Matthew Potolsky
Associate Professor, English
English
Languages & Communication Bldg
255 S Central Campus Dr Rm 3500
Salt Lake City, Ut 84112
Office: 3617 LNCO
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 1:30-2:30
Office Phone: (801) 581-5245
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>> Curriculum Vitae
Degrees:
1997 Ph.D. University of California, Irvine
1992 M.A. University of California, Irvine
Selected Publications:
Mimesis
(Book), 2006
Perennial Decay: On the Aesthetics and Politics of Decadence
(Book), 1999
Pale Imitations: Walter Pater's Decadent Historiography
(Book Section), 1999
The Decadent Counterpublic
(Journal Article), 2007
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Decadence, Nationalism and the Logic of Canon Formation
(Journal Article), 2006
Hardy, Shaftesbury, and Aesthetic Education
(Journal Article), 2006
"Introduction" to Special Issue on Decadence
(Journal Article), 2004
The Absence of Theory: Derrida, Discipleship, and the Story of American Deconstruction
(Journal Article), 2003
Is there a Swan in this Poem? Yeats and Symbolist Poetics
(Journal Article), 2000
Bild or Bildung? Education and Imitation in Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs
(Journal Article), 1999
Fear of Falling: Walter Pater's Marius the Epicurean as a Dangerous Influence
(Journal Article), 1998
Crise de Vers (a Soie): Mallarme and the Scene of Revision
(Journal Article), 1995
Research Keywords, Regions of Interest and Languages:
Keywords:
Aestheticism, Decadence, Pre-Raphaelites; Victorian Poetry and Prose; Literary and Critical Theory; Comparative Literature (5)
Current Courses
ENGL 3703-1 Intro Lit Hist 3
Courses I Teach
ENGL 3600 Intr Critical Theory
ENGL 3703 Intro Lit Hist 3
ENGL 5600 Honors Sem Brit Stds
ENGL 5630 Adv Seminar in British Studies
ENGL 5910 Studies Crit/Theory
ENGL 6480 Lit Theory-Overview
ENGL 6690 Study Brit/Amer Lit
ENGL 7800 Sem-Hist & Lit
Awards
2007
ASUU Student Choice Award - Associated Students - Univ Of Utah
2006
Ramona Cannon Award - University of Utah
2006
International Travel and Research Grant - College Of Humanities
2005
Faculty Fellow Award - University of Utah
2003
University Teaching Grant - University of Utah
2002
University Research Council Grant - University of Utah
1995
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship - Woodrow Wilson Foundation