Paul FUSSELL

Background

Fussell, Paul was born on March 22, 1924 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Paul and Wilhma Wilson (Sill) Fussell.

Education

Bachelor, Pomona College, California, 1947. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Pomona College, California, 1981. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1949.

Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1952. Master of Arts (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1983. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Monmouth University, New Jersey, 1985.

Career

Instructor English,, Connecticut College, 1951-1955; member of faculty, Rutgers University, since 1955; John DeWitt Professor of English literature, Rutgers University, 1976-1983; Donald T. Regan Professor of English literature, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1983-1994; professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1994. Consultant editor Random House, 1963-1964. Lecturer American universities, since 1965.

Visiting professor Kings College, London, 1990-1992.

Achievements

• Paul Fussell has been listed as a notable Author, English literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Poetic Meter and Poetic Form

    (Excerpts from distinctive poems illustrate the author's a...)

  • The Great War and Modern Memory

    (The year 2000 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the p...)

  • The Great War and Modern Memory

    (Winner of both the National Book Award and the National B...)

  • The Great War and Modern Memory: The Illustrated Edition

    ( Paul Fussell’s award-winning landmark study of World Wa...)

  • Abroad: British Literary Traveling between the Wars

    (A book about the meaning of travel, about how important t...)

  • Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

    (The bestselling, comprehensive, and carefully researched ...)

  • By Fussell, Paul ( Author ) { Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic DOING BATTLE: THE MAKING OF A SKEPTIC By Fussell, Paul ( Author )Jan-07-1998 Paperback } Jan-1998 Paperback
  • Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear

    ( From Boy Scouts to soldiers, nurses to UPS workers, che...)

  • The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 (Modern Library Chronicles)

    (The Boys’ Crusade is the great historian Paul Fussell’s u...)

  • Bad Or, the Dumbing of America

    (The author of Class has created a satirical reference wor...)

  • BY Fussell, Paul ( Author ) { Samuel Johnson and the Life of Writing By Fussell, Paul ( Author ) Apr - 17- 1986 ( Paperback ) }
  • Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear (Paperback) - Common

    (According to the renowned social critic and historian Pau...)

  • The Boys' Crusade: American G.I.'s in Europe: Chaos and Fear in World War Two

    (This book is a brilliant antidote to the military romanti...)

  • The Boys' Crusade: American G.I.s in Europe - Chaos and Fear in World War Two

    (This book is a brilliant antidote to the military romanti...)

  • Samuel Johnson and the Life of Writing

    ( “Fresh, alert, commanding and likely to be a landmark i...)

  • The Great War and Modern Memory FOLIO SOCIETY Edition

    (Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for ...)

  • The Great War and Modern Memory (Galaxy Books) by Fussell, Paul published by Oxford University Press, USA Paperback

    (Highly-regard author Paul Fussell. Non-fiction. World War...)

  • Class: A Guide Through the American Status System by Fussell, Paul (1992) Paperback
  • Uniforms: Why We Are; What We Wear.
  • Samuel Johnson and the Life of Writing by Paul Fussell (1986-04-17)
  • Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic
  • The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell (2013-06-12)
  • Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War 1st edition by Fussell, Paul (1989) Hardcover
  • By Paul Fussell - Class: A Guide Through the American Status System (1983-10-16) Hardcover
  • Great War And Modern Memory - Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition
  • By Paul Fussell - Poetic Meter and Poetic Form: 1st (first) Edition
  • Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear by Fussell, Paul (2003) Paperback
  • By Paul Fussell - The Great War and Modern Memory: 25th (fifth) Edition
  • Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic DOING BATTLE: THE MAKING OF A SKEPTIC By Fussell, Paul ( Author )Jan-07-1998 Paperback
  • Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic by Paul Fussell (1998-01-07)
  • (Poetic Meter and Poetic Form) Author: Paul Fussell published on (June, 1979)
  • The Anti-Egoist: Kingsley Amis Man Of Letters
  • Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War
  • Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War
  • Class: A Guide Through the American Status System by Paul Fussell (1-Oct-1983) Hardcover
  • The Great War and Modern Memory Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 25 Anv edition
  • (The Great War and Modern Memory) Author: Paul Fussell published on (June, 2000)
  • The Great War and Modern Memory 25 Anv edition
  • (Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic ) Author: Paul Fussell Jan-1998
  • Wartime : Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War (UNCORRECTED PROOF)
  • (Class: A Guide Through the American Status System) Author: Paul Fussell published on (October, 1992)
  • Class: A Guide Through the American Status System by Paul Fussell (1992-10-01)

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow Royal Society Literature, Society of America Historians. Member Modern Language Association, Academy Literature Studies.

Interests

• Reading.

Connections

Married Betty Ellen Harper, June 17, 1949 (divorced 1987). Children: Rosalind, Samuel. Married Harriette Rhawn Behringer, April 11, 1987.

Father:

Paul Fussell

Mother:

Wilhma Wilson (Sill) Fussell

Spouse:

Harriette Rhawn Behringer

Spouse:

Betty Ellen Harper

child:

Samuel Fussell

child:

Rosalind Fussell