Professor

John T. Irwin

(
1940
2019
)
Johns Hopkins University
;
Baltimore, MD
Language and literary scholar; Educator; Writer (poet)
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Literature and Language Studies
Elected
2005
Author of books on Faulkner (Doubling and Incest), American symbolism (American Hieroglyphics), and Poe and Borges (The Mystery to a Solution, which won the Gauss Prize). Author of books of poetry (under the name John Bricuth). Edited various literary journals such as The Georgia Review.
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