Stephanie Burt | |
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Born | January 1971 (age 54) |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Education | Harvard University (BA) Yale University (PhD) |
Genre | Literary criticism Poetry |
Notable works | Randall Jarrell and His Age "The New Things" "Elliptical poetry" |
Spouse | Jessie Bennett |
Children | 2 |
Title | Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Randall Jarrell and His Age (2000) |
Doctoral advisor | Langdon Hammer |
Academic work | |
Discipline | English |
Sub-discipline | Poetry |
Institutions |
Stephanie Burt (formerly published as Stephen Burt) is a literary critic and poet who is the Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at Harvard University.[1] The New York Times has called her "one of the most influential poetry critics of [her] generation".[2][3] Burt grew up around Washington, D.C. She has published various collections of poetry and a large amount of literary criticism and research.[4] Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The London Review of Books, and other publications.[5][6]