Bernard Benstock

Bernard Benstock

"'Infobox Writer
name = Bernard Benstock


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birthdate = 1930
birthplace =
deathdate = July 14, 1994
deathplace = Egremont, Massachusetts
occupation = literary critic and English professor
genre =
movement = Irish literature, Modernism
notableworks =
influences = James Joyce, Sean O'Casey, Virginia Woolf, Ivan Goncharov,
influenced =
website =

Bernard Benstock (1930—July 14 1994) was a a literary critic and a professor of English at the University of Miami. He was an authority on British mystery writers, and Irish writers Sean O'Casey and James Joyce. He was editor of the "James Joyce Literary Supplement" and a co-founder of the International James Joyce Foundation, of which he was president for eight years. [ cite web | url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905E7DA143EF932A15754C0A962958260 | title= Bernard Benstock, English Professor, 64 | publisher= New York Times] He died on July 14, 1994 at the age of 64, in Egremont, Massachusetts.

Major Works

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* "Approaches to Joyce's Portrait: Ten Essays" (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1976)
* [ cite web | url= http://www.english.fsu.edu/jobs/num04/Num4Goldman.htm | last= Goldman | first= Arnold | title= Review: "James Joyce: the undiscover’d Country" by Bernard Benstock | publisher= The English Department, Florida State University]
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External links

* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2455/is_n3_v32/ai_19517916 To make a long story short: In memoriam Bernard Benstock, 1930-1994]

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NAME=Benstock, Bernard
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=American professor and literary critic
DATE OF BIRTH=1930
PLACE OF BIRTH=United States
DATE OF DEATH=July 14 1994
PLACE OF DEATH=United States


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