Name: Robert Waugh
Academic Rank: Associate Professor
Department: English
Expertise Keywords: Clarke, Classics, Fantasy, Joyce, Keats, Leopardi, Literature-European-English-Comparative-Nineteenth, Lovecraft, Myth, Poetry, Science Fiction, Tolkien, van Gogh
Available For: interviews, essays, speaking
Expertise: Ph. D. at Harvard in Comparative Literature. Many articles on various figures, and many publications of poems in small journals.
Currrent Research: Lovecraft, Tolkien, van Gogh
Contact Information
E-mail Address: waughr@newpaltz.edu
Communication & Marketing: 845-257-3245
Education
| Colleges/ Universities Attended |
Dates Attended |
Degree Conferred |
Year Conferred |
Major Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University | 1961-64 | BA | 1964 | Comparative Literature |
| Harvard University | 1964-65 | MA | 1965 | Comparative Literature |
| Harvard University | 1965-72 | Ph D | 1972 | Comparative Literature |
Other professional activities
Many poetry readings over the years
Organizational Memberships
MLA. Science Fiction Research Association. American Academy of Poetry
Publications
"The Drum of A Voyage to Arcturus" Extrapolation (Summer, 1985) "The Hands of H. P. Lovecraft" Lovecraft Studies (Fall, 1988)--and many other articles on Lovecraft since that time. "The Lament of the Midwives: Arthur C. Clarke and the Tradition" Extrapolation (Spring, 1990) "Perilous Faerie: J. R. R. Tolkien in the Selva Oscura" Studies in Weird Fiction (Summer, 1994) "Spirals and Metaphors: The Shape of Divinity in Olaf Stapledon's Myth" Extrapolation (Fall, 1997)
