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PERSONAL
Name: Philip Goldstein
Rank: Emeritus Professor of
English
Business Address: The University of Delaware
Wilmington, DE 19801
Home Address: * ******* ***
Newark, DE 19711
Home Phone: 302-***-****
Email address: *****@****.***
Homepage: http://udel.edu/~pgold/webpage/HomepagePG.html
EDUCATION
1985 (January): Ph.D, English
Department, Temple University
1977 (January): M.A., English
Department, Temple University
1973: Teaching Certification,
Secondary English
1971: M.A. plus thirty credits,
Department of Philosophy,
Temple University.
1966: B.A., English, Columbia College of Columbia University
AWARDS
University of Delaware grants of $2500 in support of the conference on American Reception
Study, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2005
A University of Delaware improvement of instruction grant of $13,800 for the Pathways (general
education) course Values and the Community, 2001
Laptop computer award for
innovative teaching, College of Arts & Sciences, 1999
General University
of Delaware Research Grant, Summer, 1993
Tuition Scholarship, The School of
Literary Criticism and Theory at Northwestern, Summer, 1981
Graduate Teaching
Assistantship, Dept. of English, Temple U., 1979 80
Semi Finalist,
Fulbright Hays Research Grant to France, 1977
NDEA Title IV
Fellowship, Dept. of Philosophy, Temple U., 1968 71
Full Tuition
Scholarship, Columbia University, 1962 66
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
Books in Print:
American Reading Practices: Between Aesthetics and Politics (Palgrave/MacMillan Press, 2009) See http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=325283
American Reception Study: Reconsiderations and New
Directions.
Edited
by Philip Goldstein and James Machor (Oxford University Press 2008) See http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/LiteratureEnglish/LiteraryTheory/?view=usa&ci=
Post-Marxist Theory: An Introduction (SUNY-Albany Press 2005). See
http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61040
Communities of
Cultural Value: Reception Study, Political Differences,
and Literary
History Lexington Books Division of Rowman & Littlefield (November
2001)
Reception Study:
From Literary Theory to Cultural Studies (An anthology) Ed.
and
Intro. by Philip Goldstein and James Machor. Routledge Press (2001)
Styles of
Cultural Activism: From Theory and Pedagogy to Women, Indians,
and
Communism. Ed. and Intro. by Philip Goldstein. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1993.
The Politics of
Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Marxist Cultural Theory. Gainesville, FLA: The University of Florida Press, 1990.
Journals:
Editor-in-Chief, Reception:Texts, Readers, Audiences, History (http://www.english.udel.edu//RSSsite)
Accepted for Publication or in Print:
1. Reception and/or (in)fusion:
Interpretation and Literary Institutions in the 21st Century. Romancing
Theory, Riding Interpretation: (In)fusion Approach, Salman Rushdie.
Ed. Ranjan Ghosh (New York: Peter Lang,
2012)
2. The Modernist Fiction of Ellison and Morrison: Between Communism and Black Art, Black Writers and the Left. Ed. Kristin Moriah. (New York: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010)
3. "Marxist
Theory: From Aesthetic Critique to Cultural Politics." A Left Ontology.
Ed. Carsten Strathausen (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009):
152-81.
4. Richard
Wright s Native Son: Between Naturalist Protest and Modernist
Liberation. American Reception Study: Reconsiderations and New
Directions. Ed. Philip Goldstein and James Machor (New York: Oxford
University Press, 2008): 119-38.
5.
"Reading and the Politics of Sara Paretsky's Detective Fiction The
Reader
(Winter
2007): 71-84.
6. "From
Communism to Black Studies and Beyond: The Reception of Richard Wright s Native
Son" Richard Wright s Native Son. Ed Ana Marie Fraile (New York:
Rodopi
Press, 2007): 21-35.
7. Black Feminism
and the Canon: Faulkner s Absalom, Absalom! and Morrison s
Beloved as
Gothic Romances, The Faulkner Journal XX (Fall 2004/Spring 2005):
133-47.
8. Reader-Response
Criticism, in The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory
and Criticism,
2nd Edition (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005).
9. From Althusserian Science to Foucauldian
Materialism: The Later Work of Pierre Macherey, Rethinking Marxism, 16
(July 2004): 327-38.
10.
"Poststructuralist Theory and Democratic Politics: The Postmarxism of
Ernesto Laclau and
Chantal Mouffe," in Postmodernism: Key Figures. Edited
by Joseph Natoli.
Blackwell Press, 2002.
11. "Orwell as
a Neoconservative: The Reception of 1984," The Journal of the
Midwest Modern
Language Association (Winter 2000).
12. "Critical
Realism or Black Modernism?: The Reception of Their Eyes Were
Watching God,"
The Reader (Spring 1999): 1-20.
13. "Hamlet:
idealism, reception, history" The Society for the Study of
European Ideas
(November 1998).
14. "Communism
and Postmodern Theory: A Revaluation of Althusser's Marxism." Rethinking
Marxism, 10, 3 (Fall 1997): 79-98.
15. "Telling
the Ugly Truth: Communism, Theory, Spies, Art," History of
European Ideas,
20, 1-3 (1995): 219-24.
16. Introduction,
"The Legacy of Louis Althusser," Studies in 20th Century Literature,
18, 1 (Winter, 1994): 9-13. A special issue edited by Philip
Goldstein.
17.
"Althusserian Theory: From Structuralist Science to Foucaultian
History."
Studies in 20th
Century Literature, 18, 1 (Winter, 1994): 15-26.
18. Introduction, Styles
of Cultural Activism: From Theory and Pedagogy to
Women, Indians,
and Communism. Ed. and Intro. by Philip Goldstein (Newark:
University of
Delaware Press, 1993): 7-10.
19."Althusser,
Foucault, and Affirmative History," in Styles of Cultural
Activism: From
Theory and Pedagogy to Women, Indians, and Communism. Ed.
and Intro. by
Philip Goldstein (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1993): 32-47.
20."Telling
the Ugly Truth: Communism, Theory, Spies, Art," in Styles of
Cultural
Activism: From Theory and Pedagogy to Women, Indians, and Communism.
Ed. and Intro. by
Philip Goldstein (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1993):
233-55.
21. Communism,
Resistance, Postmodernism." Nature, Society, Thought, 4, 4 (1991):
429-40.
22."Criticism
and Institutions: The Conflicted Reception of Jane Austen's
Fiction." Studies
in the Humanities, 18, 1 (1991):35-55.
23."The
Politics of Fredric Jameson's Literary Criticism," Postmodernism/Jameson/Critique
(Spring, 1989: Maisonneuve): 249-67.
24. "Humanism
and the Politics of Truth," Boundary 2 Fall/Winter, 1984/1985):
235-58.
25. "Logic,
Writing and Deconstruction Can the Media Make Sense?" Bulletin,
MLA of Pennsylvania
(Fall, 1984).
26.
"Romanticism and Modernity in Marxist Literary Criticism," in Continuity
and Change in
Marxist Theory, ed. Norman Fischer and others (Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press, l983): 70-85.
27."Hamlet
Not a World of its Own," Shakespeare Studies,
XII(1980): 71-82.
COURSES TAUGHT:
University of Delaware (1976 77, 78 present)
ENGL. 110:
Freshman Composition
ENGL. 015:
Preparatory English
ENGL. 204:
American Writers II
ENGL. 206:
British Writers II
ENGL. 209:
Intro to the Novel
ENGL. 210: The
Short Story
Phil 244:
Philosophy of Art
ENGL. 300:
Texts and Contexts
ENGL. 324:
Shakespeare
ENGL. 341: Am.
Lit. From 1865 to WWII
ENGL. 345: African-American Lit. II
ENGL. 480: Modern Criticism
ENGL. 685: Cultural Theory
ENGL. 684: History of Literary
Criticism
SELECTED SERVICE
Conference Papers
(since 1995)
43. "Culture Wars: A
Roundtable," Cultural Studies Symposium, Kansas State University, March 9-11, 1995
44. "Men, Spies, Art: From `Rambo'
to Zuckerman," Popular Culture Association, Philadelphia, April 12-15,
1995
45. "Pride and Prejudice:
From Humble Chronicle to Feminist Critique," Northeast Modern Language
Association, Boston, March 31-April 1, 1995, and The Society For the Study of
Narrative Literature, Park City, Utah, April 20-22, 1995
46. "Cold War Fiction: From
`Rambo' to Zuckerman," New York College English Association, April 30,
1995
47. "Althusser, Derrida, and
Postmodern Cultural Theory," Midwest Modern Language Association, St.
Louis, November 2-4, 1995, The American Philosophical Association, New York,
December 27-30, 1995, and The International Society for the Study of European
Ideas, Utrecht, Netherlands, August 19-24, 1996
48. "Ideological Conformity in
(Post)modernist American Fiction: Nabakov, Kundera, Roth,"
Twentieth-Century Literature Conference, Louisville, February 22-24, 1996
49. "Cultural Studies,
Anti-Theory, and Reception," Discerning the Right, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, March 8-10,1996, and American Comparative Literature Association
Meeting, Notre Dame University, April 11-13, 1996.
50. "Dramas of Marxism: Althusser,
Communism, and Postmodern Theory," The International Association for
Philosophy and Literature 1996 Conference, George Mason University, May 7-11,
1996.
51. "Hamlet in the Culture
Wars," The Summer Institute on Culture and Society, George Mason
University, June 8-11, and The International Society for the Study of European
Ideas, Utrecht, Netherlands, August 19-24, 1996.
52. "Pride and Prejudice:
From Humble Chronicle to Feminist Critique," Michigan College English Association, Michigan State University, October 4-5, 1996.
53. "Institutions of
Literary/Cultural Value," Midwest Modern Language Association, Minneapolis, November 7-9, 1996.
54. "Orwell as a Neoconservative:
The Reception of 1984," Twentieth-Century Literature Conference,
Louisville, February 20-22, 1997, and The Popular Culture Association, San
Antonio, Texas, March 26-9, 1997.
55.
"Marxism and/as Humanism: The Reception of Hamlet," and Chair
and Respondent, "The Reception of Modern American Women Writers," The
Midwest MLA, November 5-7, 1998, St. Louis, Missouri
56. "Gender, Spies, and Art: From
Spillane, Fleming, and LeCarr to Kundera and Roth," MLA, San Francisco, December 27-30, 1998
57. "Critical Realism or Black
(Post)Modernism? The Reception of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were
Watching God," MLA, San Francisco, December 27-30, 1998; keynote
address, conference on "Forgotten
Voices of the Twentieth Century," School of
Languages, University of Westminster, London, Saturday, June 5, 1999; and guest lecture,
Department of English, Nottingham-Trent University, June 30, 1999.
58. "Conformity or Resistance? The Reception of
Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Sula The Midwest MLA Nov. 3-5, 1999
Minneapolis, MN.
59. Feminism and Formal Study: Sandra
Gilbert and Susan Gubar as Radicals, Modern Language Association, December
27-30, 1999, Chicago, Ill.
60. Reception
Study and Multiculturalism, Modern Language Association, December 27-30, 1999,
Chicago, Ill.
61. Critical Theory and Literary
History: Foucault vs (Post)Modernism, Second Annual University of South
Carolina Comparative Literature Conference, March 16-18, 2000, Columbia, South Carolina
62. Communities of Value:
Deconstruction, Reception, History, Northeast Modern Language Association
Convention, April 7-8, 2000, Buffalo, NY.
63. "Post-Structuralist Theory and
Democratic Politics: The Marxism of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe,"
International Association for Philosophy and Literature, May 9-13, 2000, Stony Brook, NY.
64. "PostMarxism and Literary History: From Realism
to Reception Study" RETHINKING MARXISM Conference 21-24 September 2000 University of Massachusetts at Amherst
65. The Canon and Black Feminism: the Reception of
Faulkner s Absalom, Absalom and Morrison s Beloved M/MLA
Convention November 2-4, 2000, Kansas City, Missouri, and the NEMLA Convention
March 29-31, Hartford, Connecticut.
66.
Gender and Genre in Paretsky and
Spillane, Popular Culture Association, April 12-15, 2001, Philadelphia, PA.
67.
"Faulkner, Morrison, and Gothic Romance," the International Gothic
Association Conference, June 14-17, 2001, Vancouver, Canada.
68.
Michel Foucault, Cultural Studies, and Reception Study, Cultural Studies:
Between Politics and Ethics (An International Interdisciplinary Conference),
6-8 July 2001, Bath, England.
69.
Black Feminism and the Canon: Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom and Morrison's
Beloved as Gothic Romances, American Women Writers of Color Conference,
October 19-21, 2001, Ocean City, MD
70.
Gender and Genre in Sara Paretsky s and
Mickey Spillane s Detective Fiction, Midwest Modern Language Association, Nov.
1-3, 2001, Cleveland, Ohio,
71.
The Feminist Post-Marxism of Judith Butler, MLG Summer Institute on Culture
and Society, Carnegie Mellon University, June 26-23, 2002.
72.
Gender
and Genre in Sara Paretsky s Mysteries, Crossroads: The Fourth International
Conference in Cultural Studies, Tampere, Finland, June 29-July 2, 2002.
73.
Feminism and Gothic Horror in Frankenstein and Northanger Abbey,
Midwest Modern Language Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nov. 8-10, 2002.
74.
"Reception Study: Between Aesthetics and Politics," Department of
Rhetoric, University of California at Berkeley, April 30, 2003, and the
International Association of Philosophy and Literature, Leeds, England, May 27,
2003.
75.
Canonical Art and Gothic Horror: The
Changing Status of Frankenstein and Northanger Abbey,Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 8-10, 2003
76.
"Sex, Gender, and Race: Judith Butler's Post-Marxist Feminism,"
American Comparative Literature Association, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 18,
2004
77. "Richard
Wright s Native Son: From Communism to Black Studies and Beyond."
The Midwest Modern Language Association, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov. 5, 2004;
Modern Language Association, Dec. 29, 2004; and the American Literature
Association, Boston, May 2005.
78.
"Reception Study: Between Aesthetics
and Politics," American Comparative Literature Association, March, 2005.
79.
Reading Sites and the Politics of Sara Paretsky's Detective
Fiction. MMLA, Milwaukee, November 11-13, 2005
80.
Marxist Cultural Theory: Between Aesthetics and Politics, Modern Language
Association, December 27-30, 2005, Washington, DC
81.
Gothic Horror, High Art, and the Modern Humanities: the Changing Status of Frankenstein
and Northanger Abbey Cultural Studies Association, George Mason University, April 19-22, 2006
82.
"Between Aesthetics and Politics: The Reception of Faulkner's Light in
August and Morrison's Jazz" American Literature Association, San
Francisco, May 26-9, 2006
83.
Post-Althusserian Cultural Theory, Rethinking Marxism Conference, Amherst, MA, Oct. 26-28, 2006.
84.
The Politics of Reception Study and Liberal Realism, Race, and Huckleberry
Finn, The Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, November 9-12,
2006
85.
Interpretation, Politics, and Evil and Reception and Literary Theory:
Teaching Hamlet, Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, December
27-30 2006
86.
Invited lecture on post-Marxism, Central Bureau of Translations and Compilations
and the Chinese Institute on Contemporary Marxism, Beijing, China, July 23,
200787. Realism, liberalism, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnand Evil, Interpretation, and Politics: Twenty-first Century Post-Marxist Cultural Theory, Reception Study Society Conference, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Sept. 27-29, 2007
88. (Post)Marxist Cultural Theory:
From Pierre Macherey to John Frow, Cultural Studies Association, New York
University, May 24, 2008.
89. Adorno s Aesthetics and the Ethics
of Critique, Institute for Cultural and Society, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, June 14, 2008.
90.
Aesthetic Theory: From Ideological
Critique to Cultural Practices, Cultural Studies Association, Kansas City,
Missouri, April 17, 2009
91.
The Modernist Fiction of Ellison and Morrison: Between Communism and Black
Art, American Literature Association, Boston, Massachusetts, May 23, 2009
92.
From Aesthetics to Reception Theory: Adorno,
Derrida,
Foucault, Reception Study Society conference, Purdue University, Sept. 9, 2009
93.
"Gender, Genre, and Rhetoric in Sara Paretsky's Detective
Fiction," Society for the Study of American Women Writers,
Oct. 24, 2009, Philadelphia, PA
94. The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn: From Liberal Realism to Multiculturalism. Modern Language
Association Convention, Dec. 27-30, 2009, Philadelphia, PA
95. Aesthetic Theory: From Adorno to
Cultural History. American Comparative Literature Association, New Orleans,
LA, Apr. 1-4, 2010.
96. Modernism and/or Black Nationalism
in
William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, and Toni
Morrison, The Faulkner/Morrison Conference, Southeast Missouri State
University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Oct. 29,
2010
97. Morality and Parody in Jane
Austen s Northanger Abbey, Midwest Modern Language Association,
Chicago, Illinois, Nov. 5, 2010
98. The
Modernist Fiction of Ellison and Morrison: Between Communism and Black Art,
Modern Language Association, Los Angeles, CA, Jan. 6-9, 2011.
99.
How to Read Modern Culture. Cultural Studies Association, Columbia College,
Chicago, ILL., March 24-26, 2011
100.
How to Read Modern Fiction, Reception Study Society Conference, North West
Missouri State University, Sept. 8-10.
101.
Reading Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and Light in August: Between Naturalism and
(anti)Detective Fiction, MMLA, St. Louis, Nov. 3-5, 2011
102.
Between Communism and Black Power: Ellison and Morrison as Modernists,
American Literature Association, San
Francisco, 5/24-26.
University Service
President, Arts & Science College Senate, 1997-98, and 2005-06
Various Assoc. of Arts Program and
College and University Committees
EMPLOYMENT
2001-present
Professor of English and Philosophy, University of Delaware
1990-2001
Associate Professor, English and
Philosophy, U. of Delaware
1984-1990
Assistant Professor, English and
Philosophy, U. of Delaware
1978 1984 Instructor, University of Delaware
1977 78
Instructor, English and Philosophy, Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA 16504
1976 77
Instructor, University of Delaware
1975 77
Instructor, Goldey Beacom
College, Wilmington, DE
1974 75
English teacher, Clayton High School, Clayton, N.J.
1973 74
English Teacher, West Morris Regional
High School, Chester, N.J.
REFERENCES
Steven Mailloux
President s
Professor of Rhetoric
Department of English
Loyola
Marymount University
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Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659
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Professor James Machor
Department of English
106 Denison Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas 66506-0701
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Professor Patrocinio Schweikart
Department of English and Women's
Studies
Heavilon Hall
Purdue University
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West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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