Degrees Held
B.A., 1963, Creighton University
M.A., 1965, Creighton University
Ph.D., 1974, University of Iowa
Academic Summary
James W. Newcomb is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Memphis. He received his Ph.D. in English with a concentration in criticism from the University of Iowa. He has also taught at Loyola University in Chicago and at Huazhong Normal University in Wuhan, People's Republic of China. His research interests are in critical theory, film history and criticism, and in American popular culture.
Courses Taught
3210 British Literature before 1798
3323 American Literature from WWI to Present
3701 Intro to Literary Criticism
4441 European Fiction
4711 Author, Text, Reader, World
7473 Verbal/Visual Texts
7474 Cultural Texts
7702 Contemporary Perspectives on Literary Criticism
Major Publications
- “Depression Auto Styling.” Winterthur Portfolio 35 (2000) 81-100.
- "Hollywood Mediated Reaganism." Film and Philosophy, 1 (1994), 117-120.
- Introduction, The Return of the Author, Eugen Simion. James W. Newcomb. Trans. James W. Newcomb and Lidia Vianu. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1996.
