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'''Leah Price''' (born October 6, 1970) is an American literary critic who specializes in the [[English novel|British novel]] and in the [[History of books|history of the book]]. She is Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at Rutgers University and founding director of the Rutgers Initiative for the Book. Prior to |
'''Leah Price''' (born October 6, 1970) is an American literary critic who specializes in the [[English novel|British novel]] and in the [[History of books|history of the book]]. She is Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at [[Rutgers University]] and founding director of the [https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/ Rutgers Initiative for the Book].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.rutgers.edu/ru-book-initiative/people/leah-price/|title=Leah Price – Initiative for the Book|website=sites.rutgers.edu|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref> Prior to moving to Rutgers, Price was Professor of [[English literature|English]] and [[American literature|American Literature]] at [[Harvard University]], where at the age of 31 she became one of the youngest assistant professors ever to be promoted to [[tenure (academic)|tenure]] at Harvard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/9/23/university-grants-young-female-star-unusual/|title=University Grants Young Female Star Unusual Tenure {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|website=www.thecrimson.com|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref> |
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==Selected works== |
==Selected works== |
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Revision as of 23:57, 25 February 2020
Leah Price (born October 6, 1970) is an American literary critic who specializes in the British novel and in the history of the book. She is Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at Rutgers University and founding director of the Rutgers Initiative for the Book.[1] Prior to moving to Rutgers, Price was Professor of English and American Literature at Harvard University, where at the age of 31 she became one of the youngest assistant professors ever to be promoted to tenure at Harvard.[2]
Selected works
- How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain (Princeton University Press, 2012) ISBN 978-0691114170
- Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books (Yale University Press, 2011) ISBN 978-0300170924
- The Anthology and the Rise of the Novel (Cambridge University Press, 2000) ISBN 978-0521782081
- What We Talk About When We Talks About Books: The History and Future of Reading (Basic Books, 2019) ISBN 978-0465042685
See also
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- ^ "Leah Price – Initiative for the Book". sites.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "University Grants Young Female Star Unusual Tenure | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2020-02-25.