Poirier, Richard

Richard Poirier
Professor Emeritus of English At Rutgers
At Rutgers Since: 1963
Retired Since: 2002
Primary Areas of Specialization: Critical and Literary Theory; Cultural Studies
Book(s):

The Performing Self

The Work Of Knowing

Trying It Out in America
Bio: Professor Emeritus Richard Poirier is the author of Trying It Out in America: Literary and Other PerformancesThe Performing Self: Compositions and Decompositions in the Languages of Contemporary Life (1992), and Robert Frost: The Work of Knowing (1977). He was a Professor of Literature for Rutgers University and Chair of the English Department (1963). He was founder of the literary journal Raritan: A Quarterly Review, and the Library of America. But some agree that his most important contribution came in his criticism, which tried to convey why the act of reading is — and should be — so difficult. (1999),
Education: PhD, Harvard University MA, Yale University BA, Amherst College

Other Information of Interest

Richard Poirier, a Scholar of Literature, Dies at 83 by Bruce Weber, New York Times
Richard Poirier: A critic who made his mark from New England to New Jersey by Benjamin Ivry, NJ Voices guest blogger
College Hill Review Editor's Blog
In Honor of Richard Poirier College Hill Review
The Library of America by Myra Jehlen (Future Traditions Magazine, Issue 1)
LOOKING BACK: Rutgers in the 1970s - Richard Poirier (Future Traditions Magazine, Issue 1)
LOOKING BACK: Rutgers in the 1960s - Richard Poirier (Future Traditions Magazine, 2006-2007)
Tom Edwards by Richard Poirier
Barry V. Qualls: Teacher, Mentor Friend by Ernest G. Jacob (Future Traditions Magazine, 2006-2007)
Rutgers' Raritan Quarterly Celebrates 25 Years by Alice Roche Cody, Rutgers Focus (2007)
Ahead of Their Time by Amy Vames, Rutgers Focus (1999)