Jay Clayton (critic)
Jay Clayton (born July 11, 1951) is an American literary critic who is known for his work on the relationship between nineteenth-century culture and postmodernism. He has published influential works on Romanticism and the novel, Neo-Victorian literature, steampunk, hypertext fiction, online games, contemporary American fiction, technology in literature, and genetics in literature and film. He is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University.
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Born | John Bunyan Clayton, IV 11 July 1951 Dallas, Texas, United States |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Literary critic, professor |
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Education | Yale University (BA) University of Virginia (PhD) |
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Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison Vanderbilt University |
Main interests | Literature, Science, Technology |
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