Cunningham, Frank R.

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CUNNINGHAM, Frank R.

CUNNINGHAM, Frank R. American, b. 1937. Genres: Film, Humanities, Intellectual history, Literary criticism and history, Essays. Career: Elwyn Institute, Media, PA, instructor, Haverford College, director of tutoring, summer, 1966; Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, instructor in English, 1966-68; Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, assistant professor of English, 1968-69; Fordham University, Bronx, NY, assistant professor of English, 1970-71; Kansas State University, Manhattan, assistant professor of English, 1971-73; San Jose State University, CA, assistant professor of English, 1973-76, assistant professor of writing, 1977-78; Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, senior Fulbright lecturer in American literature & civilization, 1976-77; University of South Dakota, Vermillion, associate professor, 1978-84, professor of American literature & civilization, 1984-. Summer visiting scholar at Yale University, 1980, Princeton University, 1981, and University of California, Berkeley, 1990, 1991; research associate, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1984-86, and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1986-88; Yale University, visiting fellow, 1999-2000, 2004-. South Dakota Public Radio, host of an educational jazz program, 1982-84. Publications: Sidney Lumet: Film and Literary Vision, 1991, 2nd ed., 2001; Lumet's Fail Safe, 2005. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of articles and reviews to journals and magazines.

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