Alfred Bendixen is a lecturer in the department of English at

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and the founder and Executive Director of the

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. Bendixen gained a Ph.D. at the

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in 1979, with a thesis on "Americans in Europe before 1865 : a study of the travel book". He held posts at

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(1979-1988) and

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(1988-2005) before moving to

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, where he served as the Associate Department Head of English (2007-2009) and a Professor of English (2006 - 2013). He now serves as a Lecturer in English at Princeton University.https://english.princeton.edu/people/alfred-bendixen-0 His research has centered on the recovery of 19th century literature and neglected genres, including the ghost story, detective fiction, science fiction, and travel writing.

Selected publications

*''Haunted women : the best supernatural tales by American women writers'' (1985, F. Ungar, ) *''Edith Wharton: New Critical Essays'' (1992, Garland, , with Annette Zilversmit) *''

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'', new edition and introduction to this 12-author 1908 novel (2001, Duke UP, ) *''The Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing'' (2009, Cambridge UP, , with Judith Hamera) *''A Companion to the American Short Story'' (2010, Wiley-Blackwell, , with James Nagel) *''A Companion to the American Novel'' (2012,Wiley-Blackwell, ) *''The Cambridge History of American Poetry'' (2014, Cambridge UP, , co-edited with

Stephen Burt Stephanie Burt (born 1971) is a literary critic and poet who is Professor of English at Harvard University. ''The New York Times'' has called her "one of the most influential poetry critics of ergeneration". Burt grew up around Washington, D.C. S ...

)

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