Byron W. and Alice L.Lockwood Professor Emeritus of the Humanities, English and Comparative LiteratureContact Informationhblau@uw.edu(206) 543-2614Box: 354330A311 PDL Fields of Interest Critical TheoryDramaModernismNovel/Prose FictionPerformance StudiesPoetry and PoeticsTraditions of the Avant-Garde BiographyPh.D., English and American Literature, Stanford University CV (247.39 KB)Research Selected Research Herbert Blau. Reality Principles: From the Absurd to the Virtual. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011. Herbert Blau. As If: An Autobiography, Vol. 1. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011. Research Advised: Graduate Dissertations Kelly Walsh. "'No Cure for that': Modernism and the Poetics of Insufficiency." Diss., 2009. John Nelson. "The Two Antilles: Power and Representation in the West Indies." Diss., 2005. Courses Taught Winter 2012 C LIT 549 A: Twentieth-Century Literature: Traditions of the Avant-Garde Autumn 2011 C LIT 571 A: The Lyric: Theory And Practice: Metaphysical Poetry: From Early Modern through the Millennium Autumn 2010 C LIT 573 A: The Drama: Theory And Practice: Thinking Theater / Performing Theory: Symbolism to the Absurd, Alienation to Body Art Affiliations Home Department: EnglishAffiliated Departments: Comparative Literature, Cinema & MediaNews & Events Related News Wishing Jane Brown and Herb Blau a happy and productive retirement! - July 18, 2012 Herbert Blau As If: An Autobiography - February 17, 2012
