Robert Cowan

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Professor, Department of English, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY

Modern Continental European Literature and Philosophy, Creative Writing, Critical Pedagogy

Academic Interests

Modern Continental European Literature and Philosophy, Creative Writing, Critical Pedagogy

Positions

Professor, English, Kingsborough Community College

Publications

Underlying Rhythm – On Translation, Communication, and Literary Languages: Essays in Honor of Burton Pike. Peter Constantine, Robert Cowan, Henry Gifford, Genese Grill, and James Keller, eds. Oxford, UK: Peter Lang, 2023.

Solace in Oblivion: Approaches to Transcendence in Modern Europe. New Comparative Criticism. Oxford, UK: Peter Lang, 2020.

Elsewhen: Pieces. San Mateo, CA: Paloma Press, 2019.

Teaching Double Negatives: Disadvantage and Dissent in Community College. Studies in Criticality. New York: Peter Lang, 2018.

Close Apart: Poems. San Mateo, CA: Paloma Press, 2018.

The Indo-German Identification: Reconciling South Asian Origins and European Destinies, 1765-1885. Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2010.

Education

2006 Ph.D. Comparative Literature, The Graduate Center, CUNY

2004 M.A. Comparative Literature, The Graduate Center, CUNY

1994 B.A. Comparative Literature, University of Massachusetts-Amherst