West, James L(emuel) W(ills), (III)
WEST, James L(emuel) W(ills), (III)
WEST, James L(emuel) W(ills), (III). American, b. 1946. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Biography, Bibliography. Career: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, instructor, 1971-72, assistant professor, 1972-77, associate professor, 1977-83, professor of English, 1983-86; Pennsylvania State University, University Park, professor of English, 1986-92, distinguished professor of English, 1992-2000, Sparks Professor of English, 2000-. Publications: William Styron: A Descriptive Bibliography, 1977; (textual ed.) Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie, 1981; The Making of "This Side of Paradise," 1982; American Authors and the Literary Marketplace since 1900, 1988; (gen. ed.) Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1990-; (ed.) Theodore Dreiser, Jennie Gerhardt, 1992; William Styron: A Life, 1998; (ed.) Fitzgerald's Trimalchio, 2000. Address: Department of English, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A.