Cyrus R. K. Patell (born October 9, 1961) is a literary and cultural critic who writes and teaches on

World literature World literature is used to refer to the total of the world's national literature and the circulation of works into the wider world beyond their country of origin. In the past, it primarily referred to the masterpieces of Western European lit ...

with a focus on US literature. He is currently Professor of English at

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(NYU) and Global Network Professor of Literature at

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, where he previously served as Associate Dean of Humanities. Patell was born in 1961 to a

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mother and Pakistani

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father, both students at Columbia University. Patell received his AB from

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher ...

in 1983 and his PhD from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

in 1991. His dissertation, supervised by

Sacvan Bercovitch Sacvan Bercovitch (October 4, 1933 – December 8, 2014) was a Canadian literary and cultural critic who spent most of his life teaching and writing in the United States. During an academic career spanning five decades, he was considered to be one ...

, was entitled ''The cultural logic of individualism in late twentieth century America''. Before taking up his position at NYU, he was a President's Postdoctoral Fellow at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. He has interests in the theory and practice of cosmopolitanism; US literature and culture; the history and culture of New York City; Global Shakespeare; minority discourse; cultural studies; and literary historiography. His publications include: * ''Lucasfilm: Filmmaking, Philosophy, and the Star Wars Universe''. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. *''Cosmopolitanism and the Literary Imagination''. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. * ''Emergent US Literatures: From Multiculturalism to Cosmopolitanism in the Late Twentieth Century''. New York: New York UP, 2014. * ''Some Girls'' (''33 1/3'', 81). New York, NY: Continuum, 2011. * ''The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of New York''. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2010. o-edited with Bryan Waterman * ''Negative Liberties: Morrison, Pynchon, and the Problem of Liberal Ideology''. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 2001. * ''Joyce's Use of History in''

Finnegans Wake ''Finnegans Wake'' is a novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It is well known for its experimental style and reputation as one of the most difficult works of fiction in the Western canon. It has been called "a work of fiction which combines a bod ...

. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1984. Patell also served as associate editor for the first two volumes of the ''Cambridge History of American Literature'' (general editor,

) and contributed the "Emergent Literatures" section to volume seven, ''Prose Writing, 1940–1990.'' He is the co-editor (with Deborah Lindsay Williams) of ''The Oxford History of Literature in English: Volume 8, American Fiction after 1940'' (general editor, Patrick Parrinder).

Fellowships and honors

* Distinguished Teaching Award, NYU, 2004 * Golden Dozen Award, NYU, 2003 * Research Challenge Fund Grant, NYU, 2004, 1999, 1998, 1996 * Curricular Development Challenge Fund Grant, NYU, 2004, 1997 * Golden Dozen Teaching Award, NYU, 1995 * President's Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California, 1991-1993

References

External links

NYU Department of English

Bloomsbury Academic

Bloomsbury Popular Music

Cambridge University Press

NYU Press

Palgrave Macmillan
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