Background
Ruland, Richard Eugene was born on May 1, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Eugene John and Irene (Janette) Ruland.
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From Modernist/Postmodernist perspective, leading critics Richard Ruland (American) and Malcolm Bradbury (British) address questions of literary and cultural nationalism. They demonstrate that since the seventeenth century, American writing has reflected the political and historical climate of its time and helped define America's cultural and social parameters. Above all, they argue that American literature has always been essentially "modern," illustrating this with a broad range of texts: from Poe and Melville to Fitzgerald and Pound, to Wallace Stevens, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Thomas Pynchon. From Puritanism to Postmodernism pays homage to the luxuriance of American writing by tracing the creation of a national literature that retained its deep roots in European culture while striving to achieve cultural independence.
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Ruland, Richard Eugene was born on May 1, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Eugene John and Irene (Janette) Ruland.
Bachelor, Assumption College University Western Ontario, Canada, 1953. Master of Arts, University Detroit, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1960.
Instructor, then assistant Professor of English and American studies, Yale University, New Haven, 1960-1967;
Morse research fellow, Yale University, New Haven, 1966-1967;
Professor of English and American literature, Washington University, St. Louis, since 1967;
department chairman English, Washington University, St. Louis, 1969-1974;
chairman comparative literature program, 1993-1994. Visiting Bruern professor American literature Leeds (England) University, 1964-1965. Visiting Fulbright professor of University Groningen, The Netherlands, 1975, School of English and American Studies U. East Anglia, England, 1978-1979.
Visiting distinguished professor American literature College of William and Mary, 1980-1981.
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Member Association Departments English (president 1974).
Married Mary Ann Monaghan. Children: Joseph, Michael, Paul, Susan. Married Birgit Noll.