Background
Clingman, Stephen Roy was born on April 23, 1954 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Reginald and Madge Clingman. came to the United States, 1989.
(In Nadine Gordimer's view, the novel can present history ...)
In Nadine Gordimer's view, the novel can present history as historians cannot. Moreover, this presentation is not fictional in the sense of being "untrue." Rather, fiction deals with an area of activity usually inaccessible to the sciences of greater externally: the area in which historical process is registered as the subjective experience of individuals in society; fiction give us "history from the inside." Gordimer's novels give us an extraordinary and unique insight into historical experience in the period in which she writes.
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writer English language educator
Clingman, Stephen Roy was born on April 23, 1954 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Son of Reginald and Madge Clingman. came to the United States, 1989.
Bachelor, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1976. Bachelor with honors, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, England, 1983.
Visiting fellow, S. African Research Program Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1983-1984; postdoctoral fellow, African Studies Institute U. Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1984-1987; junior fellow, Society for Humanities, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1987-1988; assistant professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1989-1991; associate Professor of English, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1991-1995; Professor of English, U. Massachusetts, since 1995; chairman English Department, University Massachusetts, since 1996. Fellow Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, 1993-1994.
(In Nadine Gordimer's view, the novel can present history ...)
(Book by Clingman, Stephen)
Member Anti-censorship Action Group, South Africa, since 1986, Amnesty International, since 1990. Member Modern Language Association.
Married Moira Miller, July 18, 1978. Children: Amelia, Rebecca.