Jay Clayton (critic)

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Jay Clayton
Born
John Bunyan Clayton, IV

(1951-07-11) 11 July 1951 (age 73)
Dallas, Texas, United States
Occupation(s)Literary critic, professor
Spouse
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(m. 1982)​
Academic background
EducationYale University (BA)
University of Virginia (PhD)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Vanderbilt University
Main interestsLiterature, Science, Technology

Jay Clayton (born July 11, 1951) is an American literary critic who is known for his work on the relationship between nineteenth-century culture and postmodernism.[1] He has published influential works on Romanticism and the novel,[2] Neo-Victorian literature,[3] steampunk,[4] hypertext fiction,[5] online games,[6] contemporary American fiction,[7] technology in literature,[8] and genetics in literature and film.[9] He is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University.

  1. ^ Sadoff, Dianne F. (Spring 2004). "Charles Dickens in Cyberspace: The Afterlife of the Nineteenth Century in Postmodern Culture (review)". Victorian Studies. 46 (3): 505–507. doi:10.1353/vic.2004.0137. S2CID 144841120. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  2. ^ Felluga, Dino Franco (Winter 2003). "Novel Poetry: Transgressing the Law of Genre". Victorian Studies. 41 (4): 490–499. doi:10.1353/vp.2004.0003. S2CID 162256667. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  3. ^ Johnston, Judith; Waters, Catherine (2008). "Introduction". In Gay, Penny; Johnston, Judith; Waters, Catherine (eds.). Victorian Turns, NeoVictorian Returns: Essays on Fiction and Culture. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-847-18662-1.
  4. ^ Siemann, Catherine (2013). "Some Notes on the Steampunk Social Problem Novel". In Taddeo, Julie Anne; Miller, Cynthia J. (eds.). Steaming Into a Victorian Future: A Steampunk Anthology. Scarecrow Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-810-88586-8.
  5. ^ Latimer, Heather (Summer 2011). "Reproductive Technologies, Fetal Icons, and Genetic Freaks: Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl and the Limits and Possibilities of Donna Haraway's Cyborg". MFS Modern Fiction Studies. 57 (2): 318–335. doi:10.1353/mfs.2011.0051. S2CID 144875581. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  6. ^ Poisso, Lisa (2013-02-07). "What can WoW and other MMOs teach us about literature and storytelling?". engadget. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  7. ^ Nadel, Alan (Summer 1994). "The Pleasures of Babel: Contemporary American Literature and Theory (review)". MFS Modern Fiction Studies. 40 (2): 371–373. doi:10.1353/mfs.0.0808. S2CID 161527573. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  8. ^ Moore, Grace (2012). The Victorian Novel in Context. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-441-12413-5.
  9. ^ Oikkonen, Venla (2017). Population Genetics and Belonging: A Cultural Analysis of Genetic Ancestry. Springer. p. 135. ISBN 978-3-319-62881-3.