B.A., University of Auckland, New Zealand 
M.A. (Honors), University of Auckland, New Zealand 
Ph.D., University of London (King's College) 

Areas

20th-century Literature in English and in Translation; Cultural Studies 

Major Publications

Mythical Intentions in Modern Literature (Princeton, 1981) 

Reading Into Writing (Houghton Mifflin, 1983) 

ed. The Sin of the Book: Essays on Edmond Jabes (Nebraska, 1985)

with R. DiYanni and William Smith, The Art of Reading  (Random House, 1987) 

Making Meaning (Wadsworth, 1988) 

with R. DiYanni and William Smith, The Act of Writing (Random House, 1989) 

ed. The Accommodating Reader (McGraw-Hill Primis, 1991-7) 

The University in a Corporate Culture (Yale University Press, 2003)

articles and reviews in The Times Higher Education Supplement, Higher Education in Europe, English Studies, Dalhousie Review, Sub-Stance, Studies in Twentieth Century Literature, Times Literary Supplement, NY Times Book Review, Denver Quarterly

Current Research

History and Theory of Liberal Education 
Nature of "Modernism/Postmodernism" 
Study of Culture 

Courses Taught

20th-century Literature and Theory 
Cultural Studies 
Interpretations of Power