Degrees Held
B.A., 1966, University of California, Berkeley
M.A., 1967, University of Chicago
Ph.D., 1971, University of Connecticut
Academic Summary
Stephen Tabachnick specializes in British literature from 1880 to 1940. His areas of research interest include biography and autobiography, the graphic (or comic book) novel, and travel literature, as well as fiction and poetry. He sees literary criticism, biography, and teaching as interpretive arts and tries to help his students find their own voices and perspectives.
Courses Taught
2201 Literary Heritage
3221 American Literature Before 1860
3224 British Literature of the Twentieth Century
4430 The Graphic Novel
7006 The English Profession
7292 Modern British Poetry
7473 Verbal/Visual Texts: The Graphic Novel
Major Publications
- Lawrence of Arabia: An Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2004.
- Fiercer than Tigers: The Life and Works of Rex Warner. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2002.
- T.E. Lawrence. New York: Twayne, 1997. Revised second edition; first edition published 1978.
- Images of Lawrence. (With photos from the collection of Christopher Matheson.) London: Jonathan Cape, 1988.German and Japanese translations.
- Editor, Explorations in Doughty's "Arabia Deserta." Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1987.
- Editor, The T.E. Lawrence Puzzle. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1984.
- Charles Doughty. Boston: Twayne, 1981.
- Harold Pinter. Co-author William Baker. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1973.
