
Philip Goldstein
Professor, English
Wilmington Campus
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Biography
Philip Goldstein earned a B.A. in English from Columbia University, a Ph.D. in English from Temple University, taught at the University of Delaware, and was promoted to professor in 2001. With James Machor, he edited New Directions in Reception Study (Oxford University Press, 2008) and Reception Study: From Literary Theory to Cultural Studies (Routledge, 2001). Routledge will also publish The Theory and Practice of Reception Study: Reading Twain, Faulkner, Ellison, and Morrison in July 2022.
Publications
Books:
The Theory and Practice of Reception Study: Reading Race and Gender in Twain, Faulkner, Ellison, and Morrison. Routledge, New York, NY, 2022.
American Reading Practices: Between Aesthetics and Politics. Palgrave/MacMillan Press, 2009).
American Reception Study: Reconsiderations and New Directions. Edited by Philip Goldstein and James Machor, Oxford University Press, 2008.
Post-Marxist Theory: An Introduction. SUNY-Albany Press, 2005.
Communities of Cultural Value: Reception Study, Political Differences, and Literary History. Lexington Books, division of Rowman & Littlefield, November 2001.
Reception Study: From Literary Theory to Cultural Studies (anthology). Ed. and Intro. by Philip Goldstein and James Machor. Routledge Press, 2001.
Styles of Cultural Activism: From Theory and Pedagogy to Women, Indians, and Communism. Ed. and Intro. by Philip Goldstein. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1993.
The Politics of Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Marxist Cultural Theory. Gainesville, FL: The University of Florida Press, 1990.
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