Edwin Sill Fussell

Edwin Sill Fussell (b. 1922, d. La Jolla, California 27 August 2002) was a professor of English literature at the University of California at San Diego. He was the elder brother of Paul Fussell.

Early life

Fussell grew up in southern California. In 1943 he attained a baccalaureate from Pomona College. Thereafter he joined the Navy, serving aboard a destroyer in the Pacific during World War II. He received a doctorate from Harvard in 1949.

Career

Fussell first taught at the University of California at Berkeley. He refused to sign a loyalty oath, losing his job as a result. Fussell went to Pomona College, his alma mater, where he taught American Literature. After teaching at the Claremont Graduate School, Fussell joined the faculty of UC-San Diego. He retired in 1991.

Retirement

After retiring in 1991, Fussell lived in Paris and Rome. He still wrote, especially about Henry James, Chateaubriand, and Balzac.

Works

*"Frontier: American Literature and the American West" (1965)
*"Lucifer in Harness" (1973)