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October 19, 2011
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University of Virginia-Main Campus - Charlottesville, VA, US (1971 - 1975)
Dramatic Literature, Theatre History, Modernism, Performance Theory, and European classic fiction. Special interest in Samuel Beckett and e e cummings.
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Ph.D. Univ. of Virginia in Comparative Literature Author of two books on drama
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