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Evans, Arthur Bruce was born on October 24, 1948 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard Albert and Mary Kathleen (Meares) Evans.
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This brilliant study of Verne's three cycles (1850-62, 1862-86, 1886-1916) analyzes the works from a biographical, sociohistorical, ideological, and narratological point of view. With a deep focus on Verne's pedagogical slant, Evans demonstrates convincingly the parallels between the French author's aim to 'de-alienate' science and his aim to valorize learning, knowledge, and reading (his heroes conquer more knowledge for themselves and for the world). Choice This first modern American study of Jules Verne offers a wide-ranging reappraisal of a very familiar but often misunderstood author and his works. In spite of his status as one of the most translated novelists of all time, Verne and his Voyages Extraordinaires have long been neglected in American literary scholarship. This book seeks to reaffirm Verne's significant contribution to the development of early science fiction through a detailed investigation of his romans scientifiques. Evans has focused his study on the didactic dimension of Verne's narratives, which were originally intended to teach the rudements of science and morality to French youth through the medium of popular fiction.
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Evans, Arthur Bruce was born on October 24, 1948 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard Albert and Mary Kathleen (Meares) Evans.
Bachelor, Tufts University, 1970. Master of Arts, Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, 1972. Master of Arts, Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1979.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1985.
Teaching assistant, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1969-1970; teacher, Montpelier (Vermont) High School, 1970-1978; adjunct instructor, Community College Vermont, Montpelier, 1974-1975; preceptor French, Columbia University, New York City, 1981-1983; assistant professor, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1985-1990; associate professor romance languages, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, since 1990; department chairman romance languages, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, since 1994. Consultant Heinle & Heinle Publications, Boston, 1989, Nineteenth Century French Studies and other journals, since 1988.
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Member Modern Language Association, American Association of University Professors, American Association Teachers of French, Jules Verne Society, Amnesty International.
Married Mary Agnes Bertha, July 4, 1970 (divorced September 1978). 1 child, Kelly Kristin Evans. Married Janice Elaine Lemmink, April 26, 1986.
1 child, Seth Houston Mishler.