Bert Arthur Bender

Background

Bender, Bert Arthur was born on January 29, 1938 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Son of Walter William and Fern Evelyn (Stroud) Bender.

Education

Bachelor, University Washington, Seattle, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Literature Theory, University California, Irvine, 1973.

Career

Professor American literature department English Arizona State University, Tempe, since 1971.

Works

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  • Evolution and "the Sex Problem" : American Narratives during the Eclipse of Darwinism

    (This is a scholarly study of naturalist and modernist fic...)

    2004

  • Catching the Ebb: Drift-fishing for a Live in Cook Inlet

    (This is a memoir, published by Oregon State University Pr...)

    2008
  • The Descent of Love: Darwin and the Theory of Sexual Selection in American Fiction, 1871-1926

    (This book is based on Darwin and his theory of sexual sel...)

  • Sea-Brothers: The Tradition of American Sea Fiction from Moby-Dick to the Present

    (Book by Bender, Bert)

  • Sea-Brothers: The Tradition of American Sea Fiction from Moby-Dick to the Present by Bender, Bert (1990) Paperback

• Other Work

  • Author: Sea-Brothers: The Tradition of American Sea Fiction from Moby Dick to the Present, 1988, The Descent of Love: Darwin and the Theory of Sexual Selection in American Fiction, 1871-1926, 1995. Contributor articles to professional journals.

Politics

Progressive

Membership

1st lieutenant United States Army, 1960-1962.

Interests

• Travel, hiking, music.

Connections

Married Roberta Burnett, June 1971 (di. ).

1 child, Nathan Todd. Married Judith C. Darknall, November 5, 1982.

Father:

Walter William Bender

Mother:

Fern Evelyn (Stroud) Bender

Spouse:

Roberta Burnett

Spouse:

Judith C. Darknall

child:

Nathan Todd Bender