Christopher Looby is an American literary critic specializing in 18th and 19th century

American literature American literature is literature written or produced in the United States of America and in the British colonies that preceded it. The American literary tradition is part of the broader tradition of English-language literature, but also ...

. He is a Professor of English at

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

Background

Looby received his B.A. from

Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853 by a group of civic leaders and named for George Washington, the university spans 355 acres across its Danforth ...

in 1979 and his Ph.D. from

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

in 1989.

Select publications

* "Introduction." ''Sheppard Lee: Written By Himself'' by

Robert Montgomery Bird Robert Montgomery Bird (February 5, 1806 – January 23, 1854) was an American novelist, playwright, and physician. Early life and education Bird was born in New Castle, Delaware, on February 5, 1806.Ehrlich, Eugene and Gorton Carruth. ''The Oxfo ...

. New York: ''

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'', 2008. xv-xliii.''Sheppard Lee: Written By Himself''
/ref> *''The Complete Civil War Journal and Selected Letters of Thomas Wentworth Higginson''. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2000. *''Voicing America: Language, Literary Form, and the Origins of the United States.'' Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1996.

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External links

Official website
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Christopher Looby in the New York Review of Books
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