GLECKNER, Robert F(rancis)

GLECKNER, Robert F(rancis). American, b. 1925. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Bibliography, Genealogy/Heraldry. Career: Duke University, Durham, NC, Professor of English, 1978-2000, Acting Chairman of Dept., 1983, Professor of English Emeritus, 2000-. Advisory Ed., Criticism, 1962-76, Blake Studies, 1970-80, Studies in Romanticism, 1977-, Milton and the Romantics (now Nineteenth-Century Contexts), 1980-, The Byron Journal, 1990-, and South Atlantic Review, 1997-. Instructor in English, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1949-51, University of Cincinnati, OH, 1952-54, and University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1954-57; Ed., Research Studies Institute, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, 1951-52; Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor of English, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1957-62; Professor of English, 1962-78, Chairman of the Dept. of English, 1962-66, Associate Dean of the College of Letters and Science, 1966-68, and Dean of the College of Humanities, 1968-75, University of California at Riverside. Publications: The Piper and the Bard: A Study of William Blake, 1957; Byron and the Ruins of Paradise, 1967, 1980; Blake's Prelude: "Poetical Sketches," 1982; Blake and Spenser, 1985; Gray Agonistes: Thomas Gray and Masculine Friendship, 1996. EDITOR: (with G.E. Enscoe) Romanticism: Points of View, 1962, 3rd ed. 1975; Selected Writings of William Blake, 1967, 1970; Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron, 1975; (co-) Approaches to the Teaching of Blake's "Songs," 1989; Critical Essays on Lord Byron, 1991; (co-) Byron's Plays: Critical Essays, 1997; (co-) The Lessons of Romanticism, 1998. Address: English Dept, Box 90015, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0015, U.S.A.