Thomas L. Jeffers
Professor

I'm currently writing a critical biography of Norman Podhoretz, the writer, editor, and "New York Intellectual." I teach classes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction, Shakespeare, poetry, survey of American literature, you name it. Hobbies include painting with watercolor and pastel, listening the classical music, hiking and biking, and trying to keep my tennis game from deteriorating altogether.

Teaching Fields

• Victorian and Edwardian Literature

Office Location & Contact

• Coughlin Hall, 337
• 288-3477
• tjeffers@wi.rr.com

Office Hours

• SPRING 2008
• ON LEAVE

Teaching Schedule

          SPRING 2008

          ON LEAVE

         

Research Interests

• Nineteenth-century Literature
• Twentieth-century Literataure

Selected Publications

• Apprenticeships: The Bildungsroman from Goethe to Santayana.Palgrave, 2005
• The Norman Podhoretz Reader. Free Press, 2004. (Editor)
           
• "What They Talked About When They Talked About Literature." Commentary and American Life. Temple, 2005.
• "The Logic of Material Interests in Conrad’s Nostromo." Raritan (Fall 2003)
• "What Remains of Robert Lowell." Commentary (October 2003)
• "Nice Threads: Tennyson’s Lady of Shalott as Artist." Yale Review 89(Fall 2001).

Honors/Awards

• Bodman Foundation Grant
• The Bradley Foundation Grant
• Anonymous Foundation Grant