Losse, Deborah N(ichols)
LOSSE, Deborah N(ichols)
LOSSE, Deborah N(ichols). American, b. 1944. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: U.S. Peace Corps, Washington, DC, volunteer teacher of French and English as a second language at a government secondary school in Katsina, Nigeria, 1966-68; Arizona State University, Tempe, assistant professor, 1973-80, associate professor, 1980-92, professor of French, 1992-, chair, Dept of Languages & Literatures. Publications: Rhetoric at Play: Rabelais and Satirical Eulogy, 1980; Sampling the Book: Renaissance Prologues and the French Conteurs, 1994. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to academic journals. Address: Department of Foreign Languages, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-0202, U.S.A.
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