Economou, George

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ECONOMOU, George

ECONOMOU, George. American, b. 1934. Genres: Poetry, Literary criticism and history, Translations. Career: Lecturer, Wagner College, NYC, 1958-60; Ed., Chelsea Review, NYC, 1958-60, and Trobar, NYC, 1960-64; Professor of English, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, 1961-83; Professor of English, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 1983-2000, Emeritus Professor, 2000-. Publications: The Georgics, 1968; Landed Natures, 1969; Poems for Self-Therapy, 1972; The Goddess Natura in Medieval Literature, 1972; (ed.) Geoffrey Chaucer: A Collection of Criticism, 1975; Ameriki: Book One and Selected Earlier Poems, 1977; Voluntaries, 1984; (ed.) Proensa: An Anthology of Troubadour Poetry, 1986; Harmonies and Fits, 1987; (trans.) William Langland's Piers Plowman, The C Version, a Verse Translation, 1996; Century Dead Center and Other Poems, 1998. Address: 1401 Magnolia, Norman, OK 73072, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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