Background
Torgovnick, Marianna De Marco was born on August 31, 1949 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Salvatore and Rose (Cozzitorto) De Marco.
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Marianna Torgovnick maintains that it is worthwhile to think about novels in terms of the visual arts--in part because major novelists like James, Lawrence, and Woolf did so, and did so fruitfully, as they were influenced by their perceptions of artistic movements. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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In this acclaimed book, Torgovnick explores the obsessions, fears, and longings that have produced Western views of the primitive. Crossing an extraordinary range of fields (anthropology, psychology, literature, art, and popular culture), Gone Primitive will engage not just specialists but anyone who has ever worn Native American jewelry, thrilled to Indiana Jones, or considered buying an African mask. "A superb book; and—in a way that goes beyond what being good as a book usually implies—it is a kind of gift to its own culture, a guide to the perplexed. It is lucid, usually fair, laced with a certain feminist mockery and animated by some surprising sympathies."—Arthur C. Danto, New York Times Book Review "An impassioned exploration of the deep waters beneath Western primitivism. . . . Torgovnick's readings are deliberately, rewardingly provocative."—Scott L. Malcomson, Voice Literary Supplement
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( Marianna Torgovnick maintains that it is worthwhile to ...)
Marianna Torgovnick maintains that it is worthwhile to think about novels in terms of the visual arts--in part because major novelists like James, Lawrence, and Woolf did so, and did so fruitfully, as they were influenced by their perceptions of artistic movements. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Torgovnick, Marianna De Marco was born on August 31, 1949 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Salvatore and Rose (Cozzitorto) De Marco.
Bachelor, New York University, 1970; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1975.
Assistant professor, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1975-1981; from assistant to associate professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1981-1985; professor, Duke U., Durham, since 1987; chairman English department, Duke U., Durham, since 1996. Consultant Modern Language Association, University of Chicago Press, Princeton University Press, Cornell Univercity Press.
( Marianna Torgovnick maintains that it is worthwhile to ...)
( Marianna Torgovnick maintains that it is worthwhile to ...)
( In this acclaimed book, Torgovnick explores the obsessi...)
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Member Modern Language Association (executive division literature and anthropology 1990-1992, biography and life writing since 1996, commission on academic rights and responsibilities), International Society for the Study of Time.
Married Stuart Joseph Torgovnick, December 22, 1968. Children: Kate, Elizabeth.