Purdy, Dwight H(illiard)
PURDY, Dwight H(illiard)
PURDY, Dwight H(illiard). American, b. 1941. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: University of Texas at Austin, teaching assistant and instructor in English, 1967-72; University of Minnesota-Morris, assistant professor, 1972-82, associate professor, 1982-88, professor of English, 1988-. Publications: Joseph Conrad's Bible, 1984; Biblical Allision in the Poetry of WB Yeats: The Art of God, 1994. Address: Division of Humanities, University of Minnesota—Morris, Morris, MN 56267, U.S.A.
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