Mazzaro, Jerome

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MAZZARO, Jerome

MAZZARO, Jerome. American, b. 1934. Genres: Poetry, Literary criticism and history, Translations. Career: Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1964-96, now retired. Contributor Ed., Salmagundi, 1968-98. Instructor of English, University of Detroit, Michigan, 1958-61; Ed., Fresco, 1960-61; Assistant Professor of English, State University of New York, Cortland, 1962-64. Ed., Modern Poetry Studies, 1970-78, and The Poetry Review, 1985-86. Publications: The Achievement of Robert Lowell: 1939-1959, 1960; (trans.) Juvenal's Satires, 1965; The Poetic Themes of Robert Lowell, 1965; Transformations in the Renaissance English Lyric, 1970; William Carlos Williams: The Later Poems, 1973; Postmodern American Poetry, 1980; The Figure of Dante, 1981; Mind Plays, 2001; Robert Lowell and Ovid, 2001; War Games (fiction), 2001; Robert Lowell and America, 2002; Memory and Making, 2003. POETRY: Changing the Windows, 1966; The Caves of Love, 1985; Rubbings, 1985; Weathering the Changes, 2002. EDITOR: Modern American Poetry, 1970; Profile of Robert Lowell, 1971; Profile of William Carlos Williams, 1971; (co) John Logan: The Collected Poems, 1989; John Logan: The Collected Fiction, 1991. Address: 392 Central Park W Apt 11J, New York, NY 10025-5819, U.S.A. Online address: jerrymazzaro@aol.com

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