Ross, Stephen M.

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ROSS, Stephen M.

ROSS, Stephen M. American, b. 1943. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, assistant professor of English, 1970-77; U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, assistant professor, 1977-81, associate professor, 198186, professor of English, 1987; National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, DC, program officer with Summer Seminars for College Teachers, 1988-90, deputy to director of Division of Fellowships and Seminars, 1990-94, director of Office of Challenge Grants, 1994-. Universite de Strasbourg, associate professor, 1985; lecturer at universities; presenter of workshops. Publications: Fiction's Inexhaustible Voice: Speech and Writing in Faulkner, 1989; (with Polk) Reading Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury, 1996; (ed. with C.A. Kolmerten and J. Wittenberg) Unflinching Gaze: Morrison and Faulkner Re-Envisioned, 1997. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals. Address: 19 Newburg Ave., Baltimore, MD 21228, U.S.A. Online address: sross@neh.gov

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