Background
Mudrick, Marvin was born on July 17, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jacob and Yetta (Minkus) Mudrick.
Mudrick, Marvin was born on July 17, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jacob and Yetta (Minkus) Mudrick.
Bachelor of Arts, Temple University, 1942; Master of Arts, University of California-Berkeley, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California-Berkeley, 1949.
He created the university"s College of Creative Studies in 1967 and was its provost until forced out by Chancellor Robert Huttenback in 1984. He wrote 100 essays on books for The Hudson Review and published five collections of his essays on books and writers. He also wrote for The New York Review of Books and Harper"son
As a teacher at UCSB, he ranked as an instructor from 1949 to 1951, an assistant professor from 1951 to 1957, an associate professor from 1957 to 1963, a full professor from 1963 to 1986, and the provost of the College of Creative Studies from 1967 to 1984.
(Essays on Kafka, Lawrence, Austen, johnson, Trollope, Sai...)
(, viii, 267 pages with index at the rear)
(Book by Mudrick, Marvin)
(5.5" x 8.5", burgundy cloth cover, 267 pp. including index.)
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member P.E.N. American.
Married Jeanne I. Little, November 1, 1946. Children: Lee Arthur, Ann Elisabeth, Ellen Jeanne, Jane Harper.