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Ruth Yeazell

Ruth Bernard Yeazell (born April 4, 1947) is an American literary critic.

Ruth Bernard Yeazell was born on April 4, 1947, in New York City.[1] She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1967, then attended Yale University.[2][3] Yeazell taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Boston University before returning to Yale in 1991, where she was named the Chace Family Professor of English.[2][4] Yeazell was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1979,[5] and granted membership into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009.[2] As of 2018, she is the Sterling Professor of English at Yale, the highest honor bestowed on Yale faculty.[6]

She contributes to The Conversation,[7] The New York Review of Books,[8] and the London Review of Books.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Chapman, Jeff, ed. (1996). Contemporary Authors. new revision series. Gale. pp. 467–468. ISBN 0-7876-0123-3. OCLC 35655905.
  2. ^ a b c "Ruth Bernard Yeazell '67". Swarthmore College. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  3. ^ Treisman, Rachel (March 30, 2017). "Faculty vote to diversify English major curriculum". Yale Daily News. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "Ruth Yeazell: 1990 Distinguished Teaching Award". University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Ruth B. Yeazell". Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  6. ^ "Ruth Yeazell named as Sterling Professor of English". YaleNews. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  7. ^ "Ruth Yeazell". The Conversation. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  8. ^ "Ruth Bernard Yeazell". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  9. ^ "Ruth Bernard Yeazell". London Review of Books. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
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