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English Department Faculty
Ritchie Watson
A. G. Ingram Professor of English
Educational Background:
B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. University of North Carolina
Recent courses:
ENGL 335, American Novel Between the Wars
ENGL 334, American Poetry Between the Wars
ENGL 253, From Roaring Twenties to Depression Thirties: American Culture between the Wars
Research Areas:
- Nineteenth-century southern literature
- Virginia fiction
- Southern Culture
- Intellectual History
Recent publications and presentations:
Normans and Saxons: Southern Race Mythology and the Intellectual History of the American Civil War. Louisiana State University Press, forthcoming 2008.
Yeoman Versus Cavalier: The Old Southwest's Fictional Road to Rebellion. Louisiana State University Press, 1993.
The Cavalier in Virginia Fiction. Louisiana State University Press, 1985.
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