magazine, Brookville, Long Island, 1970-. Editor, Confrontation: A Literary Journal, 1968-; Editor, PEN Newsletter of PEN American Center, 1973-78. Publications: Africa in Modern Literature, 1967; Joseph Conrad, 1976; Homes of Locks and Mysteries (poetry), 1982; Literary Exile in the Twentieth Century, 1991; Sam Shepard and His Plays, 1992; Attention Spans (poetry), 1996. EDITOR: (with R.Z. Temple) A Library of Literary Criticism: Modern British Literature, 3 vols., 1966, vol. 4 (with R. Stein), 1974; Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism, 4 vols., 1968; The Critical Temper, 4 vols., 1979, vol. V, 1989; Undine, by O. Schreiner, 1972; (with J. Ferres) Modern Commonwealth Literature, 1977; Modern American Literature, 1998. Address: PO Box 10507, Longboat Key, FL 34228-7507, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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