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Dr. James Tanner

Dr. James Tanner (BA, Texas Wesleyan College, 1961; MA, PhD, Texas Tech University, 1963, 1965), professor, teaches courses in early American and nineteenth-century
American literature.

Dr. Tanner's scholarly interests include Walt Whitman, nineteenth-century American literature, New England transcendentalism, American periodicals, and Katherine
Anne Porter.

Dr. Tanner's recent publications include The Texas Legacy of Katherine Anne Porter (Texas Writers Series, No. 3., U of North Texas P, 1991) and articles such as "Walt Whitman's Presence in Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book" (Melus 1995), "Benjamin Cummings Truman" (American National Biography 1999), and "Charles Darwin," "Evolution," and "Jean Baptiste Lamarck" (Walt Whitman:
An Encyclopedia
1998).

Dr. Tanner is Editor of American Periodicals: A Journal of History, Criticism, and Bibliography.

Office: Auditorium Building, Room 112F
Phone: 940.565.2050
Email: jamest@unt.edu

Visit: Dr. Tanner's Web Page

 

 

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