Gary Saul Morson

Gary Saul Morson
Residence United States
Occupation literary and cultural critic
Academic background
Alma mater Yale University (Ph.D.)
Academic work
Discipline Russian literature
Institutions Northwestern University

Gary Saul Morson (born 1948[1]) is an American literary critic and Slavist. He is Frances Hooper Professor of the Arts and Humanities at Northwestern University. He was Chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania for many years prior to leaving for Illinois.

His critique of literalist translation methods appeared in Commentary in 2010.[2]

Selected works

  • With Ivan Grave. Prosaics and Other Provocations: Empathy, Open Time, and the Novel. Brighton, Mass.: Academic Studies Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-6181-1161-6
  • Anna Karenina In Our Time: Seeing More Wisely. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2007. ISBN 0-300-10070-1, ISBN 978-0-300-10070-9
  • Narrative and Freedom: The Shadows of Time. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-300-06875-1, ISBN 978-0-300-06875-7
  • Edited with Elizabeth Cheresh Allen. Freedom and Responsibility in Russian Literature: Essays in Honor of Robert Louis Jackson. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8101-1146-2, ISBN 978-0-8101-1146-2
  • With Roger C Schank. Tell Me a Story: Narrative and Intelligence. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8101-1313-9, ISBN 978-0-8101-1313-8
  • With Caryl Emerson. Bakhtin: Creation of a Prosaics. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8047-1822-9, ISBN 978-0-8047-1822-6
  • Bakhtin: Essays and Dialogues on His Work. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986. ISBN 0-226-54133-9, ISBN 978-0-226-54133-4
  • Edited with Caryl Emerson. Rethinking Bakhtin: Extensions and Challenges. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1989. ISBN 0-8101-0810-0, ISBN 978-0-8101-0810-3
  • Hidden in Plain View: Narrative and Creative Potentials in "War and Peace". Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8047-1718-4, ISBN 978-0-8047-1718-2
  • The Boundaries of Genre: Dostoevsky's "Diary of a Writer" and the Traditions of Literary Utopia. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1988. ISBN 0-8101-0811-9, ISBN 978-0-8101-0811-0
  • Edited. Literature and History: Theoretical Problems and Russian Case Studies. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1986. ISBN 0-8047-1302-2, ISBN 978-0-8047-1302-3

Under the name Alicia Chudo

  • And Quiet Flows the Vodka, or When Pushkin Comes to Shove: The Curmudgeon's Guide to Russian Literature and Culture. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8101-1788-6, ISBN 978-0-8101-1788-4

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gary Saul Morson, Literature and History: Theoretical Problems and Russian Case Studies (Stanford University Press, 1986: ISBN 0-8047-1302-2), copyright page.
  2. ↑ Gary Saul Morson. "The Pevearsion of Russian Literature". Commentary, July 1, 2010.
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