Geoffrey Galt Harpham (born 1946) is an American
academic who until recently served as president and director of the
National Humanities Center. One of the characteristics of his tenure was the encouragement of dialogue between the
humanities on the one hand and the
natural and
social sciences on the other. He is a senior fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
and also a Life Member of
Clare Hall at the
University of Cambridge. He is in addition a member of the board of
visitor
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s of
Ralston College.
His book, ''The Humanities and the Dream of America'', was published by the
University of Chicago Press in March 2011.
Bibliography
Books
* On the
Grotesque: Strategies of Contradiction in Art and Literature (
Princeton University Press, 1982; paperback, 1986). 2nd ed. with new preface (Davies Publishing, 2006). This work was the primary inspiration for “Domus Aurea,” a composition by Edmund Campion for piano and vibraphone, which premiered at the
Centre Pompidou,
Paris, November 4, 2000.
* The
Ascetic
Asceticism (; from the el, ἄσκησις, áskesis, exercise', 'training) is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their p ...
Imperative in Culture and Criticism (
University of Chicago Press, 1987; paperback, 1992).
* Getting It Right: Language, Literature, and Ethics (
University of Chicago Press, 1992). Partially translated into
Croatian as ''Pripovjedni Imperative,'' in Politika ietika pripovijedanja, ed. Vladimir Biti (
Zagreb: Hrvatska sveucilišna naklada, 2003), 129–56.
* One of Us: The Mastery of
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Poles in the United Kingdom#19th century, Polish-British novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in t ...
(
University of Chicago Press, 1996).
* Shadows of Ethics: Criticism and the Just Society (
Duke University Press, 1999).
* Language Alone: The Critical Fetish of Modernity (
Routledge Press
Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law, an ...
, 2002).
* A
Glossary
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of Literary Terms, 8th ed., coauthored with
M.H. Abrams (
Wadsworth Wadsworth may refer to:
People
* Wadsworth (surname)
* Wadsworth (given name)
Places
* Wadsworth, Illinois, United States, a village
* Wadsworth, Kansas, United States
* Wadsworth, Nevada, United States, a census-designated place
* Wadsworth, ...
, 2005); 9th ed. (
Wadsworth Wadsworth may refer to:
People
* Wadsworth (surname)
* Wadsworth (given name)
Places
* Wadsworth, Illinois, United States, a village
* Wadsworth, Kansas, United States
* Wadsworth, Nevada, United States, a census-designated place
* Wadsworth, ...
, 2008). Translated into
Persian,
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
,
Chinese,
Korean,
Greek. Indian edition, 2009.
* The Character of Criticism (
Routledge Press
Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law, an ...
, 2006).
* On Being Human, special issue of
Daedalus, 138.3 (2009),
consulting editor A literary editor is an editor in a newspaper, magazine or similar publication who deals with aspects concerning literature and books, especially reviews. . This issue grew out of the “Autonomy, Singularity, Creativity: The Human and the Humanities” initiative sponsored by the
National Humanities Center, 2006–09.
*The Humanities and the Dream of America (
University of Chicago Press, 2011).
*
Critical studies and reviews of Harpham's work
* Review of ''What do ''you'' think, Mr. Ramirez?''.
References
External links
The National Humanities Center
1946 births
Living people
American humanities academics
Northwestern University alumni
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
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