Areas of Interest
American literature, especially twentieth-century fiction and poetry and Native American literature; critical theory.
Awards (selected)
Graduate College Award for Outstanding Mentoring of Graduate Students, 1999, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert Schneider Award for outstanding teaching and service in the Department of English, 1999, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Harriet and Charles Luckman Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching, 1996, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
William F. Prokasy Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, 1996, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Liberal Arts and Sciences.
University Scholar, 1990, University of Illinois.
Publications
Books
How to Interpret Literature: Critical Theory for Literary and Cultural Studies, Oxford University Press, 2008.
The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. See also the web site that accompanies the book.
The Invention of Native American Literature, Cornell University Press, 2003.
"Absalom, Absalom!": The Questioning of Fictions, Twayne, 1991.
The Unbeliever: The Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop, University of Illinois Press, 1988.
Faulkner and the Novelistic Imagination, University of Illinois Press, 1985.
Articles
Articles and reviews on American literature, Faulkner, Ray Young Bear, D'Arcy McNickle, American Indian oral literature, canon theory, early Indian print culture, and related topics and issues.
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