William Deresiewicz

William Deresiewicz
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationLiterary critic, author, essayist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University (BA, MSJ, PhD)

William Deresiewicz (/dəˈrɛzəwɪts/ də-REZ-ə-wits; born 1964)[1] is an American author, essayist, and literary critic, who taught English at Yale University from 1998 to 2008. He is the author of A Jane Austen Education (2011), Excellent Sheep (2014), and The Death of the Artist (2020).

His criticism directed to a popular audience has appeared in The Nation,[2] The American Scholar,[3][4][5][6] The New Republic,[7] The New York Times,[8][9] The Atlantic, and Harper's.[10][11]

  1. ^ William Deresiewicz & Mark Edmundson.
  2. ^ "William Deresiewicz". Author Bios. The Nation. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
  3. ^ William Deresiewicz (2007). "Love on Campus". The American Scholar.
  4. ^ William Deresiewicz (2008). "The Disadvantages of an Elite Education". The American Scholar.
  5. ^ Deresiewicz, William (March 2010). "Solitude and Leadership". Phi Beta Kappa. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  6. ^ Deresiewicz, William (6 March 2017). "On Political Correctness". The American Scholar. Phi Beta Kappa. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  7. ^ William Deresiewicz (2012-02-22). "That is So! That is So!". The New Republic.
  8. ^ William Deresiewicz (2005-01-09). "You Talkin' to Me?". New York Times.
  9. ^ William Deresiewicz (2000-08-06). "Among The Bad Boys". New York Times.
  10. ^ Deresiewicz, William (June 2015). "What a Piece of Work: Mark Greif's intellectual excavations". Harper's Magazine. Harper's. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  11. ^ Deresiewicz, William (September 2015). "The Neoliberal Arts: How college sold its soul to the market". Harper's Magazine. Harper's. Retrieved 7 November 2015.