Bergon, Frank

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BERGON, Frank

BERGON, Frank. American, b. 1943. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Novels. Career: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, professor of English, 1972-. University of Washington, Seattle, visiting associate professor, 1980-81. Publications: Stephen Crane's Artistry, 1975. NOVELS: Shos-hone Mike, 1987; The Temptations of St. Ed & Brother S, 1993; Wild Game, 1995. EDITOR: (with Z. Papanikolas) Looking Far West: The Search for the American West in History, Myth, and Literature, 1978; The Western Writings of Stephen Crane, 1979; The Wilderness Reader, 1980, rev. ed., 1994; A Sharp Lookout: Selected Nature Essays of John Burroughs, 1987; The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1989. Address: Vassar College, Box 94, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-0094, U.S.A. Online address: bergou@vassar.edu

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