HR job title
- Retired Professor
- Contact Info
- 1 979 845 8321
Clark, William Professor
Positions
- Professor, English, College of Arts and Sciences
I have published widely on a range of topics in American literary study, though my primary interest is in the literature of the American South. I am also the General Editor of the Robert Penn Warren Correspondence Project.
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Overview
Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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WARREN, R. P
(2015).
Invitation to a dance: A “LOST” story. The Yale Review.
103(2), 98-105.
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Clark, W. B.
(2009).
The Black Dispatch: A Window on Ralph Ellison's First World. The Mississippi Quarterly: the journal of Southern culture.
62(1-2), 3-18.
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Clark, W. B
(2006).
Band of Angels at Fifty. Southern Quarterly.
43(2), 176-185.
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Clark, W. B
(2006).
Warren and Pasinetti: A Study in Friendship. South Carolina Review.
38(2), 146-154.
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Clark, W. B.
(2006).
Undermining him with guesses ('Ralph Ellison, A biography', Arnold Rampersad). The Mississippi Quarterly: the journal of Southern culture.
60(1), 217-221.
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Bedford Clark, W.
(2005).
Katherine Anne Porter: The life of an artist. The Mississippi Quarterly: the journal of Southern culture.
58(3-4), 827-829.
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Clark, W. B
(2002).
Letters from Home: Filial Guilt in Robert Penn Warren. 110(3), 385-405.
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Clark, W. B
(1997).
Nothing personal. Academic Questions.
11(1), 37-37.
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Clark, W. B.
(1997).
Cleanth Brooks and the rise of modern criticism - Winchell,MR. The Mississippi Quarterly: the journal of Southern culture.
50(1), 129-137.
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Clark, W. B
(1997).
John Finlay: Thomism and the Twice-Born Soul. Hellas: a Journal of Poetry and the Humanities.
37-51.
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Clark, W. B
(1994).
In the Shadow of His Smile: Warren's Quarrel with Emerson. 102(4), 550-569.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1992).
WHERE IDEOLOGY LEAVES OFF - COWLEY, WARREN AND FAULKNER REVISITED. Studies in the Novel.
24(3), 298-308.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1992).
YOUNG WARREN AND THE PROBLEMATICS OF FAITH + WARREN,ROBERT,PENN POEMS PUBLISHED IN THE FUGITIVE. The Mississippi Quarterly: the journal of Southern culture.
45(1), 29-39.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1991).
WARREN,ROBERT,PENN AND THE AMERICAN IMAGINATION - RUPPERSBURG,H. The Mississippi Quarterly: the journal of Southern culture.
44(1), 117-120.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1987).
ALL TOOLE CHILDREN + TOOLE,JOHN,KENNEDY - A READING OF A 'CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES'. Essays in Literature.
14(2), 269-280.
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Clark, W. B
(1987).
All Toole's Children: A Reading of A Confederacy of Dunces. Essays in Literature.
14(2), 269-280.
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Clark, W. B
(1986).
Robert Penn Warren's Love Affair with America. Southern Review -Baton Rouge-.
22, 667-679.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1985).
GOD BE WITH THE CLOWN - HUMOR IN AMERICAN-POETRY - WALLACE,R. American Literature.
57(1), 146-147.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1985).
PARNASSUS ON THE MISSISSIPPI - THE SOUTHERN-REVIEW AND THE BATON-ROUGE LITERARY COMMUNITY, 1935-1942 - CUTRER,TW. Southern Quarterly.
23(2), 122-123.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1984).
AMERICAN THEORIES OF THE NOVEL, 1793-1903 - PEROSA,S. American Literature.
56(4), 594-595.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1983).
THE 'TIMES BETWEEN' - PRUNTY,W. Southern Review -Baton Rouge-.
19(1), 242-246.
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Clark, W. B
(1982).
Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas: Death and Transfiguration. Studies in American Humor.
1(1), 66-76.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1982).
WARREN 'AUDUBON' - THE ARTIST AS HERO. South Atlantic Quarterly.
81(4), 387-398.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1980).
2 OF WILLS BOYS - THE POLITICAL HUMOR OF POUND,EZRA AND GUTHRIE,WOODY. South Dakota Review.
18(2), 54-60.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1980).
HUMOR IN CABLE THE 'GRANDISSIMES'. Southern Quarterly.
18(4), 51-59.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1979).
EZ-SEZ + COLUMNS IN NEW MEXICAN - POUND PITHY PROMULGATIONS. The Antioch review.
37(4), 420-427.
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Clark, W. B.
(1978).
A Meditation on Folk-History: The Dramatic Structure of Robert Penn Warren's The Ballad of Billie Potts. American Literature.
49(4), 635-646.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1978).
CANAAN GRANDER COUNTERFEIT - JEFFERSON AND AMERICA IN 'BROTHER TO DRAGONS'. Renascence: essays on values in literature.
30(4), 171-178.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1978).
HOW WEST WON IRVING COMIC INVERSION OF WESTERING MYTH IN A 'TOUR ON THE PRAIRIES'. American Literature.
50(3), 335-347.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1978).
LETTERS OF LARSEN,NELLA TO VANVECHTEN,CARL - SURVEY. Resources for American Literary Study.
8(2), 193-199.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1978).
MEDITATION ON FOLK-HISTORY - DRAMATIC STRUCTURE OF WARREN,ROBERT,PENN BALLAD OF POTTS,BILLIE. American Literature.
49(4), 635-645.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1977).
TALE OF 2 CHIEFS, FAULKNER,WILLIAM IKKEMOTUBBE AND IRVING,WASHINGTON BLACKBIRD. Western American Literature.
12(3), 223-225.
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Clark, W. B
(1976).
Caveat Emptor! : Judge Sewall vs. Slavery. Studies in the Literary Imagination.
9(2), 19-31.
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Clark, W. B
(1974).
The Serpent of Lust in the Southern Garden. Southern Review -Baton Rouge-.
10(4), 805-822.
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WARREN, R. P
(2015).
Invitation to a dance: A “LOST” story. The Yale Review.
103(2), 98-105.
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book
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Clark, W. B
(2015).
The American Vision of Robert Penn Warren. University Press of Kentucky.
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Warren, R. P., Clark, W. B., Hendricks, R., & Perkins, J. A
(2011).
Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren: Backeard glances and new visions, 1969-1979. LSU Press.
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Clark, W. B
(2010).
Blue Norther and Other Poems
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Machann, C., & Clark, W. B
(1990).
Katherine Anne Porter and Texas An Uneasy Relationship. Texas A&M University Press.
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Clark, W. B
(2015).
The American Vision of Robert Penn Warren. University Press of Kentucky.
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chapter
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Clark, W. B., & Clark, C. K.
(1997).
James Lee Burke: '. . . always the first inning. Folks, J. J., & Perkins, J. A. (Eds.),
Southern Writers at Century's End.
(pp. 60-69).
University Press of Kentucky.
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Clark, W. B.
(1986).
Twain and Faulkner: miscegenation and the comic muse. Fowler, D., & Abadie, A. J. (Eds.),
Faulkner and humor: Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha, 1984.
(pp. 97-109).
Univ. Press of Mississippi.
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Clark, W. B., & Clark, C. K.
(1997).
James Lee Burke: '. . . always the first inning. Folks, J. J., & Perkins, J. A. (Eds.),
Southern Writers at Century's End.
(pp. 60-69).
University Press of Kentucky.
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conference paper
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CLARK, W. B.
(1992).
WHITMAN, WARREN AND THE LITERATURE OF DISCOVERY + POETIC INFLUENCES. Walt Whitman Quarterly Review.
10-15.
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CLARK, W. B.
(1992).
WHITMAN, WARREN AND THE LITERATURE OF DISCOVERY + POETIC INFLUENCES. Walt Whitman Quarterly Review.
10-15.
editor of
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book
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Warren, R. P.
(2011).
Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren Backward Glances and New Visions, 1969--1979
Clark, W. B. (Eds.),
LSU Press.
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Warren, R. P.
(2008).
Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren New Beginnings and New Directions, 1953--1968
Clark, W. B. (Eds.),
LSU Press.
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Warren, R. P.
(2006).
Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren Triumph and Transition, 1943--1952
Clark, W. B. (Eds.),
LSU Press.
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Warren, R. P.
(2001).
Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren The "Southern Review" Years, 1935--1942
Clark, W. B. (Eds.),
LSU Press.
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Warren, R. P.
(2000).
Selected Letters The apprentice years : 1924-1934
Clark, W. B. (Eds.),
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Warren, R. P.
(2000).
Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren The Apprentice Years 1924--1934
Clark, W. B. (Eds.),
LSU Press.
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Warren, R. P.
(2011).
Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren Backward Glances and New Visions, 1969--1979
Clark, W. B. (Eds.),
LSU Press.
Teaching
teaching activities
- ENGL227 Am Lit Begin To Civil War Instructor
- ENGL228 Am Lit Civ War To Pres Instructor
- ENGL337 Life & Lit Of Am South Instructor
- ENGL365 Bible As Literature Instructor
- ENGL372 American Poetry Instructor
- ENGL375 19th Cent Amer Novel Instructor
- ENGL392 Lit Religion And Culture Instructor
- ENGL481 Sr Sem: Eliot & Am South Instructor
- ENGL485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ENGL491 Hnr-research Instructor
- ENGL497 Hnr-indpdnt Hnr Studies: In-ab Instructor
- ENGL685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ENGL691 Research Instructor
- ENGL691 Research Instructor
- ENGL691 Research: In-ab Instructor
- RELS360 Bible As Literature Instructor
- RELS392 Lit Religion And Culture Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Jeong, Jin Man (2011-08). National and Racial Identity and the Desire for Expansion: A Study of American Travel Narratives, 1790-1850.
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Samaha, Marylouise (2009-05). Robert Penn Warren's internal injuries: ''a picnic on the dark side of the moon''.
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Stamant, James Marcel (2013-10). Authorial Anxiety in a Mass Media World: Four Modernists Respond.
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Villarreal, Evert (2006-10). Recovering Carl Sandburg: politics, prose, and poetry after 1920.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in American Literature, Louisiana State University - (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States) 1973
- M.A. in English, Louisiana State University - (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States) 1971
- B.A. in English, University of Oklahoma - (Norman, Oklahoma, United States) 1969
Contact
first name
- William
has last name
- Clark
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
English
4227 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4227
USA
Other
- wbclark@tamu.edu