Brennan, Matthew C.

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BRENNAN, Matthew C.

BRENNAN, Matthew C. American, b. 1955. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Poetry. Career: University of Minnesota, visiting assistant professor of English, 1984-85. Indiana State University, assistant professor of English, 1985-88, associate professor of English, 1988-92, professor of English, 1992-, director of graduate studies, 1994-96, 1998-99. Publications: LITERARY CRITICISM: Wordsworth, Turner, and Romantic Landscape: A Study of the Traditions of the Picturesque and the Sublime, 1987; The Gothic Psyche: Disintegration and Growth in Nineteenth-Century English Literature, 1997. POETRY: Seeing in the Dark: Poems, 1993; The Music of Exile, 1994; American Scenes: Poems on WPA Artworks, 2001. Contributor of poems, articles, and reviews to periodicals. Address: Dept. of English, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, U.S.A. Online address: M-Brennan@indstate.edu

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