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Owen Aldridge
Alfred Owen Aldridge (December 16, 1915 – January 29, 2005) was a professor of French and comparative literature, founder-editor of the journal '' Comparative Literature Studies'', and author of books on a wide range of literature studies. Career He was born in Buffalo, New York on December 16, 1915. He was awarded degrees by Indiana University, the University of Georgia for his M.S., and Duke University, where he took his Ph.D. In 1952-1953 he started the Fulbright Program in France, which led to his undertaking a second doctorate, at the University of Paris, on the subject of "La Littérature Comparée" (1955). After his doctorates, he was employed in the department of English at the University of Maryland, then became professor of French and comparative literature at the University of Illinois in 1967. He published widely and became well known as a pioneer of colonial American literary studies and as an explorer of east–west literary relations. He served as president of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comparative Literature Studies
''Comparative Literature Studies'' (CLS) is an academic journal in the field of comparative literature. It publishes critical comparative essays on literature, cultural production, the relationship between aesthetics and political thought, and histories and philosophies of form across the world. Articles may also address the transregional and transhistorical circulation of genres and movements across different languages, time periods, and media. Each issue also includes book reviews of significant monographs and collections of scholarship in comparative literature. History ''Comparative Literature Studies'' was first published in 1963 at The University of Maryland at College Park by the founding Editor-in-chief, editors, Alfred Owen Aldridge and Melvin J. Friedman. The first issue, published in 1963, was a special advance issue; it was "devoted entirely to the Proceedings of the First Triennial Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association." The regular issues began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |