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