literary critic Professor of English
Rivkin received her Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from Yale University and is currently the Associate Dean of Faculty at Connecticut College, a member of the Modern Language Association, and Vice President of the Henry James Society.
She is best known for her publications on literary theory and Henry James, and has published several works on both subjects. Her other specializations include American literature and gender studies (publisher of the Henry James Review). In 1996, Rivkin published a book of essays titled: The Representational Logics of Henry James"s Fictions, which explores theoretical complications in Henry James"s novels The Ambassadors, The Wings of the Dove, What Maisie Knew, and The Awkward Age.
In 1998, Rivkin, co-editing with Michael Ryan, published, a comprehensive guide to contemporary Literary Theory which is used in many undergraduate and graduate courses of Literary Theory and cultural criticism at universities and colleges ranging from Dartmouth College to the University of Tennessee.
The large anthology covers topics ranging from Russian Formalism to the post-structuralist work of Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault. lieutenant has influenced other books on the subject and has been cited in publications by Bruce McComiskey in English Studies as well as Mary Klage"s Literary Theory: A Guide for the Perplexed and other publications on literary theory.
Modern Language Association.
