Steven Shankman (Professor)
Statement
Interests include Comparative literature, the classical tradition in English and American literature, the eighteenth century, and the history of literary theory.
Publications
Recent books include The Siren and the Sage: Knowledge and Wisdom in ancient Greece and China (co-authored with Stephen Durrant) Cassell Publishing, 2000; Plato and Postmodernism andIn Search of the Classic: Reconsidering the Greco-Roman Tradition, Homer to Valéry and Beyond, and an edition of Pope's Iliad. Other publications include " 'Art with Truth Ally'd': Pope's Epistle to a Lady as Pindaric Encomium" and "Poetry and the In-Between: Pindar and Valéry."
