Kevin Kopelson is an American literary critic. He received a B.A. from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

, a J.D. from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

, and a Ph.D. from Brown University. Currently, he is Emeritus Professor of English at The

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 col ...

. He is a contributor to the London Review of Books. He writes on topics ranging from fin-de-siècle literature to fashion photography.

Fields

Kopelson has published in the fields of sexuality studies, critical theory, cultural studies, and 20th-century literature.

Works

* ''Love's Litany: The Writing of Modern Homoerotics'' (Stanford University Press, 1994). * ''Beethoven's Kiss: Pianism, Perversion, and the Mastery of Desire'' (Stanford University Press, 1996). * ''The Queer Afterlife of Vaslav Nijinsky'' (Stanford University Press, 1997). * ''Finishing Proust'' (2000) * ''Neatness Counts: Essays on the Writer's Desk'' (University of Minnesota Press, 2004). * ''Sedaris'' (University of Minnesota Press, 2007). * ''Confessions of a Plagiarist: And Other Tales from School'' (Counterpath Press, 2012). * ''Adorno and the Showgirl: Or Late Style'' (2016)

References

External links

Personal website

Professional website
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