Background
Brenner, Gerry was born on October 7, 1937 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Eugene Nansen and Gladys Marie (Western) Brenner.
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Genre-bending experiments that appropriate, impersonate, and speak through already-created literary characters in order to offer fresh interpretations of well-known literary works. In these inventive and genre-bending critical essays, Gerry Brenner provides fresh interpretations of classic literary works by empowering significant characters to represent themselves as legitimate readers with strong responses. Through imaginary interviews, letters, "dialogues of the dead," a revised ending, and a training report, he gives voice to characters from the biblical Book of Ruth, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, The Maltese Falcon, and others. Instead of asking readers to read his interpretation of a text (i.e., a critic's interpretation from the outside), Brenner asks them to read a character's or historical or imagined person's interpretation (a reader-response interpretation from the inside). Challenging the long-dominant depersonalization of literary criticism, Brenner enlivens the effect, value, and significance of scholarly and critical writing. "A very fine contribution to reader-response criticism and to the teaching of literature." — James Phelan, author of Narrative as Rhetoric: Technique, Audiences, Ethics, Ideology "The book's fascinating recreation and reinterpretation of canonical literary characters is a linguistic tour de force. It's bound to raise new questions about and therefore new interpretations of some of the most compelling stories in world literature." — Jeffrey Berman, author of Risky Writing: Self-Disclosure and Self-Transformation in the Classroom
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Brenner, Gerry was born on October 7, 1937 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Eugene Nansen and Gladys Marie (Western) Brenner.
Bachelor, University Washington, Seattle, 1961. Master of Arts, University Washington, Seattle, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, Seattle, 1965.
Assistant professor University Idaho, Moscow, 1965-1967. Associate professor Boise State University, 1967-1968. Assistant professor University Montana, Missoula, 1968-1971, associate professor, 1971-1978, professor English, since 1978.
Fulbright senior lecturer University Cyril & Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia, 1980-1981. Exchange professor literature LaTrobe University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1994-1995. Exchange professor of America literature University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, 2001—2002.
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Member advisory board Institute Medicine and Humanities, Missoula, Montana, 1989-1993, executive board, 1995-1999. Trustee, secretary Hemingway Foundation/Society, 1996-1999. Executive committee United States Healthcare-Reform Symposium, Missoula, 1990-1991.
Member air-pollution advanced council Missoula City-County Health Department, 1988-1992. With United States Army, 1955-1957. Member Modern Language Association, Hemingway Society, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Society for Study of Narrative Literature, American Literature Association, Phi Kappa Phi (treasurer 1997-1998, public affairs officer 1998-1999).
Married Teresa Joan Mays, June 11, 1960. Children: Patrick Mays, Kyle Frederick, John Keegan. Married Frances Aileen Hill, July 18, 2004.
