Background
Friedman, Alan Warren was born on June 8, 1939 in Brooklyn. Son of Leon and Anne (Markowitz) Friedman.
(Death and dying once seemed definitive, public, and appro...)
Death and dying once seemed definitive, public, and appropriate; but the Industrial Revolution, the Great War, and the reenvisioning of reality by scientists and philosophers destabilized cultural norms. In Fictional Death and the Modernist Enterprise Friedman traces the semiotics of death and dying in twentieth-century fiction, history, and culture. He describes how modernist writers either elided rituals of dying, or, rediscovering the body, transformed Victorian "aesthetic death" into modern "dirty death." And he shows how, through postmodern fiction and AIDS narratives, death has once again become cultural currency.
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("Irishness" has often meant self-dramatization because Ir...)
"Irishness" has often meant self-dramatization because Ireland is commonly represented as a nation of storytellers, musicians, and virtuoso performers. Like many of their characters, Joyce and Beckett were superb musicians, creators of performance, and they sought both to evoke and exhaust the resources and rhythms of language and performance. In this groundbreaking work, Alan W. Friedman explores the rich historical and literary backgrounds of this distinctly Irish phenomenon. He explains its cultural significance and discusses the major works of both authors, illustrating the diverse ways in which Ireland is enacted. "Party Pieces" offers a distinct contribution to the critical study of Joyce and Beckett. Unlike other books on the subject of social performance, it places two great modern Irish writers within social and metaphorical conventions that are specifically moored in their Irishness. In so doing, the author shows how social performances not only impacted the works of Joyce and Beckett but also were central to their creative processes. Meticulously researched, convincingly argued, and clearly written, "Party Pieces" is an ideal reference for scholars of Joyce, Beckett, and Irish studies.
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Friedman, Alan Warren was born on June 8, 1939 in Brooklyn. Son of Leon and Anne (Markowitz) Friedman.
Student, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1961. Bachelor, Queens College, 1961. Master of Arts, New York University, 1962.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1966.
Graduate teaching assistant, U. Rochester, 1963-1964; instructor English, University Texas, Austin, 1964-1966; assistant professor, University Texas, Austin, 1966-1969; associate professor, University Texas, Austin, 1969-1976; professor, University Texas, Austin, since 1976; director honors program, University Texas, Austin, 1972-1976; chairman faculty senate, University Texas, Austin, 1987-1989. Senior Fulbright professor of University Lancaster, England, 1977-1978, University College, Galway, Ireland, 1995. Exchange professor Universite Paul Valery, Montpellier, France, 1985.
(Death and dying once seemed definitive, public, and appro...)
(Death and dying once seemed definitive, public, and appro...)
("Irishness" has often meant self-dramatization because Ir...)
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Chair Democratic Precinct Committee. Delegate state conventions. Founder, 1st president Neighborhood Association, Austin, 1973-1974.
Board directors Peace Education Center, Hillel Foundation, Austin Hospice, Frontline Theatre Company. Member Modern Language Association (delegate assembly 1977-1979, 82-84, 94-96, executive committee division on 20th century English literature 1992-1996), American Association of University Professors (president University Texas chapter 1979-1984, national council 1989-1992, national executive committee 1991-1992, chair committee governance 1992-1995), Texas Higher Education Coordinator Board (chair faculty advisory committee 1992-1995), Texas Association College Teachers, National Collegiate Honors Council, Fulbright Alumni Association (president central Texas chapter), Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Elizabeth Butler Cullingford, November 22, 1985. Children: Eric Lawrence, Scot Bradley, Lorraine Eve, Daniel Butler.